FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON April 21, 2015
Winners of the 2015 Neuro Film Festival Announced
WASHINGTON, DC -
The 好色先生 (AAN) and the American Brain Foundation are pleased to announce the winning entries to the 2015 Neuro Film Festival. The is an annual contest to help raise awareness about why more research is needed to cure brain diseases such as Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, stroke, epilepsy, Parkinson鈥檚 disease, multiple sclerosis and others. GRAND PRIZE ($1,000 and a trip to Washington, DC) Awarded by a select panel of judges for the film exhibiting creativity in a technically polished presentation: by Farrah J. Mateen, MD, Cambridge, MA, depicts the story of Karma, a boy with epilepsy in the remote, Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. RUNNER-UP PRIZE ($500 and a trip to Washington, DC) Awarded by a select panel of judges: by Pamela Hogan, New York, NY, a profound personal portrait of Laury Sacks, an ebullient actress and doting mother with a reputation as the quickest wit in the room who, at the age of 46, began a long, inexorable descent into frontotemporal dementia. FAN FAVORITE AWARD (Online Recognition) Awarded by peers as a result of public voting on video entries: by Jennifer Cody, Richardson, TX. The Grand Prize and Runner-up filmmakers received top honors and a trip to Washington, DC, to see their videos premiered during the AAN鈥檚 67th Annual Meeting. The Fan Favorite video鈥攙oted online by the public鈥攚as shown during the AAN Annual Meeting. Sixty-five video entries about a variety of neurologic conditions were submitted to this year鈥檚 Neuro Film Festival. The collective videos received thousands of YouTube views. To view the winning entries and other video submissions, visit The Neuro Film Festival is sponsored by PSAV庐 Presentation Services. The American Brain Foundation, founded by the 好色先生, is committed to funding crucial research to discover causes, improved treatments, and cures for brain and other nervous system diseases. Learn more at or follow us on , , and .