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    “Keep The Lights On” Wins Two Top Prizes at Outfest

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    Film by Ira Sachs Receives Grand Jury Awards for Outstanding U.S. Dramatic Feature Film and Outstanding Screenwriting

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    At the conclusion of Outfest, the nation’s leading LGBT festival, KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, directed by Ira Sachs, won the festival’s Grand Jury Award for Outstanding U.S. Dramatic Feature Film. “The film resonated with us for its confidence, complexity and emotional intelligence,” the jury stated.nnThe film also received the Outstanding Screenwriting prize for the film’s script, penned by Sachs and Mauricio Zacharis, “for masterfully constructing an emotionally honest portrait of a relationship that spans the better part of a decade and artfully weaving the mundane and the momentous.” The jury included Acquisitions and Co-Productions Consultant Matt Brodlie, AFI Fest Director Jacqueline Lyanga and Cinematographer Alison Kelly.nn”It is a great honor to be given this Award, and to be recognized in this way by the Jury and Outfest,” said Sachs, “My hope is that this film, and now this recognition from Outfest, will encourage audiences to talk about what is — and what is not — working in our community, and in our lives. And that as individuals we strive to continue to walk out of the closets we construct for ourselves — out of fear, and out of shame — and to live our lives more honestly, more transparently, and with all the lights on.”nnnnAlso having won the prestigious Teddy Award at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, KEEP THE LIGHTS ON is an autobiographically inspired story of a passionate long-term relationship between two men driven apart by addiction and secrets. Documentary filmmaker Erik (acclaimed Danish actor Thure Lindhardt in his first leading role in a U.S. film) and closeted lawyer Paul (Zachary Booth, Damages) meet through a casual encounter, but soon find a deeper connection and become a couple. Individually and together, they are risk takers—compulsive, and fueled by drugs and sex. In an almost decade-long relationship defined by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries and dignity while being true to himself.nnIn the current issue of Cahiers du Cinema, Editor-in-Chief Stéphane Delorme states, “When they raised the lights after Ira Sachs’s KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, we had the feeling that this was exactly what we had wanted to see in competition in Cannes this year,” going on to call it “what could possibly be the best American film of the year.”nnKEEP THE LIGHTS ON releases theatrically on September 7th.nnKEEP THE LIGHTS ON CreditsnDirected by Ira Sachsn nWriting creditsnIra Sachs and Mauricio ZachariasnnCast (in credits order)nnThure Lindhardt~Erik RothmannZachary Booth~Paul LucynJulianne Nicholson~ClairenSouleymane Sy Savane~AlassanenPaprika Steen~KarennnRest of cast listed alphabetically:nnDavid Anzuelo~Russ’s BoyfriendnMiguel del Toro~IgornMaria Dizzia~ViviannSebastian La Cause~RussnChristopher Lenk~HustlernAylam Orian~LocksmithnJustin Reinsilber~DannShane Stackpole~Luca – Age 7nEd Vassallo~TomnTodd Verow~HimselfnnProduced bynAli Betil~executive producernMarie-Therese Guirgis~producernAdam Hohenberg~executive producernLucas Joaquin~producernLars Knudsen~executive producernTory Lenosky~line producernJawal Nga~executive producernIddo Patt~associate producernIra Sachs~producernAlex Scharfman~associate producernJay Van Hoy~executive producern nCinematography by Thimios Bakatakisn nFilm Editing by Affonso Gonçalvesn nCasting by Avy Kaufmann nProduction Design by Amy WilliamsnnArt Direction by Laura Millern nCostume Design by Liz Vastolan nMakeup DepartmentnEmily Ansel~department head hairnEmily Ansel~department head makeupnDenise Guerra~additional hair stylistnDenise Guerra~additional makeup artistnLiliana Meyrick~first assistant hair stylistnLiliana Meyrick~first assistant makeup artistn nSecond Unit Director or Assistant DirectornUrs Hirschbiegel~first assistant directornCary Kehayan~co-director: documentary unitnKeith Marlin~key second assistant directorn nArt DepartmentnCoco Cashman~art panLee Clayton~property masternNola Dennett~props internnErin Fenton~art department coordinatornLuke Green~assistant art directornMelina Greene~leadwomannAshley Lehrer~on-set dressernMitch Moore~assistant property masternAmanda Scharf~art panMariaclara Zazzaro~property mastern nSound DepartmentnJon Bozeman ~boom operatornMariusz Glabinski ~sound effects editornRob L. Hubbard ~sound mixernJay Peck ~foley artistnDominick Tavella~sound re-recording mixernBrett Van Deusen~sound mixern nCamera and Electrical DepartmentnDaniel Choy Boyar~gaffernJoe Del Balzo~additional gripnJohn David Devirgiliis~second assistant cameranMatt Kessler~best boy electricnStephen Long~key gripnDave Palestine~best boy gripnDavid Regan~first assistant cameranScott Templeton~key gripnStephen Troy~additional gripn nCasting DepartmentnJon Goracy~casting associatenJason Klorfein~extras castingnLeeba Zakharov~casting associaten nCostume and Wardrobe DepartmentnKrystle Harrington~assistant costume designernAmanda Williams~wardrobe supervisorn nEditorial DepartmentnJohn Dowdell~digital intermediate coloristnJean Lane~digital intermediate producern nOther crewnAndrei Alupului~assistant to the directornYara Caubet~production coordinatornPeter Farnsworth~set production assistantnAdam Keleman~set production assistantnJanelle Malak~production assistantnSarah Elizabeth Mintz~production assistantnSpencer Pesce~production assistantnHeather Quick~script supervisornAndrew Schaffer~production secretarynAlex Scharfman~location managernKelly Spall~assistant production coordinatornStuart Sudekum~location assistantnMisha Turner~production accountantnMandy Ward~location managernSteven Wilsey~directing internn n

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