Another Award!!!

Congratulations! Your film ALZHEIMER’S: A LOVE STORY won the Jury Award for Best Short Film at TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival!

Here’s the jury statement:

"ALZHEIMER’S: A LOVE STORY (Monica Petruzzelli & Gabe Schimmel, USA, 2016) is a beautiful, tender, intimate portrait of a man loving, and caring for, his longtime partner with Alzheimers for the past 11 years. As the ways they express love and compassion for each other's changes, their ability to show up for each other continues to matter. A truly impressive effort, especially for a student film project, that exemplifies the power of the documentary form."

ALZHEIMER'S: A Love Story

This poster is NOT up to date. If it were, the entire page would be covered with festival acceptance laurels and award laurels!!! Meanwhile here is a current list of awards which we have received: 

Student Visionary Award (Geneva Film Festival)

Alternative Spirit Award (Rhode Island FF)

Best of the Fest Award (Laguna Film Festival)

Best Documentary Short (Laguna Film Festival)

Audience Award for Best Documentary Short (Laguna Film Festival)

Best Documentary Short (Chagrin Documentary Film Festival)

Best Documentary (Humboldt Film Festival)

People's Choice (Humboldt Film Festival)

Honorable Mention (U.S.A. Film Festival)

Audience Favorite (Queer Bit Alt Reel Film Festival)

Jury Award (Queer Bit Alt Reel Film Festival)

Best Short Film (Cannes American Pavilion Emerging Filmmakers Showcase/ Short Films)

Best LGBT (Cannes American Pavilion Emerging Filmmakers Showcase/ Short Film)

Best Documentary Short - Student Film Best Award (Wild Rose)

Best Documentary Short Runner Up (Palm Springs International Film Festival)

Best Documentary (Downtown NYC Short Film Festival)

Tied for Audience Award for Best Documentary Short (Outfest LGBT Film Festival, LA)

Best Music (Prairie State Film Festival)

Audience Choice Award (Toronto Queer West Film Festival)

Jury Award Best Documentary (Durban, South Africa)

Best Dramatic Short (Burbank International Film Festival, Burbank, CA)

Audience Award for Best Documentary (CMG Film Festival, West Hollywood, CA)

Jury Award for Best Documentary (CMG Film Festival, West Hollywood, CA)

Audience Award for Best Documentary (CMG Film Festival, West Hollywood, CA)

Best Short Film (Fresno Reel Pride Film Festival. Fresno, CA)

Best Short Audience Award (Hell’s Half Mile Film & Music Festival, Bay City Michigan)

Two Documentary Awards

CMG Film Festival (West Hollywood, California) has awarded us two honors:

Audience Award for Best Documentary

Jury Award for Best Documentary

The organizers of the film festival say this is a rare occurrence when the same film receives both awards!

Best Dramatic Short

ALZHEIMER'S: A Love Story has been awarded BEST DRAMATIC SHORT by the Burbank International Film Festival 2016.

Just Hit 30 Film Festivals and 15+ Awards!

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1. Community Voices, Chapman University, Dodge School of Media Arts - Orange, CA - May 2015.
2. Laguna Film Festival - Laguna, CA - October 16 - 18, 2015
3. Chagrin Documentary Film Festival - Chagin Falls, Ohio -  April 25, 2015
4. Rhode Island International Film Festival - 2016
5. San Pedro International Film Festival - San Pedro, CA - October 6 -16, 2016 - 
6. Springfield LGBT Film Festival - Springfield MA -
7. Riverside International Film Festival - Riverside, CA - May 5-16, 1016
8. DocUtah International Documentary Film Festival - Dixie State University, St. George - 2016
9. Geneva Film Festival - Geneva, Il - 2016
10. Santa Barbara International Film Festival - Santa Barbara, CA - 2016
11. Big Sky Documentary Film Festival - Missoula, MT - 2016
12. DocuWest International Film Festival - Denver, CO - 2016
13. Humboldt Film Festival - Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA - 2016
14. Cannes American Pavilion Emerging Filmmakers Showcase/ Short Film Corner Nice, France - 2016
15. USA Film Festival  Dallas, TX —2016
16. Wild Rose Independant Film Festival - Des Moines, IA - 2016
17. Queer bits AltReels Film Festival - Chicago, Il - 2016
18. Frameline 40 - San Francisco, CA - 2016
19. Los Angeles Film Festival - Los Angeles, CA - 2016
20. NYC Downtown Short Film Festival - New York City - June 8-11, 2016
21. Palm Springs International ShortFest and Film Market - Palm Springs, CA - 2016
22. Outflix Film Festival - Memphis- TN - September 11 - 17, 2016
23. Prarie State Film Festival - Peoria, Il - August 5 & 6, 2016
24. Outfest LGBT Film Festival - Los Angeles, CA - July 7 - 17, 2016
25. Queer West Festival - Toronto, Canada - August 12-14, 2016
26. Burbank International Film Fesival, Burbank, CA, September 7-11, 2016
27. Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival, Bay City, MI, Announce 8/6 - September 22-25, 2016
28. CMG Short Film Festival, West Hollywood, CA. Announce in August. September 24 & 25, 2016
29. North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Announce July 18,  August 12-20, 2016
30. Durban (South Africa) Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, August 19-28

AWARDS

1. Student Visionary Award (Geneva Film Festival) 
2. Alternative Spirit Award (Rhode Island FF) 
3. Best of the Fest Award (Laguna Film Festival) 
4. Best Documentary Short (Laguna Film Festival) 
5. Audience Award for Best Documentary Short (Laguna Film Festival) 
6. Best Documentary Short (Chagrin Documentary Film Festival) 
7. Best Documentary (Humboldt Film Festival)
8. People's Choice (Humboldt Film Festival)
9. Honorable Mention (U.S.A. Film Festival)
10. Audience Favorite (Queer Bit Alt Reel Film Festival)
11. Jury Award (Queer Bit Alt Reel Film Festival)
12. Best Short Film (Cannes American Pavilion Emerging Filmmakers Showcase/ Short Film Corner 
13. Best LGBT (Cannes American Pavilion Emerging Filmmakers Showcase/ Short Film Corner 
14. Documentary Short - Student Film Best Award  (Wild Rose)
15. Best Documentary Short Runner Up (Palm Springs International Film Festival)
16. Best Documentary (Downtown NYC Short Film Festival)

Cannes Film Festival Award

A M A Z I N G. From the American Pavilion for Emerging Filmmakers, Short Film, at Cannes Film Festival, France! THRILLED THROUGH THE TEARS!