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Film Screened at Montclair Film Festival Wins Oscar
'Inocente' takes home best documentary for a short subject at Academy Awards on Sunday.
A film screened at the Montclair Film Festival garnered an award at the 85th Academy Awards on Sunday.
The film "Inocente" was awarded the Oscar for best documentary short film. The 40 minute film was directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix, and was shown at the inaugural Montclair Film Festival in 2012. The film was produced by Montclair-based company Shine Global
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"It is actually great to have a film from a local film maker in your first festival to win an Oscar," said Stu Zakim of the Montclair Film Festival. "It's incredible. We are definitely on target here."
Tom Powers, programmer for the Montclair Film Festival, tweeted on Oscar night, "Congrats to [Inocente], the first Kickstarter project to win an Oscar ...."
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Inocente is a personal coming of age documentary about a homeless 15-year-old girl with artistic ambitions.
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