Oscar Noms

SDFF ALUMNI RECEIVE OSCAR® NOM FOR ANIMATED, HYBRID NARRATIVE OF HIDDEN, THIRD-GENDER HISTORY

KAPAEMAHU BECOMES FIRST HAWAIIAN FILM IN ANIMATED SHORT CATEGORY When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts released its most recent crop of 2021 nominees, Kapaemahu became the first Hawaiian film to be shortlisted in the animated shorts category. The film is co-directed and produced by a trio first-time Oscar nominees—Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson—whose work is […]

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Hunger Ward Gets Oscar Nod, MTV Pick-up – Highlights Empathy In Ethical Filmmaking

A heartfelt congratulations to SDFF alum Skye Fitzgerald, whose deeply humanistic observational doc, Hunger Ward: The Last Hope Against War and Starvation, was recently shortlisted for an Academy Award® for live-action documentary short. A visceral and intensely emotional document of a doctor and nurse attempting to save starving Yemeni children, the film gives a human

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