Best Emerging Filmmakers
65_RedRoses
Directed by: Nimisha Mukerji and Philip Lyall
The award-winning 65_RedRoses celebrates the courage and determination of Eva Markvoort, a
23-year-old patient with Cystic Fibrosis. In desperate need of a double lung transplant, seeking others
who understand her potentially lethal condition, Eva turns to the Internet and Facebook. She soon
forms a powerful bond with two American girls in different stages of the same illness—online friendships
that withstand the tests of time and distance. Ultimately, this stunning work of contemporary
cinema-vérité filmmaking is a deeply inspiring film about taking control, reaching out and facing
mortality head-on. (70 minutes) American West Coast Premiere. Most Popular Canadian Documentary,
National Film Board of Canada; Most Popular Canadian Film, Vancouver International Film Festival.
The award-winning 65_RedRoses celebrates the courage and determination of Eva Markvoort, a
23-year-old patient with Cystic Fibrosis. In desperate need of a double lung transplant, seeking others
who understand her potentially lethal condition, Eva turns to the Internet and Facebook. She soon
forms a powerful bond with two American girls in different stages of the same illness—online friendships
that withstand the tests of time and distance. Ultimately, this stunning work of contemporary
cinema-vérité filmmaking is a deeply inspiring film about taking control, reaching out and facing
mortality head-on. (70 minutes) American West Coast Premiere. Most Popular Canadian Documentary,
National Film Board of Canada; Most Popular Canadian Film, Vancouver International Film Festival.This program was made possible by the generous
support of KRCB Public Broadcasting
support of KRCB Public Broadcasting
2010 Mendocino Film Festival