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Asad (film)

ASAD
Film poster
Directed byBryan Buckley
Written byBryan Buckley
Produced by
  • Mino Jarjoura
  • Associate: Matt Lefebvre
  • Executive: Kevin Byrne
  • Hank Perlman
  • Producers: Bryan Buckley
  • Rafiq Samsodien
Starring
  • Harun Mohammed
  • Ibrahim Moallim Hussein
  • Ali Mohammed
  • Abdiwale Mohmed Mohamed
  • Mariya Abdulle
  • Najah Abdi Abdullahi
CinematographyScott Henriksen
Edited byChris Franklin
Music byMarcel Khalife
Distributed byShortsHD[1][2]
CountriesUnited States
South Africa

Asad is a 2012 South African-American short film directed by Bryan Buckley. The film was nominated for the 2012 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.[3]

Produced in South Africa by Mino Jarjoura of Hungry Man Productions, the cast is made up of Somali refugees living in South Africa, none of whom had any acting experience prior to production.[4]

After being nominated for an Oscar, the film was released along with all the other 15 Oscar-nominated short films in theaters by ShortsHD.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b "Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013". The New York Times. 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Asad". The New York Times. 2013.
  3. ^ "Nominees for the 85th Academy Awards". Retrieved 2013-01-10.
  4. ^ "Asad - Inspiration". asadfilm.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.