Bella wins the Smithsonian Award
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The Smithsonian Latino Center honored Bella with the Legacy Award in a private screening hosted by former governor Jeb and his wife Columba Bush at The Gusman Center for the Performing Arts. This poignant movie presents a universal story of friendship, family, struggle and triumph in the face of the unexpected.
Bella has already received numerous honors, including the prestigious “People’s Choice Award” at the Toronto International Film Festival, a distinction that puts it in the company of such Oscar-winning films as Chariots of Fire, American Beauty, Life is Beautiful, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hotel Rwanda. “Something bigger than any of us expected happened with this film and we could not be more excited,” said financier and producer Sean Wolfington who bet on Monteverde as a first-time director.
