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“TEENAGERS” Wins Accolade Competition

The feature “Teenagers” of the Productions Forever (Paul de Métairy, France) has won a prestigious Golden Award of Merit from The Accolade Competition (La Jolla, California). This award was given for the exceptional quality and the convincing solutions to social issues about young people: violence, delinquency, suicide, terrorism, homophobia, etc.

In its eight year, The Accolade is top-tier, international awards competition for filmmakers, television producers and videographers. It receives entries from all over the world: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Guam, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela.

Awards go to those who produce fresh, standout entertainment, animation and compelling documentaries. The Accolade is a showcase for cinematic gems and unique voices.

The Accolade team works passionately to help worthy productions gain the publicity and distribution they deserve. Every filmmaker, television producer and videographer wants credibility associated with their work and buzz about their productions, and that is what The Accolade is all about. The goal of The Accolade is to help the winners of this coveted award achieve the recognition and distribution they deserve.

The Accolade recognizes film, television, videography and new media professionals who demonstrate exceptional achievement in craft and creativity, and those who produce standout entertainment or contribute to profound social changes (what is absolutely the aim of “Teenagers”). Entries are judged by highly qualified professionals in the film and television industry. Information about The Accolade and a list of recent winners can be found at www.theaccolade.net. So you will see that “Teenagers” was the only one European French-speaking feature film to be awarded.

In winning an Accolade, “Teenagers” joins the ranks of other high-profile winners of this internationally respected award. Thomas Baker, Ph. D., who chairs The Accolade, had this to say to about the latest winners : « The Accolade is not an easy award to win. Entries are received from around the world. The Accolade helps set the standard for craft and creativity. The judges were pleased with the exceptionally high quality of entries. The goal of The Accolade is to help winners achieve the recognition they deserve. »

As incredible as it seems, this great film is still looking for sales agents, distributors, TV, theatres. Long list of the awards and more on www.foreverprod.net & www.foreverprod.net/teens-press.pdf.

NB : there is now a 2016 version, 165', some scenes shortened, some new scenes, new music, new editing. There is also a version for dubbing available (with sounds and music, without dialogues).