Short Documentary Oscar Nominees on Earning Trust, Telling Life and Death Stories (Exclusive Video)
Short Documentary Oscar Nominees on Earning Trust, Telling Life and Death Stories (Exclusive Video)
Dan Krauss certainly knew that would be the case when making “Extremis,” a film about the tough decisions families and doctors have to face when dealing with ICU patients who are being kept alive on respirators.
For his hard work, Krauss has earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short, and Tuesday night he spoke to TheWrap at the Landmark Theaters at Westside Pavilion about his work with his fellow nominees.
For “4.1 Miles,” Matziaraki wanted to film the efforts of a rescue boat on the Greek island of Lesbos as they aid refugees from the Middle East in danger of drowning while crossing the Aegean Sea.
Von Einsiedel also had to deal with the danger of the Syrian crisis while making “The White Helmets,” which chronicles the deadly missions undertaken by a team of volunteer rescue workers from the Syrian Civil Defense as they rescue civilians from collapsed buildings in Aleppo after Russian bombings.
Einsiedel said the White Helmets were very willing to speak about their work, but the film crew was not allowed to follow the rescue team during their missions in Aleppo because they risked being targeted by ISIS, who have hunted down and killed foreigners and journalists in Syria.
Producer Neihausen said that it took several months of negotiations with BGLIG to get the opportunity to bring their cameras into the school and to talk with Brianna Perez, the daughter of Dominican immigrants who was presented with Joe’s violin as a reward for her hard work mastering the instrument.
Cooperman said that after a career in TV comedy, she wanted to get back to what originally drove her to get behind a camera: the belief that every person has a story to tell.
All the Oscar nominated short films in the live action, animated, and documentary categories are arriving in theaters for a limited time starting this Friday.