CRISIS HOTLINE Wins OSCAR for Best Documentary Short Subject

Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry have won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject for CRISIS HOTLINE: VETERANS PRESS 1. This is the first Oscar for Kent and Perry. Each month, the Veterans Crisis Line receives over 22,000 calls from military veterans, who account for 20% of all suicides in the U.S. each year.

Other nominees in the category were:

"Joanna,' Aneta Kopacz

"Our Curse,' Tomasz Sliwinski and Maciej Slesicki

"The Reaper (La Parka),' Gabriel Serra Arguello

"White Earth,' J. Christian Jensen

The 87th Oscars are taking place tonight, Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and are being televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscars, produced by Zadan and Meron, is also being televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

Neil Patrick Harris serves as host of this year's ceremony which features musical performances by Lady Gaga and Jack Black and an all star list of presenters including Meryl Streep, John Travolta and Kerry Washington.