Awards & Festivals
Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy has received a number of awards, including the following:
Awards
AAIDD Media Award
(2007)
Henry Hampton Award for Excellence in Film & Digital Media
(2008, awarded by the Council on Foundations)
TASH Positive Images in Media Award
(2007, shared with Including Samuel)
Best of Festival Award
(2008 Superfest XXVIII)
Crystal Heart Award
(2007 Heartland Film Festival)
Best Documentary
(2009 Talking Pictures Film Festival)
Audience Award (“The Fred”) and Second Place Jury Award
(2009 “The Way We Live” Film Festival)
NAFDMA Insight Award
(2007 Award for Excellence, Short Film Documentary)
CCDI Justin Dart Distinguished Citizens of the Year Award
(2008 recipients: Diana Braun & Kathy Conour)
NYSACRA Excellence Award
(2008 recipient: Alice Elliott)
Honorable Mention, Documentary Over 30 Minutes
(2009 Picture This … Film Festival)
Nominations:
IDA Short Documentary Award
(2007)
Festivals
| 2012 | International Cinema US film festival, Managua, Nicaragua |
| 2012 | BosiFest, Belgrade, Serbia |
| 2011 | Disabled Peoples’ Human Rights Fest, Jeju-City, Jeju, Korea |
| 2011 | Women Take the Reel, Boston, MA |
| 2010 | First Disability Film Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| 2010 | Breaking Down Barriers, Sochi, Russia |
| 2010 | AVA Film Festival,Tehran, Iran |
| 2010 | Normal Festival, Prague, Czech Republic |
| 2010 | Open Frame Festival –PBST, New Delhi, India |
| 2010 | The Other Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2010 | Reframing Reality, Jerusalem, Israel |
| 2010 | Traveling World Community FF, Prince George, BC |
| 2010 | Traveling World Community FF, Kelowna, BC |
| 2010 | Our Island, Our World, Salt Spring Island, BC |
| 2010 | Traveling World Community FF, Grand Forks, BC |
| 2010 | Global Film Festival, Nanaimo, BC |
| 2010 | Traveling World Community FF, Courtenay, BC |
| 2010 | Mumbai International Film Fest, Mumbai, India |
| 2010 | World Community Film Festival, Vancouver, BC |
| 2009 | The Way We Live, Munich, Germany |
| 2009 | Sebastopol Film Festival, Sebastopol,CA |
| 2009 | Sprout Film Festival, New York, NY |
| 2009 | Talking Pictures Film Festival, Evanston,IL |
| 2009 | Picture This…, Alberta, Canada |
| 2008 | Focus Film Festival, Chico, CA |
| 2008 | NY DisABILITIES Festival, Buffalo, NY |
| 2008 | Abilities Arts Festival, Toronto, Canada |
| 2008 | Sun Valley Spiritual, Hailey, ID |
| 2008 | Superfest XXVIII, Berkeley, CA |
| 2008 | Mendocino, Mendocino, CA |
| 2008 | Atlanta International, Atlanta, GA |
| 2008 | Full Frame, Durham, NC |
| 2008 | Brattleboro Women’s, Brattleboro, VT |
| 2008 | Cleveland International, Cleveland, OH |
| 2008 | Nazariya Women’s Festival, Natarani, India |
| 2008 | Big Sky Documentary, Missoula, MO |
| 2008 | Santa Barbara International, Santa Barbara, CA |
| 2008 | Palm Springs International, Palm Springs, CA |
| 2007 | Rocky Mountain Women’s, Colorado Springs, CO |
| 2007 | Hot Springs Documentary, Hot Springs, AR |
| 2007 | Heartland Truly Moving Pictures, Indianapolis, IN |
| 2007 | Mill Valley Film Festival, Mill Valley, CA |