An Israeli film has been shortlisted by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences for the Best Live-Action Short category at the 93rd Academy Awards.
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"White Eye," director Tomer Shushan's 20-minute debut, was one of 10 short films selected out of 174 contenders.
The film, which won the Grand Jury Award at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival, tells the story of an Israeli who accuses an African migrant of stealing his bicycle in Tel Aviv – all in one take.
"I really want to be a nominee," Shushan told The Times of Israel, "but I'm thrilled to have made it this far."
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Earlier in February, Israeli startup Amimon won an Oscar for film technology for developing technology that allows video shots of very high quality from several cameras to be transmitted in real-time to monitors, allowing the director and crew full control of all shooting angles simultaneously.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
