Oscar-Contending Documentary ‘Always’ On A Roll After Festival Wins in Camden, Copenhagen, Tirana

Oscar-Contending Documentary ‘Always’ On A Roll After Festival Wins in Camden, Copenhagen, Tirana

The documentary Always (从来) is racking up awards at festivals, announcing itself as an Oscar contender despite a lack of theatrical distribution. The film directed by Deming Chen and produced by Hansen Lin, built around poetry of unexpected power and poignancy written by a Chinese schoolboy and his classmates, won the top documentary award at the recently concluded Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) in Maine. A few days ago, it won a Sp…