Fly Away (film)
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| Directed by | Janet Grillo |
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Janet Grillo Pavlina Hatoupis Catherine Hardwicke (Executive Producer) Lee Adhemar G. Feldshon (Executive Producer) David F. Schwartz (Executive Producer) |
| Written by | Janet Grillo |
| Starring |
Beth Broderick Ashley Rickards Greg Germann JR Bourne Reno Elaine Hall Zachariah Palmer |
| Music by | String Theory Productions |
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Cricket Films, Ministry of Content
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| Distributed by | New Video Group |
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Running time
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80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Fly Away is a 2011 Independent American dramatic film written and directed by Emmy Award-winning Janet Grillo, and starring Beth Broderick, Ashley Rickards, Greg Germann, JR Bourne, Reno, Elaine Hall, and Zachariah Palmer.
Made as a SAG Ultra-Low Budget Independent Film, and shot in 14 days,Fly Away premiered as 1 of 8 out of 2000 submissions in Dramatic Competition at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas in March, 2011.
The film won Best Film and Special Jury Prize for Performance (Ashley Rickards) at the Arizona International Film Festival in April 2011, and Honorable Mention from the prestigious Voice Awards, sponsored by the national Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Fly Away opened in limited theatrical release in key cities in April 2011, Autism Awareness Month. It received excellent reviews in leading journals including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, New York Observer, Huffington Post, Variety and Hollywood Reporter. Several critics called for Academy Award nominations.
At the end of April 2010, Fly Away became available in US and Canada via iTunes, NetFlix, Amazon and Video on Demand Time Warner/Comcast, through New Video /Flatiron Films. The grassroots outreach campaign was in association with Autism Speaks, which received 10% of all proceeds.
The film's screenplay won the award for the Best International Screenplay from the 2010 Swansea Bay Film Festival in Wales.
Jeanne (Beth Broderick) is awakened by crying from her autistic teenage daughter Mandy (Ashley Rickards).
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