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Sick-Amour is a documentary film and love story celebrating the forlorn and lonely tree that Joel Tauber adopted in the middle of a giant parking lot.

Sick-Amour: A film by Joel Tauber

Sick-Amour is a documentary film and love story celebrating the forlorn and lonely tree that Joel Tauber adopted in the middle of a giant parking lot in front of the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena (CA, USA).

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“Best Documentary Film” at the 2019 Ahmednagar International Short Film Festival (Ahmednagar, India)

“Sir Edmond Hilary Award” at the 2011 Mountain Film Festival (Mammoth, CA, USA)

“Best Green Film” at the 2010 DTLA Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA, USA)

Official Selection of the 2014 Transition Town Totnes Film Festival (Totnes, England), the 2011 Sedona International Film Festival (Sedona, AZ, USA), the 2011 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (Hot Springs, AR, USA), the 2011 Mountain Film Festival, the 2011 SURGE Film Festival (Portland, OR, USA), the 2011 Frozen Film Festival (San Francisco, CA, USA), the 2010 San Francisco Documentary Festival, the 2010 Hartford International Film Festival (Hartford, CT, USA), and the 2010 Blue Planet Film Fest (Los Angeles, CA, USA).

Additional film screenings (select): Vancouver Art Book Fair (Vancouver, Canada, online, Oct 18-26, 2021), Printed Matter Virtual Book Fair (New York, NY, USA, online, Feb 24-28, 2021), University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA, USA, April 27, 2017), UK Man and Biosphere Committee Urban Forum (Sandwell, England, Oct 25, 2014), Asheville Art Museum (Asheville, NC, USA, July 15, 2012), Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI, USA, April 18, 2012), California State University Long Beach (Long Beach, CA, USA, 2011), IAO Gallery (Oklahoma City, OK, USA, Aug 20, 2011).

IMDB Page

33’22”. 2010. Surround sound or stereo. HD Video. 16:9. 1080i/59.94 or 1080P/29.97P.

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