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Walker George Films is thrilled to announce that their feature-length documentary, Young@Heart, recently acquired by Fox Searchlight, will be released in cinemas in the USA and Canada from April 18th 2008.

The film, directed by Stephen Walker and produced by Sally George, follows the fortunes of a unique American chorus of senior citizens with an average age of 80 who sing rock ‘n’ roll music. First broadcast in the UK on More4 and Channel 4 in November 2006 to outstanding critical acclaim, Young@Heart went on to win two Golden Rose Awards at the prestigious Rose d’Or Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland, in May 2007 for Best Arts Documentary and Best Film in any Category. The film also won the Audience Award for Best International Feature at the Los Angeles Film Festival and has been acquired for theatric release in North America by a major Hollywood studio, Fox Searchlight (Little Miss Sunshine, Sideways).

For more details, please visit www.foxsearchlight.com/youngatheart/. Includes links to some of the YouTube clips from the movie which have so far attracted well over a million hits.

"Gloriously life-affirming..." Daily Telegraph

"Superb...a film of incredible humour and pathos..." The Times

"Prepare to be amused and be damned if you don’t cry..." Mail on Sunday

"I haven’t cried this much since Bambi’s mum got shot..." The Scotsman

"My most moving musical experience of the year..." Sunday Times

Other upcoming films from Walker George Films include:

George Melly’s Last Stand, directed by Katie Buchanan, a powerfully moving and often hilarious portrait of the final few months in the life of the British jazz icon and legend. First broadcast on BBC4 in November 2007, the film will be re-broadcast on BBC2 in the New Year.

A Boy Called Alex, directed by Stephen Walker, the extraordinary tale of 16 year old Eton schoolboy Alex Stobbs, a musical prodigy whose dream is to conduct one of Bach’s greatest works - the Magnificat - while battling cystic fibrosis. To be broadcast as the first in the new series of Channel 4’s Cutting Edge on January 24, 2008 at 9pm.

Brothers and Sisters in Love, a documentary for ITV 1 directed by Sally George, about one of the most secret taboos of all - incest. The film features siblings who never knew each other as children yet fall in love when they meet as adults. Featuring couples from the USA and UK as well as the extraordinary case of a German brother and sister who have had four children together and are now challenging Germany's incest laws in the Supreme Court.

For further information or queries, please contact us on:

T +44 (0) 208 743 7733
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E info@walkergeorgefilms.co.uk

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