TWWGB WINS AWARD IN CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND ROCKS!!
That pretty much sums up Cleveland. We had the best time in Cleveland and the film festival staff were just unbelievable. They really supported the film and helped us with travel for our team. We knew something was special about Cleveland when we first started corresponding with Bill Guentzler--he was just so nice. And then we started corresponding with Beth Radisek, who decided her family was going to sponsor our film. Aron and I couldn't believe the support. We had two screenings scheduled and then our film was also going to play as part of the FILMSLAM program for high school students. Words can't describe how incredible the experience was for us. We were treated so well --and they just truly loved the film. We were blown away by the experience. Aron did three videos on our Cleveland experience....check them out here. This is the only way to really explain it.

Here is Jerry after a screening and with high school students for FILMSLAM.








Last night, we got a call from Beth and she informed us we had won the Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Film Competition at the 33rd Cleveland International Film Festival. What an amazing end to an incredible festival. Here is a little description on the award category:

Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Film Competition
The selections included in Standing Up are "films with a conscience." Standing Up celebrates social justice and activism by presenting films with messages that cannot and should not be ignored. The winner is determined by audience vote. Standing Up honors those with a different view of the world we live in and the continual fight to make it a better world. Standing Up honors the memory of Greg Gund.