29/06/2025
Big news for the Crew in the early hours of this morning with Everywhere being declared a Grand Winner at the World Film Festival in Cannes Annual Gala Event. Everywhere was selected from the award winners across 2024 as the Best Film on Disability! Thank you to the jury and everybody at the World Film Festival Cannes for this incredible honour.
A huge thanks to Emmanuel, Laurent, Anne and Cécile for travelling to Cannes to represent the Crew and the transplant athletes on this special night. You were magnifique! We need to share Laurent's speech as we think he slayed! :
"Good evening. This film was made by the Periscope Crew, a collective of young Australians with disabilities. We're representing them tonight. By filming the World Transplant Games in Perth in 2023, they highlighted ordinary people like us, who have had the extraordinary opportunity to receive an organ or tissue transplant and access an ordinary life.
This echoes their own journey, filled with resilience and daily struggles to lead a life like others. By rewarding them, you are not only contributing to the recognition of the quality of their work, but above all, enabling people with disabilities to gain lasting employment.
Finally, this film highlights the altruism associated with organ donation and the benefits that result from it. So, with National Organ Donor Day just a few days away, don't hesitate to talk about it with your loved ones—we are all recyclable! Thanks."
Congratulations Crew and to everybody in our now global village who contributed to the production and distribution of our film. We are humbled and enormously proud of the impact it is having Everywhere.
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