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I will continue to update Film Festival information for
ALZHEIMER'S: A Love Story

MOST CURRENT as of May 15, 2016

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FILM FESTIVAL UPDATE

Official Selections 

● Laguna Film Festival 

●  Chagrin Documentary Film Festival 

●  Rhode Island International Film Festival 

●  San Pedro International Film Festival 

●  Springfield LGBT Film Festival 

●  Riverside International Film Festival 

●  DocUtah International Documentary Film Festival 

●  Geneva Film Festival 

●  Santa Barbara International Film Festival 

●  Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 

●  DocuWest International Film Festival 

●  Humboldt Film Festival 

●  Cannes American Pavilion Emerging Filmmakers Showcase/ Short Film Corner 

●  USA Film Festival 

●  Wild Rose Independant Film Festival 

●  Queer bits AltReels Film Festival 

●  Frameline 40 

● Los Angeles Film Festival

Awards 

●  Student Visionary Award (Geneva Film Festival) 

●  Alternative Spirit Award (RIIFF) 

●  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)

More Film Festivals

Excited to share that in addition to the six film festivals at which we are being shown and besides the six awards we have won and besides the two FF from which we are waiting to hear; we recently entered 18 more film festivals including: Nashville FF, London Lift-Off FF, Prairie State FF, Chicago International REEL FF, Toronto International FF, DC Independent FF, Dallas International FF, Midwest Independent FF, Geneva FF, Vancouver Lift-Off FF, Hollywood Reel Independent FF, Full Frame Documentary FF, San Francisco Frozen FF, Martha Vineyard FF, International New York FF, Sydney Lift-Off FF, and Amsterdam Lift-Off FF

ALZHEIMER's: A Love Story - The Documentary

As of 9/19/15, the documentary has been accepted into six (6) film festivals: 1) RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2) DOCUWEST in Denver, 3) DOCUTAH in St. George Utah, 4) CHAGRIN FILM FEST, in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, 5) LAGUNA FILM FESTIVAL in Laguna Beach, California, and 6) SAN PEDRO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL in San Pedro, California.

See below for more info.

THE DOCUMENTARY "ALZHEIMER'S: A LOVE STORY," DONE AT CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, DODGE COLLEGE OF FILM AND MEDIA ARTS AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY VOICES PROGRAM. It will be available for public viewing sometime in 2016 after it has been entered into any number of film festivals. Watch for it here! Meanwhile check this page for periodic updates!
By Gabe Schimmel, Monica Petruzzelli, Amanda Le, and Riani Astuti featuring Gregory Maire and Michael Horvich.

Documentary Film Festival Acceptance

Just found out from Gabe that ALZHEIMER'S: A Love Story, the documentary has been accepted to two more film festivals. Congratulations to everyone that helped make this documentary a reality: Gabe, Monica, Riani, Amanda, Sally, Pedro, Gregory, me!

The first you may recall was the Rhode Island International Film Festival.

Number two is Docuwest

And Number 3 is DocUtah

First Film Festival Acceptance for Our Documentary

Alzheimer's: A Love Story

Alzheimer's: A Love Story is now an official selection at the Rhode Island International Film Festival! For more information head on over to their website.
http://www.film-festival.org/ 

RIIFF /rif/ - acronym for Rhode Island International Film Festival
~ a 6-day event beginning the second week in August; always starting on a Tuesday at various locations throughout the State of Rhode Island with premiere works in the capital city of Providence;
~ the largest public film festival in New England and an Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences qualifying event;

~ the major portal of entry for filmmakers to discover the Ocean State as a center for film development, talent and production; 

~ a unique platform for the creative and cultural discovery of new cinematic talent, both at home, nationally and globally;

~ synonymous with sophisticated, savvy, discerning and film-loving audiences;

~ a Flickers production.

ANNOUNCING: A Documentary

Very pleased and excited to announce that Gregory and I will be featured in a documentary about our Journey with Alzheimer's as produced by a team of students from Chapman University in Orange, California including Gabe Schimmel who is the son of one of Gregory's college chums and one of Gregory and my favorite long time friends.

Gabe is currently studying film production with an emphasis in editing and is enrolled in program called Community Voices - a documentary filmmaking course that partners students with various non-profit organizations across Orange County and culminates in a 10-15 minute documentary film. 

The initial goal is to produce a short promo video that the organization can use for it’s own purposes, but the actual documentary is character - based and is not produced in conjunction with the organization - the only requirement is that it be related to the social issue/cause the organization is championing. 

His team has been partnered with the Orange County Alzheimer’s Association, and the team asked to make their documentary about Gregory and my story. Gabe says, "The way you've taken care of Greg is touching in way I can't quite describe in words, suffice to say that I think your story has to potential to inspire and give hope to a lot of people. I think we have the resources to do your story justice, and I think it's a story that needs to be told."

Once the films are completed they don't just stay in the classroom - they run on PBS and screen at various film festivals, how exciting is that?