Oscar Predictions: Apolonia, Apolonia

Apolonia, Apolonia hit the international festival circuit back in 2022 before its North American premiere last summer at the Tribeca Film Festival. Lea Glob’s coming-of-age documentary hasn’t released stateside yet, but it’s one of 15 shortlisted features for Documentary Feature at the Oscars.

The Dutch tale chronicling 13 years of an artist’s life sits at 93% on RT. That’s based on only 6 reviews and that’s a fraction of the reaction held by frontrunner docs such as 20 Days in Mariupol and Beyond Utopia.

When I did my last forecast on January 6, Apolonia was outside of my projected top ten in its competition. The odds aren’t great for it to make the final five, but the doc voting branch can be unpredictable. My Oscar Prediction posts will continue…

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