Abacus named to DOC NYC's Short List of Oscar contenders

We are thrilled to share that Abacus:Small Enough to Jail has earned a spot on DOC NYC's 15-film Short List of Academy Award contenders. DOC NYC is America's largest documentary festival. Historically, most DOC NYC picks do land on the Academy's official 15-film Oscar Short List.

Thom Powers, DOC NYC's artistic director as well as documentary programmer for TIFF (where Abacus world premiered), oversees curation of the DOC NYC Short List of films. For the past four years, the Short List had nine to 10 titles overlap with the Academy's official Short List, with four to five titles going on to Oscar nominations. DOC NYC takes place NOV 9 - 16, 2017.

The news follows the film's nationwide broadcast on PBS FRONTLINE and the announcement that Justin Lin will direct the narrative adaptation of the film. The release of the list precedes the film's New York City Chinatown premiere at the Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York's 1st Mid-Autumn Film Festival on October 1 at 3:00PM. Details here.

Jill Sung, Vera Sung, Chanterelle Sung and community activist Don Lee will be present at the Chinatown screening for a Q&A following the film.

Find a full list of upcoming screenings HERE.