{"id":284394,"date":"2023-02-03T08:36:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T14:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=284394"},"modified":"2023-02-01T15:34:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T21:34:56","slug":"actor-down-syndrome-film-nominated-oscar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/actor-down-syndrome-film-nominated-oscar\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor with Down syndrome ‘burst out crying’ when his film was nominated for an Oscar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An already award-winning film was nominated for an Academy Award last week, and for one of the actors, the nomination was especially meaningful.<\/p>\n

James Martin,\u00a0an actor with Down syndrome, stars in the film “An Irish Goodbye<\/a>,” as one of two estranged brothers who reunite after their mother’s death. It has already won the European Audience Award at Leuven International Film Festival and was highly received at the BAFTA-qualifying Leeds Film Festival. Now, it’s been nominated for an Oscar, and Martin told<\/a> Channel 4 News<\/a> that it was an emotional moment when he heard the news.<\/p>\n

“You see when you go to Spain, in a shopping centre, and you burst out crying your eyes out with your mum and my dad beside you. I just can\u2019t believe it\u2019s gone that far,” he said. “Of course, tears of joy. It\u2019s just nice to have that and just the writers, Tom and Ross, for creating this movie, An Irish Goodbye. It\u2019s going fantastic for them, even though they\u2019re 24, but they\u2019ve done this really well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Short on time, big on talent, here are this year's nominees for Live Action Short Film. #Oscars<\/a> #Oscars95<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/XJkjcSmcbu<\/a><\/p>\n

— The Academy (@TheAcademy) January 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n