"Saria" Shortlisted at the Academy Awards

Editor Chris Franklin worked with director Bryan Buckley to cut the short film “Saria” this summer. It has now been shortlisted at the Academy Awards! Check out the trailer and synopsis below, and read more about the film at sariafilm.com

SARIA explores the unimaginable hardships that faced young female orphans at the Virgen de La Asuncion Safe Home in Guatemala, leading up to the tragic fire which claimed 41 of their lives in 2017.

We follow the story of two inseparable orphaned sisters - Saria 12, and her sister Ximena 14, as they fight against mounting daily physical abuse at the very institution designed to protect them. In the sisters’ desperation for survival, they devise a daring plan of escape for all the orphans to find freedom in America.

Editor: Chris Franklin
Director: Bryan Buckley
Color: Matt Osborne at The Mill
Mix: Tom Jucarone at Sound Lounge
VFX: The Mill
Finishing: Big Sky Edit