Kings Point (film)

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Kings Point
Directed bySari Gilman
Produced bySari Gilman
Jedd and Todd Wider
CinematographyDaniel B. Gold
Gabriel Miller
Toby Oppenheimer
Edited byJeffrey Friedman
Music byMiriam Cutler
Distributed by ShortsHD [1] [2]
HBO
Women Make Movies
Release date
  • October 12, 2012 (2012-10-12)(USA)
Running time
31 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Kings Point is a 2012 short documentary film about five seniors living in a retirement resort in Kings Point, Florida, directed by Sari Gilman. The film was nominated for the 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). [3]

After being nominated for an Academy Award the film was released along with all the other 15 Oscar-nominated short films in theaters by ShortsHD. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013". The New York Times . 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Kings Point". The New York Times . 2013.
  3. "Nominees for the 85th Academy Awards" . Retrieved 2013-01-10.