SHOUTING SECRETS – drama, shot on location in Arizona, 35mm-digital, 88 min., cinema release 2012

Director: Korinna Sehringer
Producer: Korinna Sehringer, Josef Ueli Bollag
Production: Waiting Room LLD, Joker Film Productions, Zürich
Cast: Chaske Spencer, Q’orianka Kilcher, Tyler Christopher, Gil Birmingham, Tantoo Cardinal, Tonantzin Carmelo, Sheri Foster, Molly Cookson, Connor Fox, Ted King

Wesley, a young, successful novelist, long ago left Arizona and the San Carlos Apache Reservation in his rear view mirror. He remains close to his mother but alienated the rest of the family with his autobiographical bestseller.
He has no intention of returning for his parents anniversary party but finds himself pulled back into the fold. Coming home only underlines what a mess Wesley’s life has become, but he’s not alone in that. Shouting Secrets tells a present day story about a Native-American family with unique struggles but universal truths.​

Shouting Secrets is a hopeful and heartwarming, universal story taking place in a Native American family. But it is everybody’s story, not just Native American or Caucasian, not just Jewish or Christian, not just poor or rich. It’s a story that is at once about the constancy and the fragility of love, as well as the importance of family.

Awards
01. WINNER: Grand Jury Award, Best Feature Film, Rhode Island Intl. FF, 2012
02. WINNER: Jury Award, Best Feature Film, 36th American Indian FF, San Francisco
03. WINNER: Jury Award, Best Leading Actor, 36th American Indian FF, San Francisco
04. WINNER: Jury Award, Best Supporting Actor, 36th American Indian FF, San Francisco
05. WINNER: Jury Award, Best Feature Film, Columbia Gorge Intl. FF
06. WINNER: Jury Award, Best Narrative Feature, Great Lakes Intl. FF
07. WINNER: Jury Award, Best Narrative Feature, Daytona Beach International FF
08. WINNER: Audience Choice Award, Best Feature Film, San Diego FF
09. WINNER: Audience Choice Award, Best Feature Film, Big Island Intl. FF
10. WINNER: Audience Choice Award, Best Feature Film, Arizona Intl. FF
11. WINNER: Audience Choice Award, Best Feature Film, Breckenridge Festival of Film
12. WINNER: Audience Choice Award, Best Feature Film, Big Bear Lake Intl. Film Festival
13. WINNER: Best Ensemble Cast, First Glance Film Festival Philadelphia
14. WINNER: Best Ensemble Cast, SWAIA 2012, Indian Market Santa Fe
15. WINNER: Best Supporting Actress, Tantoo Cardinal, Winnipeg Intl. Film Festival
16. WINNER: Honorable Mention, Columbus Intl. Film Festival
17. WINNER: Honorable Mention, Anchorage Intl. Film Festival
18. WINNER: Runner Up Audience Award, Anchorage Intl. Film Festival
19. WINNER: Runner Up Audience Award, Tallgrass Film Festival
20. NOMINEE: Stubbornly Independent Award Best Feature, 10th Tallgrass Intl. FF
21. NOMINEE: Best Feature Film, Golden Door Intl. FF, Jersey City
22. NOMINEE: Best Director, Golden Door Intl. FF, Jersey City
23. NOMINEE: Best Director, 36th American Indian Film Festival, San Francisco
24. NOMINEE: Best Actress, Tonantzin Carmelo, 36th American Indian FF, San Francisco
25. NOMINEE: Best Supporting Actress, Q’orianka Kilcher, 36th American Indian FF, San Francisco