A UVA alum has been nominated for an Oscar in the "Live Action Short" category. Gregg Helvey studied English and French at the University before earning an MFA from USC’s prestigious film program. He made Kavi as his graduate thesis, and it already won a Student Academy Award over the summer, and showed at the Virginia Film Festival in November.
The website says it’s "about a boy in India who wants to play cricket and go to school, but instead he is forced to work in a brick kiln as a modern-day slave." Here’s the trailer.
