Buzkashi Boys

Buzkashi Boys
Film poster
Directed bySam French[1]
Written byMartin Desmond Roe[1]
Produced byAriel Nasr[2]
StarringFawad Mohammadi[1]
Jawanmard Paiz[1]
Wali Talash[1]
Music byJim Dooley[1]
Production
companies
Afghan Film Project[1]
Development Pictures
Distributed byShortsHD[3][4]
Release date
  • December 7, 2012 (2012-12-07) (Santa Fe International Film Festival)
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CountriesAfghanistan
United States
LanguageDari

Buzkashi Boys is a 2012 film directed by Sam French, and co-produced in Afghanistan and the United States. It was nominated for the 2013 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.[6][7][8]

After being nominated for an Oscar, the film was released along with all the other 15 Oscar-nominated short films in theaters by ShortsHD.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Buzkashi Boys Team". BuzkashiBoys.com. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  2. ^ Oliveira, Michael (17 February 2013). "Afghan teen stars to accompany Canadian Oscar nominee to show". CTV News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013". The New York Times. 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Buzkashi Boys". The New York Times. 2013.
  5. ^ "Release dates for Buzkashi Boys". IMDb. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  6. ^ "11 Live Action Shorts Advance in Oscar® Race". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  7. ^ Goldstein, Caroline (2012-12-22). "Wayne Native's Film to Play at Bryn Mawr Film Institute". RadnorPatch. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  8. ^ "2013 Oscar Nominees". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Retrieved January 10, 2013.