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Criterion Channel to Debut Award-Winning Doc 'Perfectly a Strangeness'

2/11/2026

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Criterion Channel has acquired Alison McAlpine's Oscar-nominated short documentary "perfectly a strangeness."
The film is set to debut in March.
The film was shot in Chile's Atacama Desert.
Three donkeys explore an abandoned observatory.
The documentary has won over 20 awards, including the Grand Prize at Festival du Nouveau Cinema and a nomination for Best Documentary Short at the 98th Academy Awards.

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Criterion Channel has acquired Alison McAlpine's Oscar-nominated short documentary "perfectly a strangeness."
The film is set to debut in March.
The film was shot in Chile's Atacama Desert.
Three donkeys explore an abandoned observatory.
The documentary has won over 20 awards, including the Grand Prize at Festival du Nouveau Cinema and a nomination for Best Documentary Short at the 98th Academy Awards.