Reviews & Awards
65_REDROSES is produced by Force Four Entertainment in association with CBC Newsworld and Dualogue Productions.
Reviews
“Medical documentaries don’t get more intimate – or more harrowing – than this powerful look at a young Vancouver woman’s wait for a life-saving double lung transplant.”
Norman Wilner, Critics pick, Best of the Fest – Now Magazine
“A young Vancouverite’s battle with cystic fibrosis gets compelling treatment in this 70-minute doc by the team of Phil Lyall and Nimisha Mukerji. By examining Markvoort’s relationships with two fellow CF sufferers who she met online, Lyall and Mukerji also show how personal support systems may be more important than the medical kind when it comes to surviving a health crisis.”
Jason Anderson – National Post
Official Selection
Hot Docs International Film Festival 2009
Stranger Than Fiction Documentary Film Festival 2009
Rhode Island International Film Festival 2009
Westdoc Conference LA 2009
Calgary International Film Festival 2009
Vancouver International Film Festival 2009
St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival 2009
Global Visions Film Festival in partnership with Doc Soup Edmonton 2009
Spokane International Film Festival 2010
Available Light Film Festival 2010
Women’s Film Festival Brattleboro, Vermont 2010
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2010
Omaha International Film Festival 2010
Arizona International Film Festival 2010
Mendocino Film Festival 2010
Bite Me! Toronto International Body Image Film & Arts Festival
Awards
Most Popular Canadian Film Award: Vancouver International Film Festival 2009 Awarded to Nimisha Mukerji & Philip Lyall for 65_RedRoses
National Film Board’s Most Popular Canadian Documentary Award: Vancouver International Film Festival 2009 Awarded to Nimisha Mukerji & Philipi Lyall for 65_RedRoses Acceptance Speech: Eva, Philip & Nimisha
Women in Film & Television Vancouver Artistic Merit Award: Awarded to Nimisha Mukerji: director, producer & editor and Gillian Lowry: executive producer
Top Ten Audience Favourite: Hot Docs International Film Festival 2009 (2nd in the voting for most popular film behind the Oscar winning film “The Cove”)
Best Documentary Award: Arizona International Film Festival 2010
Audience Award Best Documentary: Mendocino Film Festival 2010
Audience Award Best Documentary : Omaha International Film Festival 2010
2010 Award Best Emerging Filmmakers: Mendocino Film Festival
2010 Don Haig Award for Emerging Filmmakers: Hot Docs International Film Festival
2010 Rockie Award: Banff World Television Festival: Best Canadian Program
