Riz Ahmed - The Long Goodbye (Best Live Action Short - Oscars 2022)

[@AtifWaseemKhan]

SO HAPPY THAT THIS IS WHAT GAVE RIZ AHMED HIS FIRST OSCAR! Well deserved, because this live-action short was so powerful and moving in just under 12 minutes. From one Pakistani to another, congrats again Riz

[@pippa_peg]

"And my ancestor's Indian, but India was not for us." That just broke my heart. I pretty much cried throughout the video.

[@kizziemcleod]

No casulties where in my home but I experienced this as a 13 year Muslim girl in Bosnia during a genocide. Was put in a concentration camp but luckily we returned to our house. Amazing work Riz and the crew, let it be made into a long feature film.

[@jonathancurrie5170]

I heard rumor this will be possibly nominated for an Oscar. If it wins, it will SURELY send the message

[@sweettangoTIMMY]

I'm beyond thrilled that this won an Oscar! Powerful message and it's fully deserved, congrats!

[@inLoopie]

The acting is so fucking good. I don't know if I've seen such quality ever. It almost feels like a reality show where the camera man is following them around, because the interactions are so genuine, from every person in this movie Good fucking job

[@jaysanshah8199]

Only a few times do we ever come across a piece of art or film that just leaves us breathless. This was one of the films. A message that needs no spelling out and a story that is so real because it is so real.

[@KilljoysRevenge]

Stunning and brave.

[@1984ayesha]

Such a heart wrenching movie it is. Even after I finish watching it, my heart still aches 😔. How painful it is for the people who have gone through this kind of discrimination. May God spread peace in this world.

[@waylandia8905]

Been telling people to watch this for a couple of years - made up to see it'll finally get the wider audience it deserves now it's got an Oscar!

[@IZZYp1000]

Riz is phenomenal in everything he creates or is part of. This is so powerful

[@Kadarello]

"where im from is not your problem" how many time say i say this sentence in england and im happy because other thinks so and Riz say on the screen. Aneil and Riz, congrats to oscar award.

[@Khadija.A.F]

I'm so glad I used this poem in my dissertation, everything I wrote came from my heart and earned me a 1st.

[@nobbyedgar]

this broke my heart man. Hang tight, love your talent

[@IFEGRIZZLY]

This is brilliant. The poem at the end was spot on. These are the bars that hundreds of us have been writing for years and years, and you my friend, are the one who has the platform and the talent to speak for a lot of us. Thank you for making this, and hopefully raising awareness.

[@mike2176]

Huge congrats on the Oscar. It brought me here to watch this short. What an amazingly well-told, poignant and important story to tell. It's not just about how well the film was made, but also a reminder to tell stories that matter. Congratulations to all involved.

[@bossahmed4085]

He spoke for all of us! does not matter what race or religion anybody comes from we're all people looking for dignity. Congratulations to Riz for winning an Oscar for this incredible and powerful performance. This short movie is a gen with a clear and loud message. "So where I'm from is not your problem bruv" masterful 👏

[@joannedupuis9800]

Wow! I think my heart just stopped! absolutely heart-wrenching but beautiful in the same moment. Riz never lets us down. I'm heartbroken that this is the reality of so many people live. I too pray on the daily the things will stop moving in this direction and start to turn around sooner than later. Love to you Riz and love to you all ❤️❤️❤️

[@MS-zy9yc]

This broke my heart because they looked like me. They could’ve been my family. Their pain is my pain. This was beautiful and hit too close to home. When I hear “go back to where you came from” or ppl shitting on the conditions of my “homeland” I want to show them this. That this is my homeland and this is a reality we have to face cuz we’re brown. Cuz we don’t look like you. Does that make us any less than you?

[@m.m.5253]

It was equally “tough” to watch it again two years later! Congrats!! Well deserved!!!

[@RitwikKaikini]

congratulations to you and your entire team, Riz and Aneil! I watched The long goodbye with my family recently and it affected me deeply. thanks for a purging experience. such stories need to be told to the world. they make us aware of the extent of atrocities that people are facing. kudos to you Riz! wishing you many more wonderful productions. dont stop! 🤘🏻

[@palm3rfishman]

Congratulations to Riz Ahmed and the whole team on winning the Oscar! Very well-deserved, scary and important film.

[@abnair04]

Here after the win, I'm sure a lot will be. This needs to be shown, shown to everyone. Congratulations on the win!

[@spinningdragontao]

That is powerful, painful, shameful and disgraceful. An incredible, clever, scary short film of a growing fear in Boris Britain. Congratulations to the writer, director, DOP, the actors. This is an amazing film. Well done and I pray it's not prophetic ✊🏻

[@visheshabeyratne9345]

So glad this won the Oscar...well deserved.

[@minahilkausar5439]

Back here again after Riz's Oscar win. Phenomenal performance. So Well deserved.

[@doofuscreations8173]

Only 10 minutes but said more than most movies lasting 2-3 hours do. Amazing work.

[@lostsouthasian]

to feel seen, without knowing just how much you needed to feel this seen, is heartbreaking and heartwarming. all at once. I can't stop crying. thank you for this exquisite piece of art.

[@geoffreymathews1828]

Unreal, this was amazing. Great work, everyone involved!

[@andrewconnor6097]

Well done on the Oscar. Aneil directed an advert I was in and he went straight to the top of the list of best directors I have worked with. He’s a great man. Well done to u both

[@abelfirst-quao8417]

This is filmmaking. I was clear caught off guard by how well this is constructed.

[@reelnationmedia]

This art is necessary. I am blown away. I'm grateful to you and your team for creating this. I am speechless. All I want to do now is show others.

[@AmruthaViswanath]

"You only built a piece of this place bruv, the rest was us."

[@amritansh8659]

I am happy Rizwan, the kind of work you are doing, breaking the shackles of prejudices of muslim representation, someone had to do it, and you are quite immaculately trying the best, more power to you and to your cause.

[@jwelch5742]

This film won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

[@karend169]

So powerful. It left me speechless. Congrats on the Oscar. Well deserved.

[@realdannytm]

two years ago when I watched this, I did not imagine it'd get an Oscar two years later.. This is just so amazing...

[@mali1128]

6.53 got me, the look on his face when he realises what is about to happen. He's just exposing the denial we are in until the very last moment.

[@DailyKitchenDiaries]

"And my ancestor's indian, but India was not for us" This broke my heart into million pieces 💔

[@nnb786]

Powerful. An Oscar well deserved! “Where I’m from is not your problem”. There is only US. Kudos to you Riz.

[@DwanePerks]

Now we need the following 90 minutes ontop of the 12 minutes. This is a heart arresting short! Massive congrats to all invovled! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@ncerator]

Just wow... the beginning felt like home and the end some dystopian world with some powerful words

[@joeheiman9014]

This is an amazing short! I hope it wins tonight at the Oscars, Riz is an amazing actor and actually one of my favorite performers.

[@adityajha282]

congratulations to Riz, Aneil and the entire crew for the oscar nominations. This deserves it!

[@hennam]

Congratulations on your Oscar win Riz, SO proud and SO well deserved 👏🏽

[@786karim]

I was really impressed with this when it was released. And now it has won an Oscar.. wow phenomenal 👏🏾👏🏾

[@rajanshandil]

As filmmakers and artists : you are shining a light for the rest of us. Thank you and we will meet you in the future

[@TheStoicLokean]

Wow! Thoroughly deserving of an Oscar. Bravo Riz, Bravo!!

[@sa21de]

Congratulations for the Oscar nom!!! I can’t believe the path this one took, so deserved!!

[@FloridaGrandma]

Shocking. Heartbreaking. Thought provoking. I don't care what your color, faith or where you live...if you watch this and feel nothing.....then you're a huge part of the problem.

[@saharhelfi8228]

this is exactly what i needed to watch at this time of my life, i am like these people too, and i've been wondering a lot about "where am i from?" lately, this film is truly powerful and amazing, cuz it's so true!!

[@farazmirza1782]

Watched this nearly 2 years ago instantly thought this is Oscar material. Riz, you are a credit to your profession and people. Dignity & humanity should always win. Respect.

[@Phaneendra94]

Hey brother. This made me cry so hard. Although this story is set in Britain, I could see the universality of the situation that was represented. The recent riots in Delhi where many Muslims and a few marginalised Hindus were brutally murdered and stripped of their only homes by the majoritarian regime to which the police turned a blind eye makes this even more evident that we're heading towards a dangerous future. Let peace prevail.

[@ketabun420]

This was so powerful. Sending this to everyone i know.

[@DeniseCruzCastino]

Wow this was so powerful! I hope everyone sees it.

[@mohsinamjad2611]

Truly Oscar material. Well deserved. Very powerful message.

[@ANGELDISENY]

"My tribe is a quest to a land that was lost to us, and its name is dignity. So where I´m form is not your problem, bro.."...

[@raywinny]

it has deep message in this short movie, Riz you really deserved Oscar what a powerful masterpiece👏👏

[@matthewtraver6704]

Powerful. God forbid it never comes to this. This short film serves as a reminder that humanity must never give up on striving for kindness and encouraging empathy.

[@musically_insane]

I am speechless. Had I been watching this film at any other juncture, I would have shrugged this off as something too far fetched, something almost fantastical. I know at points in history this has been the reality for a lot of people, but I had come to believe that we had moved past those days and were conscious to never hark back into those times. But now, now the world feels like a ticking time bomb. After everything that has happened in India over the course of the past couple of years, this feels not something impending, but a portrait of a moment very entrenched in today. Perhaps, this has already happened. In Delhi. In Kashmir. The weird thing is, the chances of me being the target of such persecution is slim to none, whether I am in America or whether I am in India (where I am the part of the hegemony). So then my conundrum isn't existential. The privilege of my last name is a compound with walls high enough to shield me from whatever is happening outside in the name of MY religion. But it is enraging, blood curdling... to see what some fanatics are doing to the people of my country. It's made me disillusioned of the country I was so proud of having been born in. It's made me disdainful that a country nurtured by the blood and sweat of people of all different faiths has become so violently indifferent to the plight and pain of my Muslim and Dalit and Christian brothers and sisters. I don't know what to do. I feel so helpless. I feel so angry. But I feel hollow. I feel like a fraud. Am I passive because this system is truly benefitting me and on some subconscious level, I have digested and accepted it because it isn't existential for me. Or am I passive because I have given up after seeing so many people around me that I loved and cared spew the venom of hatred and divisiveness and pigeonhole me as the one who has been brainwashed by the liberal elite. If i can't even convince the people around me who I've known all my life about the fallacy of their beliefs, then what hope is there at all? How can I bring about a change? I can't relate to a lot of themes that you speak about in your album, (though I try to empathize). Maybe because I had always been very secure about where I was from. Maybe because I was never questioned about how Indian am I. But what really resonated with me was the fact that I too do not recognize the country I grew up in anymore. I too feel disillusioned by my country. It feels as if I've been given an ultimatum: either I accept the saffron tinged India and learn to live with it or leave. That I choose to be Indian the way Indian is defined in the eyes of the majoritarians or risk being branded as anti-national. I don't know if you will ever read this, Riz. But I want you to know that your art speaks to me and and to so many others... and that it holds substance. It is much needed in these times. I am nowhere near as talented as you, I am nowhere near as driven as you, but I am at a personal crossroads where I have to choose whether I want to commit myself to a career in the arts. If I do end up walking down that road, you will be my guiding light. I want my work to move people like yours moved me. I want my work to have meaning like yours does. I look up to you so much, and with every new thing you release, you reaffirm my choice to support your work. I hope these dark times pass and we are greeted by pink skies soon. In the meantime, I will try to do whatever I possibly can to prevent a scenario of this sort from furthering any more. And I will look forward to every new piece of art that you release and try to be one of your loudest cheerleaders. If I am lucky, may be someday I can meet you personally and convey my appreciation. Thank you. This hit me hard.

[@christopherf.8201]

Powerful short film. Well deserving of the Oscar!

[@fluffnight]

Wishing you the best of luck in winning! I legit cried during the raid and especially just before the amazing soliloquy. Different country, different race, but the feeling hits the same. Even if this does not win, it has already sent a message.

[@daddyov2]

Congratulations, Riz. More than well deserved.

[@Victoria-eo6hz]

Amazing piece of work, we’ll deserved win at the Oscar’s.

[@Icebumi]

The moment everything changed hit so hard. We're not going forward, we're moving backwards at this rate. This short is an absolute must with its phenomenal acting and message. I'm glad it won for it's recognition and to spread the message

[@khanlarebe8719]

This is a type of short movie that stays with you for a long time. Totally unforgettable and I applaud to every brave person involved in this. Showing this harsh but very very true story. Kudos to Riz Ahmed for ending performance. Gave me goosebumps. I hope it gets the recognition it truly deserves.

[@aidyshaw7711]

This moves me to tears every time. An astonishing, prescient work. The most deserved Oscar this year.

[@igorknown8608]

Thank you ❤️

[@shayanarshed9402]

Everything you touch turns into gold Riz. Thank you

[@colinbostock3247]

The Oscar is so deserved! Congratulations Riz, Aneil and the crew

[@annam7683]

Profound, goosebumps. Scary

[@FatehKhanPoet]

Highly deserved Oscar. Congratulations to Riz Ahmed and the team, a great inspiration

[@aynurzee9305]

The Oscar win is totally deserved. Well done Riz Ahmed. You make us proud!!

[@craftycriminalistwithms.z3053]

This is an outstanding short film 🎥! Congratulations to all involved on your win! It’s well deserved!!

[@santoshujjal8657]

So proud you won an Oscar so talented and powerful .

[@Vsxe]

This one is real powerful. Congrats for the nomination, this message must be transmitted. Very well done 👏🏻👏🏻

[@WhojaVu]

Congratulations on Oscar Riz!

[@munibahsafdar7000]

When the video ended I caught myself stuck in that moment of silence where you just dont know what to say. This was on a different level of powerful . Bless up Rizwan.

[@J24985]

Who all are here after the Oscar 2022 winning moment! Truly deserved one for Riz Ahmed 👏🏼. Congrats manh❤️

[@SaijuTEA]

congrats on the Oscar win! Well deserved, this was haunting

[@farrahberrou]

This hurts so much. Thank you for giving life to a feeling.

[@salmankhan-cf9ct]

Dude this is one of the best music video of it is that I ever seen. Who ever Directed that did such an amazing work that I can’t stop crying and the message was so clear and if nothing else people will understand what it is. Your new fan and I hope this will bring some awesomeness in world

[@128individual]

Wow, such a powerful short film. Balling my eyes out. Incredible work, thank you Riz.

[@rayhanihsannasution4199]

this is amazing and this surely will win riz ahmed an oscar👏👏

[@StoicPhilosopher1953]

THIS JUST WON AN OSCAR! Many many congratulations! I hope the message of this film reaches across the continents.

[@KashifAli-vg5cl]

Congratulations on winning the Oscar Riz.

[@FEWEDZI]

The delivery and production is incredible

[@erikag.6123]

My heart was racing throughout ...

[@SandGob]

Well deserved Oscar

[@shivangi4701]

Did you want us to cry?! Well I did. It's sad, it's everywhere..in India. It's so sad that it's happening everywhere.

[@ssotkow]

I'll be the first on your official YT channel to congratulate you on your first Oscar for this live-action short. Loved your work for many years!

[@sealand000]

Congratulations on winning the Oscar! Well deserved!

[@aatmaja3]

Congratulations🎉 Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmad for Oscars 🙏

[@janumiah131]

Powerful, truthful and I feel seen.

[@wahz_amd]

This just won an academy award for best live action short film. Congrats Riz Khan

[@DebbieMcVegan]

Congratulations on your Academy Awards! This is so powerful

[@Victoria-eo6hz]

Congratulations!!! 🥳🥳🥳

[@abdulgr5724]

rizzy we love u , such a powerfull

[@Lilmovieman27]

Watched it as part of my binge of Oscar nominated shorts......this is the first of the live action shorts I saw.....not sure I need to see the others, knowing it will be hard to top this....

[@muzzart234]

Omg! I cried 😭