Bryan Buckley’s film ‘ASAD’ tipped for an Oscar
Prodigy MD Jonathan Samway has told Campaign Brief that Hungryman have the film ‘ASAD’ nominated for an Oscar in the “Best Short Film” category.
Written and directed by Bryan Buckley, it was inspired while on a trip to Kenya and Sudan in 2010 to shoot ‘No Autographs’ with the UN. Buckley had the chance to interview and talk to many Somali refugees, absorbed by what he saw while filming in the camps – the stories, courage and battles, it was inevitable that ASAD was written and directed a year later.
It has been widely received and screened at a long list of world renowned film festivals, winning titles such as” Best Narrative Short” at Tribeca Film Festival, winner of “Audience Award for Best Short” at LA Film Festival and Indiewire consider it one of “The Five Hottest Short Films of the Summer”. One of ASAD’S greatest achievements was winning the “Special Jury Prize” at the Traverse City Film Festival. It was personally selected to enter the festival by influential filmmaker Michael Moore.
Says Samway, “As representatives to Hungryman, we feel a real sense of pride for both Bryan and Hungryman”. So on behalf of all us we send congratulations on a great job to Bryan and his team for the success of ASAD!”