
It Gets in Your Blood
(Richard Lyford Documentary Film by Ed Hartman)
It Gets in Your Blood" is a documentary film that explores the life of Richard Lyford, a filmmaker who made 9 films and wrote 58 stage/screenplays before he was 20-years-old. He went on to work for Disney, and direct an Academy Award-winning documentary.
Trailer:
Also on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9bGGxgt4lrs
Trailer, Information, Pics, etc.: FilmFreeway
"Hartman owns Lyford's film estate and brings forth his groundbreaking cinema to modern audiences with utmost care and sophistication... Provocative, captivating, and irresistible."
Adrian Perez (Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival)
"It Gets in Your Blood" Festival Update (10-9-22)
128 Festival Selections, 113 Awards/Nominations:
- 52 Weeks Film Festival (Best US Documentary)
- Aasha International Film Festival (Award Winner - Best Documentary Short Film)
- Action on Film Megafest (Finalist)
- Australia Film Festival (Honorable Mention)
- American Filmatic Arts Awards (Best Historical Short Documentary)
- ARFF International // Barcelona (Honorable Mention - Globe Award)
- Austin International Art Festival (Best US Short Doc - Nominee)
- Baliwood Bali - World Independent Short Film Awards (WISFA) (Finalist)
- Beach Cities Inspirational Film Festival (Finalist)
- Beyond Earth Film Festival (Selected)
- Big Sur Film Festival Awards (Best Documentary)
- Black Panther International Short Film Festival (Nominee)
- Blastoff Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
- Blowup International Arthouse Film Fest (Selected)
- The Burbank International Film Festival (Selected)
- Calcutta International Cult Film Festival (Outstanding Achievement Award/Documentary)
- Canada Shorts Film Festival (Award of Distinction)
- Caorle Film Festival (Selected) (LIVE Screening TBA)
- Chambal Film Festival (Best Documentary Film - Short)
- Chicago Indie Film Awards (Selected)
- China Film Festival (Selected)
- CKF International Film Festival (Best Short Film of the Month)
- Crown Wood International Film Festival (Best Documentary Short Film)
- Cult Critic Movie Awards (Award Winner: Documentary, Nominee Jean Luc Godard Awards)
- Cult Movies International Film Festival (Selected)
- Depth of Field International Film Festival (Exceptional Merit - Documentary, Excellence - Editing)
- Discovery Int Fest of Film & Story (Selected)
- Docs Without Borders Film Festival (Exceptional Merit)
- Dubai Independent Film Festival (Finalist)
- East Europe International Film Festival (Best Short Documentary)
- Europe Independent Movie Festival (Selected)
- Fantasy Film Festival (Nominee)
- Festival Angaelica (Selected)
- Filmhaus Berlin (Best Short Documentary - Nominee, Best Scriptwriting for Documentary - Nominee)
- Film Festival Senior Movie (Selected)
- Film Today (Best Short Documentary)
- Florence Film Awards (Selected)
- Friday Harbor Film Festival (Selected)
- Gig Harbor Film Festival (Selected)
- Global Film Festival Awards (Best Documentary Short Film) (Award Video)
- Golden Bridge İstanbul Short Film Festival (Selected)
- HeroesLive FIlm Festival (Selected)
- Hibulb Cultural Film Festival (Documentary (Runner Up), Documentary Short (Runner Up), Best Song (Runner Up), Directing (Runner Up)
- Hodu International Film Festival (Best Documentary Short)
- Hollywood Blood Horror Festival (Best Documentary)
- Hollywood Dreams 4th-5th Annual International Film Festival (Runner-Up - Short Documentary)*
- Hollywood First-Time Filmmaker Showcase (Selected)
- Hollywood Gold Awards (Gold Award - Short Documentary)
- Hollywood Horrorfest (Finalist)
- Hollywood International Golden Age Festival (Finalist)
- Hong Kong Indie Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
- Horror Bowl Movie Awards (Best Documentary)
- Horrors4You Film Festival (Selected)
- Iconic Images Film Festival (Selected)
- Impact DOCS Awards ((Award of Merit: Documentary Short
Award of Merit: Research) - Independent Shorts Awards (Honorable Mention: Best Editing, Best Documentary Short)
- India Film Festival (Honorable Mention)
- Indian International Short Film Festival Cinemascope Awards (Honorable Mention)
- Indie Short Fest (Best Documentary Short - Nomination, Best Producer- Nomination), Best Original Score - Nomination)
- IndieX Film Fest (Award Nominee)
- Karukrit International Film Festival (Special Mention)
- Kurdistan International Independent Film Festival (Selected)
- Las Vegas International Film & Screenwriting Festival (Selected)
- London Independent Film Awards (Best Short Documentary)
- London International Monthly Film Festival (Special Mention)
- London Lift-Off Film Festival (Selected)
- London Shorts Film Festival (Nominee)
- Lonely Wolf London International Film Festival (Best Short Documentary (Nominee) Best Voiceover Narration or Performance (Nominee)
- Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards (Best Short Documentary)
- Madrid Film Awards (Semi-Finalist)
- Markham (Canada) International Film Festival (Selected)
- Medusa Film Festival (Best Short)
- Melbourne Lift-Off Film Festival (Selected)
- Mile Hight International Film Festival (Best U.S. Documentary Short Award)
- Mindfield Film Festival - Albuquerque (Best Documentary Short - Platinum, Best Editing - Platinum, Best Narrator - Platinum)
- Mindfield Film Festival - Los Angeles (Best Short Documentary - Bronze, Best Editing - Platinum)
- Naples Film Awards (Best Short Documentary)
- New Age Cinemas & Scripts ((Best Documentary Short)
- New Creators Film Awards (Best Short Documentary)
- New York Lift-Off Film Festival (Selected)
- New York Tri-State International Film Festival (Best Documentary Short)
- New Wave Short Film Festival (Best Short Documentary)
- North London Documentary Festival (Selected)
- Oniros Film Awards (Finalist)
- Only the Best International Film Festival (Selected)
- Onyko Films Awards (Finalist)
- Open Window International Film Challenge (Selected)
- Pacific Beach International Film Festival (Selected)
- Paris International Short Festival (Finalist)
- Rajasthan International Film Festival (Special Jury Award for Best International Documentary Film)
- Red Dragon Creative Awards (Best Docu Short of the Fest)
- Reel East Texas Film Festival (Best Documentary Short-Nominee, Best Director Short-Nominee)
- Rocky Mountain International Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
- Roma Short Film Festival (Finalist)
- Rome Independent Prisma Awards (Semi-Finalist)
- Rome Movie Awards (Selected)
- Royal Wolf Film Awards (Best Documentary Short - Platinum, Best Director - Short Documentary, Best Narrator, Best Producer, Best Editing
- San Diego Movie Awards (Best Documentary Short - Honorable Mention)
- San Francisco Indie Short Festival (Nominee)
- St. Andrews Film Festival (Selected)
- Shockfest (Selected)s
- Seattle Film Summit (Semi-Finalist)
-
Serbest International Film Festival (Selected)
- Snohomish Film Festival (Best Picture - Nominee, Best Documentary -Nominee)
- Silicon Beach Film Festival (Selected)
- South America Awards (Best Editing Documentary)
- Stockholm Short Festival (Selected)
- Swedish International Film Festival (Finalist)
- Sydney Indie Short Festival (Selected)
- Sydney Lift-Off Film Festival (Selected)
- Tokyo International Short Film Festival (Finalist)
- Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival (Selected)
- UK Film Review Festival (Selected)
- United States Film Festival (Best U.S. Short)
- Uruvatti International Film Festival (Best Documentary Short, Special Jury Prize)
- Vancouver Independent Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
- Vegas Cinefest (Semi-Finalist)
- Venice Shorts of California (Finalist)
- Virgin Spring Cinefest (Documentary Films - Silver Award, Best Director - Gold Award, Best Editing - Silver Award, Best Producer - Outstanding Achievement Award, Best Music Score - Silver Award)
- Vonline Film Fest (Selected)
- The Most Important Films International Film Festival (Selected)
- Thinking Hat Fiction Challenge (Selected)
- West Sound Film Festival (Selected)
- White Unicorn International Film Festival (Award Winner: Documentary)
- WRPN Short, Tight and Loose International Film Festival (Excellence Award: Tight Shorts)
- X World Short Film Festival (Nominee: Best Documentary Short)
- Yellowstone International Film Festival (Selected) (ONLINE 9-30-22 to 10-10-22)
- Zed Fest Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Available on a DVD/BlueRay along with "As the Earth Turns" (Award-winning film produced by 8th Sense Productions, Directed by Richard Lyford) in 2021.
Special LIVE or ONLINE SCREENINGS of "As the Earth Turns" & "It Gets in Your Blood" are available.
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