Big Things Happening In 2012!
Happy New Year to all the supporters of 65_RedRoses, friends of Eva, and folks everywhere living with CF! 2011 was a wonderful year of sharing Eva’s story and raising awareness about organ donation, but we’re excited that 2012 will be even bigger. We launched our new site design last week, and we hope you like it.
We’re getting closer to announcing the date of the 65_RedRoses premiere on Oprah Winfrey Network, but we can tell you right now that it will be happening in the Spring! On the Hello Cool World store, Canadian supporters can pre-order the new version of the DVD (with an updated ending, French subtitles, and interviews with the directors), which will be released in February. You can also order other 65_RedRoses merchandise from the store. All proceeds go back into the campaign for the film and Eva’s movement for organ donation.
For American supporters, we know you are eager to see and share Eva’s story. While the DVD is not available for sale in the US yet, you can organize a community screening. Please contact us for details! And be sure to check back here, as well as Facebook and Twitter, because we’ll be sure to let you know as soon as the DVD is available in the US. For the fastest updates, sign up to our mail list! (more…)
Knowledge Broadcast of Full Version
Hello Friends! We are so excited and happy about the Knowledge Broadcast of 65_RedRoses at 9pm on November 16th in Canada!!! They are airing the full version, along with an update I recorded a couple of months ago.
This fall has been a time full of remembrance for me, it’s strange to think about how much has changed in a year. Last November we were watching the world premiere broadcast of the film with Eva at Vancouver General Hospital. It was an incredible night, Eva turned the premiere into a giant pajama party and Dr. Yee even stopped by on his break to see us all gathered around the TV. I know that everyone’s downloading shows and movies these days, but I really can’t tell you how exciting it was as a director to see Eva’s story on television for the first time, and know that across Canada people flipping through channels could tune in and watch the film in their homes.
I hope that we reach a lot of viewers tonight, especially in BC, Eva’s home province. If you’re visiting our campaign site for the first time, our mission is to increase the number of organ donors in Canada. So on behalf of the 65_RedRoses team we hope that you will consider taking ten minutes to register online through this site and give the gift of life.
If you wish to make a financial contribution please donate to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation – their researchers are working very hard to find a cure for CF.
Love, love, love and love some more! That’s what our girl Red wanted.
Cheers from Mumbai,
Nimisha
Co-Director/Producer 65_RedRoses
Lives Lived
Hello Friends!
Eva’s parents wrote a wonderful piece that was published in The Globe and Mail a few weeks ago. For anyone who missed it, here it is: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts
It’s been a crazy few weeks with the Vancouver International Film Festival going on in the city. VIFF dedicated one of it’s screenings this year in memory of Eva, which was wonderful because the film they chose was co-edited by Justin Cousineau, Eva’s boyfriend who also worked on 65_RedRoses. The documentary, called Leave Them Laughing, recently won an award at the Hot Docs International Film Festival, and it was voted Most Popular Canadian Documentary at VIFF (we won last year in the same category, as well as taking home the Audience Choice for Best Canadian Feature). As it turns out Leave Them Laughing was directed by John Zaritsky, who taught Phil and I at UBC. He was one of the first people to encourage us to make 65_RedRoses, so it was a special evening getting to see his film, and have the screening dedicated to Eva. I have no doubts that Eva would have absolutely loved Carla (who is the main subject of the documentary and who passed away this year from ALS). I know Eva saw bits of the film while it was in the rough cut stage, and the finished documentary is one you don’t want to miss.
65_RedRoses is being broadcast in Canada (the full version) on November 16th at 9pm on Knowledge. For scheduling details please visit: http://www.knowledge.ca/schedule/2010-11-15
I’ve been working on a small video with Justin that is going to be played at the upcoming CF Gala here in Vancouver. For those of you that want to make a financial donation to a worthy cause please consider the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Their researchers are doing amazing work and are leading the race to find a cure for CF. To make a donation just visit our homepage and click on “download to donate to CF,” and you’ll get a free song written by singer/songwriter Shani Banerjee for Eva.
Can’t wait to tell everyone more about the American broadcast we have coming up in the new year! We just sent off a new cut of the film and are waiting back for notes. We have incorporated new interview footage and videos of Eva and her family. The ending is completely different.
Just two weeks left for the Geminis!
Love, love, love,
Nimisha
PETITION FOR US BROADCAST!
Thanks to everyone for your messages of support. We are committed to spreading Eva’s message about organ donation but WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Please join our Facebook Group where we have created a petition on our Discussion board to get the film shown in the US!
If you are American or know Americans that would be interested in seeing this film, please sign up by adding your NAME and STATE.
This is an IMPORTANT petition that will be used to help secure an American broadcast. Please spread the word to all your friends and family by telling them to join our facebook group! We need tens of thousands of online signatures to make Eva’s dream of broadcasting the film in the US a reality. We know we can do it with your help!
We also just found out some great news – 65_RedRoses has been nominated for a Banff World Television Award under the category of Social & Humanitarian Documentary!!!
UP-COMING SCREENINGS IN VANCOUVER AND ARIZONA
ARIZONA SCREENING:
Arizona International Film Festival
April 18th & 22nd
http://www.filmfestivalarizona.com/2010_Schedule.cfm
VANCOUVER SCREENING: The University of British Columbia’s Film Society presents INDIE WEEK at THE NORM on campus- featuring the award-winning documentary 65_REDROSES for one night only on FRIDAY APRIL 16th @ 7pm. Tickets are only $4 for the public and $2 for UBC Film Society members.
Thanks and love from,
The 65_RedRoses Team
Thank You Poland!
Eva, myself, and the rest of the team would like to thank everyone for their beautiful comments and messages.
We are so happy that the film reached viewers in Poland! We hope the film raises awareness there for CF patients and organ donation.
We are collecting names of people who would like to purchase DVDs when they are available. To add your name to the list please email us at: dualogueproductions@yahoo.com.
These are some recent photos of Eva in the hospital. She really loves getting mail and adds photos/post cards/letters/artwork to her wall of LOVE. The last picture is of me and Eva at the Hot Docs International Film Festival last year, where “65_RedRoses” premiered.
Please continue to post your messages – we read them all!
Eva is in better spirits these days and to read her livejournal you can just click on the link to your right!
Thanks so much,
Nimisha
(Co-Director/Producer “65_RedRoses”)
65_RedRoses World Broadcast Premiere!
World Broadcast Premiere on CBC News Network!
Force Four Entertainment and Filmmakers Nimisha Mukerji & Philip Lyall would like to invite everyone to tune in for the Canadian broadcast premiere of “65_RedRoses” on CBC News Network’s The Passionate Eye, Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 7 & 10 PM (PT) and 10 PM (ET). If you get CBC New Network, or know anyone you who lives in Canada, here’s their chance to watch the one hour version of the film! Mark it on your calendars and blackberries and help us spread the word!!!
The film recently won the Audience Award at the 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival for Best Canadian Film, Best Canadian Documentary, and the Artistic Merit Award from Women In Film Vancouver. It also won an Audience Award at the 2009 Hot Docs International Film Festival in Toronto.
