Last year for World Suicide Prevention Day, Albert’s film Welcome to the World was one of five films selected by a jury and a team of experts in psychology and psychiatry for Agarra la vida (Grab Life) in Spain, a short film festival with a mission to prevent suicide and combat its stigma. This year,…

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The Butler and the Ball has been selected for the official competition at the 2021 Children Short Film Festival, an annual competitive film festival held in Paris and London on December 8-10, 2021, that features films about, for, or by children. The Butler and the Ball is one of 43 films selected from over 3,000…

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The Butler and the Ball received a Jury Special Mention in India at the 2021 Kidz Cinema in Mumbai, as part of the Kids-Made Films (JUNIORS) competition. From November 20 through December 20, The Butler and the Ball can be viewed on the MovieSaints platform here. The start of Kidz Cinema coincides with World Children’s…

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The Butler and the Ball has been officially selected for the International Competition of the 21st Annual Camera Zizanio, which shows films created by children and young people under 20 years of age. The 21st Camera Zizanio takes place in-person from November 27-December 4, 2021, in the city of Pyrgos, Greece. The Butler and the Ball screens…

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The Butler and the Ball has won first prize in Category 1A – Fictional Movie Made by Filmmakers up to 10 Years of Age in the Czech Republic at the A-FilmTeensFest International Online Children and Youth Film Festival, running November 14-December 5, 2021. The film screens in the film block DÁRECKY OD NEJMLADŠÍCH (Gifts from…

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The Butler and the Ball won the award for Best Junior Filmmaker at the recently wrapped Sanctuary International Film Festival, which took place at The Village Theatre in Sanctuary Cove, Queensland, Australia. The Butler and the Ball, an urban fairy tale about a lonely boy who enters a contest to become the new butler of…

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