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Unforgettables

The Unforgettables list of the year’s most notable and significant nonfiction film subjects is our annual recognition and celebration of the unique collaboration between filmmakers and their subjects.

2018 Honorees

2018 Unforgettables

30 Honorees · 15 films

Unforgettable · 2018

Chanterelle Sung, Hwei Lin Sung, Jill Sung, Thomas Sung & Vera Sung

in Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

Unforgettable · 2018

Bobbi Jene Smith

Unforgettable · 2018

Abdalaziz Alhamza, Hamoud Almousa & Mohamad Almusari

in City of Ghosts

Unforgettable · 2018

Ola Kaczanowska

Unforgettable · 2018

Dina Buno & Scott Levin

Unforgettable · 2018

Dolores Huerta

Unforgettable · 2018

Agnès Varda

in Faces Places

Unforgettable · 2018

Daje Shelton

Unforgettable · 2018

Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov

Unforgettable · 2018

Dr. Jane Goodall

Unforgettable · 2018

Jim Carrey

in Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond – The Story of Jim Carrey & Andy Kaufman with a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton

Unforgettable · 2018

Christine’a Rainey, Christopher “Quest” Rainey, PJ Rainey & William Withers

Unforgettable · 2018

Yance Ford

in Strong Island

Unforgettable · 2018

Jennifer Brea

Unforgettable · 2018

Brian, Charles, Chris, Dark Cloud, Kiki & Vegas

Previous Years

Honorees

Michal Huszcza in All These Sleepless Nights
Audrie Pott in Audrie & Daisy
Daisy Coleman in Audrie & Daisy
Laura Albert in Author: The JT Leroy Story
Kirsten Johnson in Cameraperson
Aisholpan Nurgaiv in The Eagle Huntress
Samuele Pucillo in Fire at Sea
Steve Gleason in Gleason
Michel Varisco in Gleason
Ye Haiyan in Hooligan Sparrow
Kate Lyn Shiel in Kate Plays Christine
Owen Suskind in Life, Animated
Sharon Jones in Miss Sharon Jones!
Peter Dunning in Peter and the Farm
Princess Shaw in Presenting Princess Shaw
Sonita Alidazeh in Sonita
Huma Abedin in Weiner
Anthony Weiner in Weiner

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Honorees

Saeed ‘Shariff’ Torres in (T)eror
Peter Anton in Almost There
Amy Winehouse in Amy
Lizzie Velasquez in A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story
José Manuel ‘El Doctor’ Mireles in Cartel Land
Paul Mangwana in Democrats
Brenda Myers-Powell in Dreamcatcher
Shannon Whisnant in Finders Keepers
Iris Apfel in Iris
Adi Rukun in The Look of Silence
William ‘Dub’ Lawrence in Peace Officer
Fedor Alexandrovich in The Russian Woodpecker
Seymour Bernstein in Seymour: An Introduction
Yula in Something Better to Come
The Angulo Brothers in The Wolfpack

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Honorees

Nick Cave in 20,000 Days on Earth
Brandy Burre in Actress
Mark Landis in Art and Craft
Edward Snowden in Citizenfour
John Wojtowicz in The Dog
Anna Neistat in The E-Team
Alejandro Jodorowsky in Jodorowsky’s Dune
Clark Terry in Keep On Keepin’ On
Chaz Ebert in Life Itself
Roger Ebert in Life Itself
Bob in Ne Me Quitte Pas
Marcel in Ne Me Quitte Pas
Jay Reinke in The Overnighters
Matthew VanDyke in Point and Shoot
Abdul Basset Saroot in Return to Homs
Shep Gordon in Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Pam Brooks in Tales of the Grim Sleeper

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Honorees

Pug in 12 O’Clock Boys
Lisa Fischer in 20 Feet From Stardom
Anwar Congo in The Act of Killing
Susan Robinson in After Tiller
Shelley Sella in After Tiller
Chris “Wonder” Schoeck in Bending Steel
Tilikum in Blackfish
Kevin Pearce in The Crash Reel
David Pearce in The Crash Reel
Ushio Shinohara in Cutie and the Boxer
Noriko Shinohara in Cutie and the Boxer
Edwin Honig in First Cousin Once Removed
Freda Kelly in Good Ol’ Freda
Neil Platt in I Am Breathing
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
Rafea in Rafea: Solar Mama
Michael Polley in Stories We Tell
William Kamkwamba in William and the Windmill

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