"Joyful Partaking is as fine a first feature as I have ever seen." - East Lansing Film Fest juror
"Marvelously directed with an amazing cast, this is a great, great movie!" raved Eric Campos in Film Threat. "As feel good as this comedy is, it still has quite a dark edge to it..."
"Lovely," seconded Variety, "truly independent... shifts seamlessly from comedy to tragedy and back again. The movie soars."

2001 Tahoe Int'l Film Festival (Winner: VIEWERS CHOICE AWARD, BEST FEATURE) - 2001 Ashland Independent Film Festival (Nominee: BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE) - 2001 Telluride Indiefest (Winner: BEST FEATURE) - 2001 Seattle Art Museum Distinguishing Film Series - 2002 East Lansing Film Festival - 2002 Black Point Film Festival (Winner: BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING) - 2002 Brooklyn Arts Council Film Festival, Metropolitan Museum of Art - 2002 Dances With Films (Honorable Mention: BEST SCREENPLAY) - 2002 Downstream Film Festival - 2002 Atlantic City Film & Music Festival (Winner: SILVER AWARD, BEST SCREENPLAY, BEST DIRECTOR) - 2002 Big Bear Film & Video Festival - 2002 Guerilla Film & Video Festival, Tribeca Film Center - 2002 Empire State Film Festival - 2002 Ojai Film Festival - 2002 Seattle Underground Film Festival - 2002 Moab Film Festival - 2002 California Independent Film Festival (Nominees: BEST FEATURE, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST ACTOR) - 2002 Columbus Int'l Film & Video Festival (Winner: BRONZE PLAQUE, BEST FEATURE) - 2002 Anchorage Film Festival (Winner: BEST FEATURE) - 2003 Newport Beach Film Festival - 2003 Key West Indiefest (Winner: BEST FEATURE) - 2003 Fort Myers Beach Film Festival - 2003 Blue Sky Int'l Film Festival

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