AWARDS
*Appassionata wins prestigious Chris Award from the Columbus Film
and Video Festival
*Appassionata
wins Audience Award for Best Documentary Film at the Gimli Film
Festival
TELEVISION
PREMIERE
CBC’s
“Opening Night,” March 16, 2006
FESTIVAL
SCREENINGS
September 23,
2006 – Rome DOCFEST, Festival di Palazzo Venezia
August 6, 2006
– Gimli Film Festival
March 11, 2006
-- International Festival of Films on Art in Montréal
March 4, 2006
-- NSI’s FilmExchange Canadian Film Festival
REVIEWS
“An
epic love story, musical works of staggering genius and Cold War
intrigue – filmmaker Paula Kelly’s Appassionata has
it all…”
Pat St. Germain, The Winnipeg Sun
“The feature
length documentary Appassionata focuses on (Sonia’s) life
and loves…think of it as an antidote to American Idol. Canadian
Idol too, for that matter.”
The National Post
“The highlight
of the doc, the moments at which you feel you’re being carried
out of the theatre and onto the screen, are the splendid performances
of Eckhardt-Gramatte’s work by a number of musicians that
Kelly ingeniously places in the scenes…”
Peter Vesuwalla, Uptown Magazine
CBC
VIEWER FEEDBACK (samples)
“Thank
you so much for your WONDERFUL programme on Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte.
What a tale! And how well the film was made. I was totally gripped
and, at the conclusion said for umpteenth time this month ‘Thank
heavens for the CBC!’”
Janet Baker, Truro, Nova Scotia
“I was riveted
to my seat to see and hear that intensely profound composer Eckhardt-Gramatte.
Thank you very much for that program.”
Alain Chouinard, Nunavut
“What
a wonderful programme…so rich, interesting and artistically
satisfying. I want all my friends to see this. Please do be sure
to repeat it!”
Karen Quinton
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