Everything Will Be Okay

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Everything Will Be Okay
Film poster
Directed byPatrick Vollrath
Written byPatrick Vollrath
Starring
  • Simon Schwarz
  • Julia Pointner
  • Marion Rottenhofer
  • Daniel Keberle
  • Gisela Salcher
Release date
January 2015 (Germany)
Running time
30 minutes
CountriesGermany, Austria
LanguageGerman

Everything Will Be Okay (German: Alles wird gut) is a short film written and directed by Patrick Vollrath.

The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 88th Academy Awards.[1]

Plot[edit]

A divorced father (Michael Baumgartner) picks up his daughter (Lea) for the bimonthly weekend visit. Everything seems normal until Lea starts to understand that her father intends to take her out of the country and away from her mother. Their flight gets cancelled, which forces them to stay at the airport hotel for the next night. Lea is able to contact her mother who calls the police. The next morning Lea is united with her mother.

Credits[edit]

Director/Editor/ Producer: Patrick Vollrath

Director of Photography: Sebastian Thaler

Awards and nominations[edit]

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients and nominees Result
Academy Awards February 28, 2016 Best Live Action Short Film Patrick Vollrath Nominated[1]
Smita Patil International Film Festival 2016 Best Short Film Won
Golden Apricot 2015 Apricot Stone Alles wird gut

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Johnson, Zach (January 14, 2016). "Oscars 2016 Nominations: Complete List of Nominees". E! Online. Retrieved January 14, 2016.

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