Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | Dari |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 39 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Carol Dysinger |
| production | Elena Andreicheva |
| music | Humphrey Searle |
| camera | Lisa Rinzler |
| cut | Mary Manhardt |
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) is a 2019 short film - documentary directed by Elena Andreicheva (producer) and Carol Dysinger (director). The film won an Oscar in 2020 .
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The film tells about the non - profit, non - governmental organization Skateistan , which runs a school in Kabul where girls are taught skateboarding in addition to reading, writing and arithmetic . Skateboarding builds your confidence.
background
The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York in 2019 and immediately received the award for best short documentary. Carol Dysinger has extensive film experience in Afghanistan .
reception
At the presentation of the IDA Awards, the jury praised the film Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone for supporting the joyful power of skateboarding, the presentation of the extraordinary work of Skateistan in Kabul and the courage and dedication of the film team.
Awards and nominations
Awards
- Oscar 2020 : The short film was awarded the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film.
- International Documentary Association 2019: Received the IDA Award for the best short film
- Santa Fe Independent Film Festival 2019: Awarded the audience award for the best short documentary
- Tribeca Film Festival 2019: Awarded Best Short Documentary
Nominations
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2020: nomination for best British short film
Web links
- Learning to skateboard in a Warzone in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Skateistan. Official website.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) , FilmIndependent.org.
- ↑ a b 'Burning Cane,' Wendell Pierce, Haley Bennett Win Tribeca Awards , Variety, May 2, 2019.
- ↑ Carol Dysinger ('Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone' director) on Afghanistan as a nation of poets , Gold Derby, January 24, 2020.
- ↑ “LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU'RE A GIRL)” EARNS IDA AWARD AND BAFTA SHORTLIST , New York University News Graduate Film, December 10, 2019.
- ↑ Oscars 2020 on Oscar.org.
- ↑ Dave McNary and Dano Nissen, 'For Sama' Wins Best Feature at International Documentary Association Awards , Variety, December 7, 2019.
- ↑ Santa Fe Independent Film Festival 2019 Winners , on the SFIFF homepage.