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How a $1.99 iPhone app saved an Oscar-nominated documentary

With just a few days left to go for the biggest, most prestigious award functions of all times, the Oscars, there comes a surprising story about a nominated

February 22, 2013 / 19:00 IST
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With just a few days left to go for the Oscars, here comes a surprising story about a nominated documentary being shot using an iPhone app. Yes, you read that right, a $1.99 iOS app is behind an Oscar-nominated documentary!Director Malik Bendjelloul started off shooting the documentary, ‘Searching for Sugar Man’, with a Super 8, but he met with a slight delay as he ran out of money to buy film. He told CNN Money in an interview that a few very vital parts of the documentary were still to be shot, but then he realised "there was this $1 app here on my iPhone and I tried it and it was basically the same as the real stuff.” Click here for full story

first published: Feb 22, 2013 06:41 pm

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