At yesterday’s closing ceremonies press conference, the Palm Beach International Film Festival announced that Yitz Brilliant, director of The Cemetery Club, had won both the IndieFlix online audience choice award and the PBIFF festival audience award.
The Cemetery Club follows the story of a Edgar, a man who recently passed away. He joins a quirky group – The Cemetery Club. When his widowed wife starts making plans for her plot next to his, Edward decides to take action. Then, he begins to fall back in love again with his nagging wife he thought he was happy to leave behind.
The Cemetery Club also won the Audience Favorite Short at PBIFF! You can watch the video of the awards ceremony. You can read more about PBIFF and the festivities on The Examiner‘s weekend wrap-up and the PBIFF press release.
Online festival participants left comments, like “great film! Will never look at a cemetery the same way again,” and “a wonderful film, touching, funny, surprising.”
Congratulations Yitz!
Tags: Palm Beach International Film Festival, The Cemetery Club, Yitz Brilliant
