When Oscar doc branch members prepare to cast their ballots for the shortlists beginning Monday, they will have a record-breaking 201 feature documentaries to choose from. By the time votes are tabulated, that list will have been culled to a mere 15 finalists with a shot at an Oscar nomination.

On today’s edition of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast, we’re speaking with the makers of three of the top contenders to earn shortlist recognition, including the talented team behind National Geographic’s The Tale of Silyan . Director Tamara Kotevska, who earned an Oscar nomination for her 2019 documentary Honeyland (co-directed by Ljubo Stefanov), spins a story at once rooted in reality and in myth. In North Macedonia, where Kotevska is from, white storks occupy a treasured place in the c

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