{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Inocente | image = Inocente_movie_poster.jpg | director = Sean Fine<br>Andrea Nix | writer = | producer = Sean Fine<br>Andrea Nix | cinematography = Sean Fine | released = {{Film date|2012}} | studio = Shine Global | distributor = ShortsHD (theatrical)<ref name=NYT/><ref name=NYT2/><br>The Cinema Guild (DVD) | country = United States | runtime = 40 minutes }} '''''Inocente''''' is a 2012 short documentary film directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix. The film received the 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject).<ref name="independent">[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/inocente-makes-history-as-first-crowdfunded-oscarwinner-8508973.html The Independent: Inocente makes history as first crowd-funded Oscar-winner]</ref> The film is an inspiring coming-of-age story of a 15-year-old girl in California. Though homeless and undocumented, she refuses to give up on her dream of being an artist, proving that the hand she has been dealt does not define her – her dreams do.
The film was partially financed by the crowdfunding website Kickstarter and was the first crowdfunded film to win an Oscar.<ref name="independent"/>
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.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013|year=2013|url=https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/02/01/movies/awardsseason/oscar-shorts.html}}</ref><ref name=NYT2>{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=Inocente|year=2013|url=https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/02/01/movies/awardsseason/oscar-shorts-12.html}}</ref> The film is also available for communities and schools along with companion arts workshops developed by Shine Global and partners.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://inocentedoc.com/host-a-screening/|title=Host a Screening | Inocente|access-date=2015-10-13|archive-date=2015-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922210036/http://inocentedoc.com/host-a-screening/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Official website|http://inocentedoc.com/}} *{{IMDb title|2123210}} *[http://store.cinemaguild.com/nontheatrical/product/2422.html ''Inocente''] at The Cinema Guild
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Category:2012 films Category:2012 short documentary films Category:Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners Category:Kickstarter-funded documentaries Category:American short documentary films Category:Films directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Category:2012 American films
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