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Saving Face is a 2012 documentary film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge about acid attacks on women in Pakistan. The film won an Emmy Award and the 2012 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject , making its director, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Pakistan's first Oscar winner.
Ten years ago when Gene Siskel was omitted from the tribute because as a film critic he was not a member of the academy, host Whoopi Goldberg ad libbed his tribute, which concluded with her giving a thumbs-up at the ceiling (i.e., heaven). The 81st Academy Awards' tribute included film critic Manny Farber. [4]
Esperanza Spalding (lower left) performing during the In Memoriam segment at the 84th Academy Awards (February 26, 2012) An in memoriam segment is a memorial to the people, of one particular field or industry, who have recently died. Typically, such memorials air on television, mostly during awards ceremonies.
Obaid-Chinoy has won seven Emmy Awards, [16] [21] [22] [23] including two in the International Emmy Award for Current Affairs Documentary category for the films Pakistan's Taliban Generation [22] and Saving Face. [23] Her Academy Award win for Saving Face made her the first Pakistani to win an Academy Award, [24] [25] [26] and she is one of ...
Matt Damon’s Best Screenplay win at the 1998 Academy Awards was a bittersweet moment for the actor’s ex, Minnie Driver. “My face ” Driver, 53, commented on an Instagram clip of Damon, 53 ...
The list does not include people who were retrospectively honoured with an Academy Award and were dead at the time the Academy made the decision to make the retrospective award. For example: in 1993, seventeen years after his death, Dalton Trumbo was retrospectively awarded the 1953 Oscar for Academy Award for Best Story for Roman Holiday .
Authorities are investigating the death of a19-year-old U.S. Air Force Academy cadet from Taylor first found unconscious in her dormitory Wednesday night.
This is the category for short documentary films that have won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.