Meet a Single Mom with a Severely Autistic Daughter in Fly Away a Movie by Janet Grillo
From Janet Grillo: AN EXCITING MOMENT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS FOR YEARS IS NOW HERE!
FLY AWAY by Janet Grillo tells the poignant yet humor filled story of a single mother of a teenager with severe autism, as she is forced to confront her daughter's future. What will sustain her child into adulthood...as well as herself?
Fly Away Trailer from Fly Away on Vimeo.
FLY AWAY was selected as 1 of 8 out of 2000 films submitted for Dramatic Competition in the esteemed SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST FILM FESTIVAL in Austin, TX. We made our premiere there in March.
We have played in several other film festivals over the past month, including winning Best Feature and Special Jury Prize for Ashley Rickards, who plays the role of the daughter, at the ARIZONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.
On THIS FRIDAY, FLY AWAY will open for commercialtheatrical run in select cities.
As of 4/15, it will open in:
LOS ANGELES (at the Laemmle Music Hall in Beverly Hills + AMC Covina 3 in Covina)
NEW YORK CITY (at the Village East Cinema in Manhattan)
WASHINGTON, DC (at the West End Cinema)
As of 4/22, it will open in:
NEW HAVEN (at the BowTie Cinema)
Please contact each theater for details. Including which days I will be there for a Q+A after the screening.
Visit the website HERE.
Hits close to home. Very anxious to see it.
Posted by: Katie | April 15, 2011 at 09:41 PM
I would love to see this movie mainstream in ALL theaters across the world! Looking forward to being able to see it. I teared up watching the trailer. Thinking of my beloved sister and what she tackles everyday with her beautiful son.
Posted by: Tiffany Sanchez | April 15, 2011 at 10:30 AM
What the future holds for our children?? Who will take care of them when the parents die?? As the numbers rising we must
also need to plan for the future and bring attention to the issues they face,loneliness,unemployment,exclusion. How can
we increase our children's safety and quality of life in the future. Thank you for creating a movie and for your focus to give a face to the mother and the child and allow
others visually understand what is happening in the family,
where autism present.
Posted by: one Voice | April 13, 2011 at 09:51 PM
Congrats on the film. It looks fantastic from the trailer. I liked the line "... my daughter is not a problem she is a person!" Wishing you every success in finding widespread distribution. Looking forward to seeing it in the entirety.
Posted by: jean | April 13, 2011 at 08:31 PM