The Response was recently selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as one of the 10 semi-finalists that is eligible for the upcoming Oscar for Best Short Film (Live Action).

   Of the nearly 7000 film festivals held around the world, the Academy (the body that oversees and produces the annual Academy Awards) recognizes less than 70 as official Academy qualifying festivals. "The Response" was accepted as an Official Selection to seven of these qualifying festivals.  Additionally, the film won the Audience Award for Best Picture at the Politics on Film Festival in Washington, DC; won a Special Jury Prize at the DC Shorts Film Festival; and was a Finalist at the USA Film Festival in Dallas.

   The movie recently screened for the

Pentagon and the Department of Justice.  The Response's writer/producer, Sig Libowitz, was also invited by the Pentagon to travel to Guantanamo as a legal observer to the Military Commissions.

Upcoming & Recent Screenings:

Upstate New York, May 21, 2010

Harvard University, May 4, 2010 at 6:00 pm

Fordham Law, March 9, 2010 at 6:00 pm

Houston, February 25, 2010 at 6:00 pm

Columbia University, January 20, 2010 at 6:00 pm

Boston, October 28, 2009

New York, October 27, 2009

New York, October 13, 2009

Las Vegas, September 24, 2009

Department of Justice, August 27, 2009

Pentagon, July 1, 2009