THE SENSITIVES wins Jury Mention at CIFF '17 + Reviews

The Sensitives, which I edited for director Drew Xanthopoulos, had a busy weekend September 15-17. It screened in Chicago, at the Newburyport Film Festival, and at the Camden International Film Festival. At CIFF, it was awarded Special Jury Mention for Cinematic Vision. It will next screen in the city where it was made: Austin, Texas, on September 29th. Details here. 

Since Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last spring, The Sensitives has sparked much discussion and praise. Here's a sampling of reviews:

"Observational and impressionistic" - Hollywood Reporter

"Empathetic yet nonjudgmental... Xanthopoulos allows each of the subjects to move at their own pace, but he and editor David Fabelo settle into an agreeably lilting rhythm that reflects life progressing even when the film’s subjects are threatened with being left behind."- Moveable Feast

"Xanthopoulos approaches the subject of being essentially allergic to modernity in a way that’s refreshingly non-symbolic. In addition to eschewing hard-nosed medical analysis, the film treads a line between acknowledging both its subjects’ very real symptoms and the frustration of friends and family who see them retreat into isolation." - The Verge

"[I]ntensive realism... invit[es] our empathy to stretch out wider and wider with each story." - Paste Magazine

"The Sensitives is a gentle and affecting window into the isolated prison cell that becomes a sensitive person’s life." - Vague Visages

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