Smile pinki is one of the four short documentaries nominated for the academy awards. Smile pinki by megan mylan won the oscar for best short documentary in 2009. Oscar winner megan mylan recalls encounter with aamir khan. With this gem of a film, director meg mylan tells the story. The documentary was made in hindi and bhojpuri, and won the 81st academy award for best documentary short subject overview. Smile pinki a 39minute documentary by american director megan mylan chronicles the story of eightyearold pinkis journey from being a social outcast in her village to her acceptance and even deification by society. After her documentary smile pinki won an oscar, american director megan mylan now wants to take her second project after my garden grows, set in. Smile pinki awarded documentary film on clefts bhadreshiya aslam. Well, yeah, unless youre still suffering through philosophy 101. Megan mylan creates intimate observational documentaries on complex global issues. Its hard to watch megan mylans oscar winning short film smile pinki without having emotions.
Pinky award winning short film with eng subs youtube. See more pictures on our pinki update facebook gallery. Good luck to pinki and well done megan mylan for bringing this to the notice of the world. Since her surgery, pinki has been going to school, making friends, and living the life that her family once thought was impossible. Since her surgery, pinki s life has been changed forever. While such details provide helpful background, smile pinki keeps focused on the kids experiences. The documentary smile pinki, a realworld fairy tale shot entirely in india runs for just about 39 minutes but the film nominated for an oscar in the short documentary section tells such a. Smile pinki is a 39minute documentary directed by megan mylan. In 2009, mylan shot into limelight when her documentary smile pinki, shot in varanasi and rural areas of mirzapur district, won the 81st academy award for best documentary short subject. Its called smile pinki, and its up for an oscar, too nominated for best short documentary, which it won on sunday. Its a 19minute fictional film about a young boy who wants to escape from the brick kiln where he is forced to work as a modernday salve. Pinkis remarkable journey to receive cleft surgery, documented in the movie. Pinki kumari sonkar at an event for smile pinki 2008 pinki kumari sonkar in smile pinki 2008 smile pinki 2008. For the short film, which will be airing on hbo starting on june 3, mylan took her crew to india to follow two poor indian kids with disfiguring cleft palates who, through the graces of the nonprofit organization the smile train were able to.
Smile pinky movie real story wins oscar for india in and. The documentary was made in hindi and bhojpuri, and won the 81st academy award for best documentary short subject. Ostracized because of her birth defect, pinki is desperate to have corrective surgery but her parents cannot afford it. The 39minute film, made by american director megan mylan, was one of four short documentaries. A destitute indian child meets a social worker who makes it possible for her to obtain free. Production of the film was sponsored by the british petroleum company bp, which also distributes the film. The bp webpage summarizes the film as, set at an italian petrol station where various characters pass through on their onward. Smile pinki, the captivating story of a desperately poor little girl in rural india whose life is magically transformed when she receives free surgery to correct her cleft lip has received a. The work of the global charity smile train was featured in the 39minute film smile pinki, which netted the best short documentary award at this years oscars. Smile pinki is a devastating and accomplished film in its own right, but slumdogs coattails certainly helped.
Smile pinki, the acclaimed truestory film about a young indian girl born with a cleft lip and palate, was awarded the oscar for the best short documentary at the annual academy awards in hollywood last night. It won the academy award for best documentary short subject. Smile pinki, academy award winning best documentary short subject 2008, is the heartwarming and true story of a brave little girl named pinki who waited six long years for lifechanging cleft surgery. Smile train patient pinki sonkars incredible journey for free cleft lip surgery was documented in the oscar winning film smile pinki. Pinki is a young girl, born in india with a cleft lip. Man on wire just won the oscar for best documentary feature during the 81st annual academy awards. Her 39minute smile pinki documentary shows how the life of its outcast heroine, pinki sonkar, changes after she is taken to a hospital that provides. When, at the hospital, a mother expresses her relief to learn that her family is. Hbos smile pinki offers relief from reality tv wsj. Smile pinki awarded documentary film on clefts youtube.
Smile pinki, academy award winning best documentary short subject 2008, is the heartwarming and true story of a brave little girl named. Smile pinki tells the story of eightyearold pinkis journey from being a social outcast in her village to her acceptance by society. After considerable research, she became fascinated by the intergenerational approach, where seniors with. Megan mylan born 30 december 1969 is an american documentary film director, known for her films lost boys of sudan and the 2008 oscarwinning smile pinki. Portland womens film festival includes oscar winner. Instead of potentially jinxing another one, we decided to hold off, and sure enough, smile pinki won. A short film on child labour nominatred for oscars.
Bbc news south asia pinki hopes to smile at oscars. Smile pinki, academy award winning best documentary short subject. Smile pinki and the great movie giveaways huffpost. At the beginning it was sadness, but by the end you cant stop smiling as much a pinki the young indian girl whose life is totally changed through the surgery to correct her cleft lip. First it was slumdog millionaire,then it was smile pinki and now its kavi,a short film by a foreign filmmaker focusing on the problem of child labour in india is nominated for oscars. The little girl watching it from inside the oscar ceremony has traveled. Smile pinki oscar for best short documentary flickr. Kids from smile pinki faring way better than ones from. When smile pinki won the academy award for best short subject documentary in 2008, it brought much needed attention to the millions of children unable to. A short film about a poor indian girl with a cleft lip fetched megan mylan her maiden oscar this year. Smile pinki is a tale of a poor indian village girl who has been left out from the social. Smile pinki by megan mylan 2009 usaindia 40m smile pinki won the academy award for best documentary, short subject in 2009. Megan mylan is also an oscarwinning director for her film smile pinki. Directed by american filmmaker megan mylan, the film tells the story of pinki devi, an eightyearold girl from the state of uttar pradesh.
But if someone makes a brilliant documentary short and no one watches it. So, to continue this series of conversations, here is megan mylan, directorproducer of smile pinki, which is nominated in the documentary short subject category. In spike hyunsuk kims charming short film pinki which is being shown at kansas citys panic fest this week these questions about our old pieces of technology that we have since moved on from are begging to be asked. The simple surgery that can cure her is a distant dream until she meets pankaj, a. Pinky is the bond between a primary school kid and a kitten. A real world fairly tale, which celebrates the work of the plastic surgeon subodh kumar singh in providing free surgery to fix the cleft lip of poor young children, won the oscar in. Smile pinki, the captivating story of a desperately poor little girl in. Directed by megan mylan, smile pinki won and oscar in the documentary short category. The city will host the red carpet premiere of the oscar winning documentary smile pinki on october. A short film about a poor indian girl with a cleft lip fetched filmmaker megan mylan her maiden oscar this year, and now she cant wait to do more films that could help improve peoples lives. A motivational short film on student stress and depression. Smile train was brought to the forefront today in great britain during the championship match at wimbleton, between andy murray and novak djokovic, when pinki, now a beautiful eleven year old, did the coin toss.
The film shows the story of a poor girl in rural india whose life is transformed when she receives free surgery to correct her cleft lip. Sometimes gems such as the documentary short subject oscar winner are overlooked amid the glitz. Giuseppina is a 1960 short british documentary film produced by james hill. Smile pinki 2008 is a 39minute documentary directed by megan mylan. Academy award winning documentary trailer kudos to the surgeons and the hospital for doing the surgeries to these kids. Mylan was born in california and raised in salem, oregon and dallas, texas, where she graduated highland park high school. Oscarwinning smile pinki director eyes change through film.
Oscar winning short smile pinki to air on hbo june 3. Smile pinky won the best short documentary it wasnt in the list. There was tremendous excitement about the film in india because of slumdog. The simple surgery that can cure her is a distant dream until she meets pankaj, a social worker traveling village to village gathering patients for a hospital that provides free surgery to thousands each year. Pinki is a fiveyearold girl in rural india born desperately poor, and with a cleft lip.
For the short film, which will be airing on hbo starting on june 3. Smile pinki premiere on oct 9 varanasi news times of india. Pinki is a fiveyear old girl in rural india born desperately poor and with a cleft lip. Pinki is a fiveyearold girl with a cleft lip who lives in a poor indian village. One day, a social worker from a smile train partner hospital came to her village and told her family about smile trains free cleft surgery program. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. Oscarwinning smile pinki director eyes change through film a short film about a poor indian girl with a cleft lip fetched megan mylan her maiden oscar this year. One of those things is the oscarwinning documentary short smile pinki, which debuts on hbo next wednesday 7 to 7. Won the best child artiste award at the banglore shorts film festival. Smile pinki is a documentary short about pinki sonkar a sixyearold girl living. Simple as water 2020 tribeca film festival tribeca. Bbc news south asia smile pinki wins best short oscar.
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