elijah's ashes

DIRECTOR: Ryan Barton-Grimley

WRITERS: Ryan Barton-Grimley, Ari Schneider

PRODUCERS: Ryan Barton-Grimley, AJ Gordon, Ari Schneider

CAST: Ari Schneider, Ryan Barton-Grimley, Matt Craig, Toni Charline, Piper Gillin, Casey Graf, Christinna Chauncey

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FILM FESTIVALS: “World Premiere” FILM INVASION LOS ANGELES, “North American Premiere” MANHATTAN FILM FESTIVAL, “West Coast Premiere” ALEXANDER VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL, “East Coast Premiere” MIAMI INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, “Southeastern Premiere” SMOKEY MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL, “California Premiere” OJAI FILM FESTIVAL

SYNOPSIS: Lawrence Shaw is a run of the mill guy who just can't get accepted for being who he is. He's not straight enough for his job where he sells testosterone fueled ad campaigns to beer companies and he's not stereotypically gay enough for his boyfriend. To make things worse, his father Elijah just died and his last dying wish was for Lawrence to go on a road trip with his extremely homophobic half-brother Kevin to bury his ashes. It's a heroically dumb journey of brotherly love and acceptance that begs the age old question... "Can you truly accept someone else when you can't even accept yourself?"

“The very extremely ugly truth is that homophobia, like all prejudice, is absurd and ridiculous. Now more than ever, if you are part of the majority in this country, you need to take a stand against discrimination in whatever way you can. ”

— Advocate

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QUOTES:

“Elijah’s Ashes is an unabashed exploration of family, sexuality and acceptance within the confines of a road trip setting. ”

— Chris Olson - UK Film Review

“Elijah’s Ashes is a well-written, well-performed and well-paced piece that it becomes proof in itself that low budget films can truly entertain when done right. This is done right. ”

— Carl Burgess - SCREEN CRITIX

“As a funny entertaining film? “Elijah’s Ashes” fills the bill nicely.”

— INDYRED

“ELIJAH’S ASHES may be one of the best comedies of 2017! The characters are perfectly created, the soundtrack is neat and the overall trip is something we not only saw, but experienced one hundred percent!”

— TMFF

“ELIJAH’S ASHES is an actor’s showcase, but proves Barton-Grimley as a director, he definitely has a feel for human behavior in those smaller, quieter moments that stick with us.”

— DITR Film Reviews

“Heroically dumb, that is just about as awesome a character description as you can ask for.”

— Justin Kincaid - FILM FERVOR

“RYAN BARTON-GRIMLEY and ARI SCHNEIDER, both of whom wrote the film as well as star in it, are up-and-coming talents to keep your eyes on”

— AMOS LASSEN REVIEWS

AWARDS + SELECTIONS:

LAIFFA (Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards) - Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Ryan Barton-Grimley)

Manhattan Film Festival - Best Coming of Age Feature

NYC Indie Film Awards - Best Feature Film: Diamond Award

FAMEUS international Film Festival - Best Feature Film "Silver Award"

International Independent Film Awards - Best Feature, Best Screenplay, Best Director(Ryan Barton-Grimley) Best Actor(Ari Schneider) Best Supporting Actor(Ryan Barton-Grimley) Best Score(Robby Elfman)

TMFF (The Monthly Film Festival) - Best Feature Film

IMFF (International Monthly Film Festival of Copenhagen) - Best Comedy Feature Film

Best Actor Film Festival - Best Comedy Feature Flilm

HIMPFF (Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival) - Award of Recognition

Pictoclik Film Society - Official "Summer Cinema Preview"

Next TV Independent Film and Webseries Festival - Quarter Finalist

Santa Monica Independent Film Festival - Honorable Mention

Oregon Film Awards - Best Feature "Platinum Award"

Hollywood Screenings - Semi-Finalist

Top Indie Film Awards - Best Humor Feature

Canada International Film Festival - Best Foreign Film

Alexander Valley Film Festival - Official Selection