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2022 News

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When Life Gives You Lemons is an official selection at the IFFSA Toronto - the LARGEST South Asian film festival in North America!

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to have & to hold is an official selection at Flicker's Rhode Island International Film Festival and Lonely Wolf International Film Festival!

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to have & to hold is an official selection at Lonely Seal Film Festival!

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to have & to hold is an official selection at Mott Haven Film Festival!

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to have & to hold is an official selection at The Shawna Shea Memorial Film Festival!

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Ali has completed her first FULL year as Digital Content Producer at ListProducer.com/PaulaRizzo.com!

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Ali's script Golden Age was a quarterfinalist at the Filmmatic Short Script Competition!

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Ali's script Bandit was a semifinalist at The Golden Script Competition!

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Seven Fishes was nominated for Best Ensemble at the Festival of Cinema!

 

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Ali's play Dead Man Walking was produced at Chain Theatre!

 

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A reading of Ali's musical BLOOD/SWEAT/TEARS was produced by HARP Theatricals. 

 

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Christen the Place was featured in Broadway World and the Scandinavia House Newsletter!

Tickets are on SALE now for Ali's newest play Christen the Place! Get tickets here!

 

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Tickets are on SALE now for Ali's newest play Christen the Place! Get tickets here!

 

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Ali is now a member of The Players in NYC!

 

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to have & to hold WON BEST PERFORMANCES at the Romance & Relationships Film Festival!

 

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Seven Fishes is an Official Selection at the Lighthouse Film Festival!

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Seven Fishes is getting an encore screening at The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival this year! Get tickets here!

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Seven Fishes is an official selection at the Wyoming International Film Festival!

 

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to have & to hold is an official selection at the Romance & Relationships film festival and a quarterfinalist at Big Apple film festival!

 

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Ali's screenplay Bandit won at the Georgia Shorts Film Festival!

 

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Ali's play Dear Nate was the featured play on New Play Exchange!

 

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Ali's was featured as To Tony Production Blog's Filmmaker of the week! 

Read the profile here!

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Ali's screenplay Bandit and film In Defense of Civil Society are both nominated for awards at the Georgia Shorts Film Festival!

 

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Ali's film to have & to hold was featured in To Tony Production Blog's Film Spotlight!

Read the feature here!

 

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Ali's play Christen the Place, which was commission by Alt Keller Ingenting, a Norwegian theater company, was featured in the Norwegian press! It includes details about it's New York run this summer and its Norwegian run in the fall!

 

Read the article here!
 

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Ali is the Dramaturg for Golden, an upcoming reading with ShowTown Theatricals!

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In Defense of Civil Society is an Official Selection at Richmond International Film Festival!

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In Defense of Civil Society is an Official Selection at Georgia Shorts Film Festival!

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In Defense of Civil Society is an Official Selection at BlackBird Film Festival!

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Ali's script Golden Age is officially ranked on Coverall!

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In Defense of Civil Society is an Official Selection at FLICKFAIR! Watch us online this April!

 

Seven Fishes  and In Defense of Civil Society are Official Selections at the Social Impact Film Festival with Entertainment 2 Affect Change! Tickets are free. The festival is April 1 & 2!

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Seven Fishes is an Official Selection at the Kalakari Film Festival!

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Seven Fishes and In Defense of Civil Society are Official Selections at the Social Impact Film Festival with Entertainment 2 Affect Change!

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The script of to have & to hold and Bandit are semifinalists at the Atlanta Film Festival! These scripts are in the top 40 out of over 2,000 scripts.

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The script of to have & to hold is in the top 19% of scripts on Coverfly! Fun festival details coming soon!

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Bandit is in the top 12% of scripts on Coverfly! Fun festival details coming soon.

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The creative team for When Life Gives You Lemons won a grant from the OAC for their next project!

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In Defense of Civil Society is an Official Selection at the IndieBoom Film Festival! Watch this January 2022!

 

2021 News

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Seven Fishes is a nominee for Best Live-Action Holiday Short Film at the Yule Film Fest!

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Ali had a blast at the virtual Okotoks Film Festival panel after the screening of Seven Fishes!

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Seven Fishes is a Top 10 IMDB Best Drama Nominee at the Lonely Wolf International Film Festival!

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Zero Issue has come to the end of it's film festival run! Catch it one final time on the film festival circuit at FLICKFAIR this January!

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Ali Keller LLC received a grant from the Indie Theater Fund to use towards an upcoming project in 2022! Stay tuned for more details!

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Seven Fishes is a Semi Finalist in the Lonely Wolf International Film Festival!

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The credit song in Seven Fishes is featured on the newest  episode of The Songs of Emily Rose Podcast! Check it out wherever podcasts are available!

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Seven Fishes is nominated for FIVE AWARDS at The Artists Forum of the Moving Image film festival! We were nominated for: Best Narrative Short, Best Actress - GraceAnn Dorse & Sondra James, Best Director and Best Screenplay!

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In Defense of Civil Society is an Official Selection at The Great Canadian Comedy Film Festival!

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Seven Fishes is an Official Selection at the Okotoks Festive Film Festival! Make sure to watch the talkback with Ali Keller on December 17th!

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In Defense of Civil Society is an Official Selection at the Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival! 

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My screenplay Bandit is on the Coverfly RED LIST!

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Bandit is a Quarter-Finalist at the Female Voices Rock Film Festival!

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Keys is an Official Selection at the Aporia International Village Film Festival!

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Bandit was bumped up to a Semi-Finalist at the Scriptation Showcase!

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Bandit is a Semi-Finalist at the Atlanta Screenplay Awards!

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Seven Fishes premiered on the West Coast at the Awareness Film Festival!

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BLOOD/SWEAT/TEARS is a Second Rounder at the Austin Film Festival!

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Seven Fishes is an Official Selection at the Festival of the Moving Image!

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In Defense of Civil Society is an Official Selection at the Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase!

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Zero Issue won Best Comedy at the New York State International Film Festival.

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Bandit is a Second Rounder at SYS's Six Figure Screenplay Contest!

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Zero Issue was nominated for Best Short Film at Austin Action Fest & Market!

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The Golden Age is a Semi Finalist at the Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival!

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Bandit is a Quarter Finalist at the Scriptation Showcase Script Competition! 

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Seven Fishes is an Official Selection at the Awareness Film Fest!

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Ali's screenplay The Golden Age is a Finalist at The Shawna Shea Memorial Film Festival!

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Seven Fishes is an Official Selection at Detroit SheTown Film Festival, Zero Issue is an Official Selection at New York State International Film Festival, and In Defense of Civil Society at SF Indie Shorts!

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Seven Fishes WON the Best Short Film Award at World Webfest Mania!

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Ali's script Bandit is a Semifinalist at Lonely Seal Film Festival!

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Ali thrilled to be the new Digital Content Producer for Paula Rizzo! Links to her work here and here.

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Zero Issue is a winner at Cinemafest and nominated for an award at Chautauqua International Film Festival!

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Ali's show BLOOD/SWEAT/TEARS is doing a one-night only in-person and virtual reading as a part of The Tank's LIMEFEST! 

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IN DEFENSE OF CIVIL SOCIETY is nominated for 2 AWARDS at the Oregon Short Film Festival!

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Ali's screenplay BANDIT is a Quarterfinalist in the Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards! 

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Check out this new RAVE review of In Defense of Civil Society on One Film Fam here!

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Seven Fishes has been nominated for Best Long Island Film at the Long Island International Film Expo! Get tickets to the in-person or virtual screening here!

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Zero Issue is an Official Selection at the Chautauqua International Film Festival.

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Ali's screenplay Bandit is a Finalist at the Tokyo International Film Festival!

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Zero Issue is an Official Selection at Lift-Off Global Network's Toronto Film Festival!

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In Defense of Civil Society is an Official Selection at the Oregon Short Film Festival AND the HALO International Film Festival!

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In Defense of Civil Society and Seven Fishes got Honorable Mentions for being in the top 10% of films selected for the Indie Shorts Mag Film Festival!

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In Defense of Civil Society, Seven Fishes, and Zero Issue are ALL Official Selections at the Indie Shorts Mag Short Film Festival. Click here to watch on July 13th!

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Ali completed her certificate program with NYU Tisch! 

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In Defense of Civil Society and Zero Issue have glowing reviews in the To Tony Productions Blog! 

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Seven Fishes was an Official Selection at The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival! Check out this great review of Seven Fishes and the other short films in the same block here!

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Seven Fishes is an Official Selection at the Long Island International Film Expo! Check back for more details about how to watch it in person and online this summer!

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Watch Ali talk about producing and writing on 2 panels with the Spokane Film Project on YouTube!

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Seven Fishes is a winner at the Little Rock Italian Film Festival!

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Check out In Defense of Civil Society streaming at the 2021 Sarasota Film Festival starting April 30th! GET TICKETS HERE! (In the Florida Narratives Shorts Block)

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...The F*ck Am I Doing? by Ali Keller & Emily Rose Simons is being virtually produced virtually by The COW Community (based in the UK) at the Brighton Fringe Festival. GET TICKETS HERE!

To read rave reviews of the production click here and here!

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Check out Ali & the Zero Issue team on May 1st at Midwest Action Fest at 530pm EST! GET TICKETS HERE

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Ali's screenplay is an Official Selection at Script Summit 2021!

 

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Ali's screenplay Bandit won the LA Screenplay Fest 2021!

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Ali's screenplay The Golden Age got an honorable mention at The London International Monthly Film Festival!

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Ali is an Affiliate Dramaturg with Beehive Dramaturgy.

 

Check out her mention and the great work Beehive Dramaturgy is doing in this Broadway World article!

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Bandit is a Semi-Finalist in the Shoot Your Short Screenplay Competition!

 

Click Here to check out the entire Top 100.

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Ali hosts a podcast about how Pretty Little Liars, horror movies and the horror movie references in Pretty Little Liars with comedian Ellis Hoffmeister - available on iTunes and Spotify.

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Zero Issue was an Official Selection at GeekFest Toronto.

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