Silent Nights (film)

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Silent Nights
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Directed by Aske Bang
Written byAske Bang
Produced by Kim Magnusson
Production
company
Distributed byBlack Bull Pictures
Fox International Productions
Release date
  • February 7, 2017 (2017-02-07)(US)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryDenmark
LanguageEnglish

Silent Nights is a Danish short film directed by Aske Bang. [1] It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 89th Academy Awards in 2017, [2] [3] that he shared with Kim Magnusson. [4] [5]

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Premise

A Danish volunteer at a housing shelter falls for an illegal immigrant.

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References

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