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I'll be keeping track of upcoming film festival and exhibition showings here as
well as as the film's historical exhibition run. While we have been accepted at a number of film festivals in 2010,
I will only list them after they have officially announced their festival program.
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Our film "Lexie Cannes" is a winner of SkyFest Film Festival's "Certificate
of Excellence" for feature films. Only the top 8 submissions in the feature films category were chosen as winners this year!
The SkyFest Film Festival competition, based near Asheville, North Carolina, is a popular festival for indie filmmakers
and emerging scriptwriters. This year's festival, its 3rd edition, attracted the largest number of submissions to date.
This
is yet another award for our indie feature film "Lexie Cannes". Lets give another round of applause to everybody involved
with the film -- from the actors and crew to our supporters and fans, Thank you!
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"LEXIE CANNES" has won a prestigious Award of Merit from THE ACCOLADE COMPETITION. The award was given for
director Tom Bertling's exciting feature film "Lexie Cannes" which featured exceptional post production overall. The film's
editing, digital special effects, composition, colorization, music soundtrack and other computer generated content was singled
out for this award.
The film's director, Tom Bertling, says this award shows how the considerable of time spent at
the computer during post production contributed to the overall success of the film.
THE ACCOLADE recognizes film, television and videography professionals who demonstrate exceptional achievement
in craft, creativity, and those who produce standout entertainment or contribute to profound social change. Entries are judged
by highly qualified professionals in the film and television industry.
Information about the Accolade and a
list of recent winners can be found at www.theaccolade.net.
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Our feature film "Lexie Cannes" won a HONORABLE MENTION in the BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE category and received
a NOMINATION in the BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE SPECIAL EFFECTS (DIGITAL) category during the 2009 Los Angeles Reel Film Festival.
During this festival, hundreds, perhaps thousands of new independent film submissions
are evaluated and a select few are forwarded to a team of film industry professional who screen then select the nominees and
eventual winners. The winners were announced on Decemeber 26, 2009.
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The WORLD PREMIERE OF two shorts from our feature film "Lexie Cannes" is set to occur during
the 2009 Transgender Film Festival aka TRANNY FEST 2009 in San Francisco, Nov. 6 & 7th. 2009
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The 5-minute LEXIE CANNES Sneak Preview was shown during the Toronto International Deaf Film and Arts
Festival - TIDFAF '09. The festival ran from May 21st to 23rd, 2009 at the University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Avenue,
Toronto, Ontario. M5S 1J5
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The 5-minute LEXIE CANNES Sneak Preview was shown during Northern California Deaf Film Festival --
NCDFF '09. It was held June 5-6, 2009 in Fremont, California.
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A 5-minute sneak preview of the feature film Lexie Cannes was shown at the 2nd Annual DC
ASL Film Festival held at Gallaudet University in Washington DC,
The actors in the "sneak preview" are: Courtney O'Donnell, Jody Barrong and Marissa Levien.
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The third Deaf Rochester Film Festival was held March 26-29, 2009, at the Robert F. Panara Theatre
at NTID located on the campus of Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY.
The "Lexie Cannes" trailer and "Lexie Cannes Cast Promo Short" was exhibited during this festival.
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In the fall of 2004 with only a few reels of footage in the can, the first "Lexie Cannes" trailer/preview
premiered during this festival and ran numerous times during the festival's 3-day event. The festival was held at the historic
Kiggins Theatre in Vancouver, Washington. My thanks to Gary Hubbard, festival director, for accepting my trailer after
the festival started!
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