A scene from “White Eye.”
The Israeli short film “White Eye” received an Oscar nomination for Best Live Action Short Film, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Monday.
Directed and written by Tomer Shushan, the 20-minute Hebrew language film is about a man who tries to retrieve his stolen bicycle from a stranger and in the process “struggles to remain human.” The movie addresses the topics of immigration and privilege.
“White Eye” is based on a true story that happened to Shushan, the director told Atlanta’s
Fox 5. His bike went missing the same day he planned to see his writing mentor, and after arriving late to the meeting and sharing the details, his mentor realized it could make for a plot; forty minutes later, Shushan wrote the script for “White Eye.” The entire film was shot in one night in one fluid take, without any camera cuts.