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Press Release Archives
March 9, 2006
Denver made film receives Gold Sunday Night!
"The Goal" wins at Mumbai India
Mumbai India- The International Sport Movies &
TV Film Festival ran for four days and celebrated the closing night with an award ceremony on
March 5th, 2006. "The Goal" was awarded the Gold Award for Feature Film.
This win in Mumbai qualifies "The Goal" for the 24th Annual Milan Italy
Sport Movie Film Festival to be held in October 2006.
Mr. Ritesh Sinha, Festival Director, said, "The response to The Goal was
superb! The Goal is a beautiful movie."
"The Goal" is a feature film that chronicles the lives of two athletes
who are on an adrenaline track, one to the Olympics and the other to the
world of Pro Soccer. Steve and Jason cross paths while rebuilding their
lives following severe accidents.
Darla Rae, writer and director of "The Goal" is seeing her dreams become
reality as a first time filmmaker at 47. Rae, who lives in
Littleton, Colorado said, "This is incredible to be recognized Internationally! It's funny
really, The Goal has not been accepted into
any Colorado Film festivals, but that doesn't deter us" said Rae.
The Goal is an Inspiring film for a special audience and
purpose. I'm not that
easily deterred or I would never have spent 12 years gathering information before writing
"The Goal".
The win in Mumbai India is the 3rd Festival win for The Goal which
previously won "Best Inspirational Film" at the 11th Temecula International Film Festival
September 2005,and the "Independent Spirit" award at the 11th annual International Family Film Festival, October2005.
The Goal is currently working to secure a distribution deal both in
North America and Internationally.
For more information about "The Goal" or are interested in distribution
for the movie please visit www.thegoal-movie.com
Contact: Nicole Allen at 720-435-5138 or Darla Rae at 720-620-0536
October 3, 2005
Denver
made film receives second film award
“The
Goal” wins at IFFF
LOS ANGELES- The International
Family Film Festival ran for nine days and celebrated the
closing night with an award ceremony on October 1, 2005.
“The Goal” was awarded the IFFF Independent Spirit Award.
This festival was started in 1994.
The IFFF Independent Spirit
Award is given each year to the film that best expresses
independent filmmaking. Chris Shoemaker, executive director
and co-founder of IFFF said, “’The Goal’ must be seen on
the big screen in order to get its full impact. What was
refreshing is that you can hear the audience breathing with
the film. They cry, laugh, and feel; they even applaud. It’s
an excellent family film that allows you to see how strong the
human spirit can be.”
“The Goal” is a feature
film that chronicles the lives of two athletes who are on an
adrenaline track, one to the Olympics and the other to the
world of Pro Soccer. Steve and Jason cross paths while
rebuilding their lives following severe accidents.
Darla Rae, writer and director
of “The Goal” is seeing her dreams become reality as a
first time filmmaker at 47. Rae, who lives in Littleton, said,
“This is such an honor for us to be chosen to receive the
IFFF Independent Spirit Award out of all the other films at
the festival. I am so glad “The Goal” touched as many as
it did during the festival. Although we have had a good
response during the festival we are still looking for
distribution so “The Goal” can reach even more people.”
For more information about
“The Goal” or are interested in distribution for the movie
please visit www.thegoal-movie.com.
September 20, 2005
"The Goal" gets inspiration at TVIFF Denver-based
film receives the Maggi Allen
Filmmaker Award
Temecula, Calif.-As director, writer, and producer of
"The Goal," Darla Rae's ambitions for her first feature film started to become
reality on September 18, 2005. She was awarded the Maggi Allen Filmmaker
Award at the Temecula International Film and Music Festival (TVIFF).
TVIFF celebrated the 11th anniversary, however, this was the
inaugural year for the award. The Maggi Allen Filmmaker Award was named
for the Co- founder of TVIFF. This award is given to the best
inspirational film. "It was very exciting getting into the festival,
not to mention winning this award at our first festival," said Rae.
"Now that we have been able to experience an actual film
festival, my goal for "The Goal" is to do even better at the next
one," said Rae. The film will be featured at the International Family Film
Festival (IFFF) in Los Angeles. The dates of the IFFF are September 23, 2005
through October 1, 2005. For specific viewing times visit http://www.iffilmfest.org/05FilmList.html.
For more information about "The Goal" visit
www.thegoal-movie.com or for festival information visit
www.iffilmfest.org.
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