Strangers No More
''Strangers No More'' is a 2010 short documentary film about a school in Tel Aviv, Israel, where children from 48 countries and diverse backgrounds come together to learn. The parents of these children are among over 300,000 transnational migrant workers who have arrived in Israel—some with government authorization and others undocumented. The film follows three students as they struggle to acclimate to life in Israel and slowly unveil their stories of hardship. ''Strangers No More'' was shot on location at the Bialik-Rogozin School in Tel Aviv. It is produced and directed by Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon of Simon & Goodman Picture Company, whose films have received four Academy Award nominations and three Emmy Awards. It won best Short Documentary at the Academy Awards in 2011. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Karen Goodman
Karen Goodman is an American film and television director and producer, best known for her work on various documentaries. She has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary (Short Subject) category four times for '' The Children's Storefront'' (1988), '' Chimps: So Like Us'' (1990), ''Rehearsing a Dream'' (2007), and ''Strangers No More'' (2010). Goodman won once for producing and directing ''Strangers No More'' at the 83rd Academy Awards. The win was shared with Kirk Simon, with whom she worked on ''Chimps: So Like Us'' and ''Rehearsing a Dream'' as well. She has further received four Primetime Emmy nominations, winning once for ''Masterclass'' in 2014. Biography Goodman was born to a Jewish family and began her film career at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1978, where she shot a film about masked dancing in Indonesia. The film earned her a grant from the Ford Foundation The Ford Foundation is an American private foundation with the stated go ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Best Documentary Short Subject
This is a list of films by year that have received an Academy Award together with the other nominations for best documentary short film. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are announced and presented early in the following year. Copies of every winning film (along with copies of most nominees) are held by the Academy Film Archive. Ten films are shortlisted before nominations are announced. Rules and eligibility Per the recent rules of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), a Short Subject Documentary is defined as a nonfiction motion picture "dealing creatively with cultural, artistic, historical, social, scientific, economic or other subjects". It may be photographed in actual occurrence, or may employ partial reenactment, stock footage, stills, animation, stop-motion or other techniques, as long as the emphasis is on fact, and not on fiction. It must have a run time of no more than 40 minutes and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Education In Israel
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2010 Films
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2010 Short Documentary Films
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Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award Winners
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Israeli Short Documentary Films
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83rd Academy Awards
The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2010 in the United States and took place on February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST (8:30 p.m. EST). During the ceremony, Academy Awards (commonly called the Oscars) were presented in 24 competitive categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and produced by Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer, with Mischer also serving as director. Actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway co-hosted the ceremony, marking the first time for each. In related events, the Academy held its second annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 13, 2010. On February 12, 2011, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Marisa Tomei. ''The King ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kirk Simon
Kirk Simon (July 25, 1954 – April 14, 2018) was an American filmmaker, best known for his work on various documentaries. Career Simon received a nomination for an Academy Award four times, winning once. Simon produced three films nominated for the Best Documentary (Short Subject), including '' Chimps: So Like Us'' (1990), '' Rehearsing a Dream'' (2007), and ''Strangers No More'' (2010); he won the award for the latter film at the 83rd Academy Awards, and shared the win with Karen Goodman with whom he worked on all three films. Simon also received a nomination in the category of the Best Documentary Feature for producing '' Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer'' (1986). In 2016, he produced a feature documentary on the centenary of the Pulitzer prize called ''The Pulitzer at 100''. Personal life Simon married Karen Goodman, his longtime creative partner, in 1987. The couple had two children and divorced in 2011. Simon later married Mina Farbood, and the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |