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TANGO SHALOM

By Gabriel BOLOGNA

CONVIVENCIA FOREVER FILMS - as PROD

Family - Completed 2021

Following your dreams can be rather unorthodox.

Festivals
& Awards

Brooklyn Film Festival 2021

Best Screenplay

Montreal Independent Film Festval 2021

Winner , Best Comedy, Best Actor Jos Laniado

Artisan International FIlm Festival Initiative 2021

Winner, Best World Peace and Tolerance Award, Narrative Feature Film

Rabat Morocco Comedy International Film Festival 2021

Winner, Audience Award

Madrid International Film Festival 2021

Winner, Best English Language Feature Film, Best Sound Design Steve Yeaman

Golden Door International Film Festival 2021

Winner, Best Feature Film, Best Director Gabriel Bologna, Best Actor Jos Laniado , Best Cinematographer Massimo Zeri

Jaipur International Film Festival 2021

Winner, Jaipur Critics Best Film

New Delhi Film Festival 2021

Special Jury Mention, Feature Fiction

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- Year of production
- 2021
- Genres
- Family, Comedy
- Countries
- USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH-UNITED STATES
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 115 mn
- Director(s)
- Gabriel BOLOGNA
- Writer(s)
- Joe BOLOGNA, Jos LANIADO, Claudio LANIADO
- Cast
- Lainie KAZAN, Renee TAYLOR, Karina SMIRNOFF, Jos LANIADO, Judi BEECHER, Claudio LANIADO, Joe BOLOGNA, Marci FINE
- Producer(s)
- Joel ZWICK, Robert Meyer BURNETT, Jos LANIADO, Claudio LANIADO, Gabriel BOLOGNA, Zizi BOLOGNA, Joe BOLOGNA, Jordi CABALLERO
- Synopsis
- From the DIrector of My Big Fat Greek Wedding brings Golden Globe, Oscar Nominee and Emmy Winner Renee Taylor; Emmy and Golden Globe Nominee Lainie Kazan(from MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING trilogy), Obie Winner Jos Laniado, Oscar Nominee, and Emmy Winner Joseph Bologna, multi-awarded Claudio Laniado(Mudbound), multi-warded Judi Beecher(Taken 3), Karina Smirnoff(Dancing With The Stars), Marci Fine(Person of Interest ), Bern Cohen(The Marvelous Mrs Maisel).
  
  When a female tango dancer(Karina Smirnoff) asks a Rabbi(Jos Laniado) to enter a televised dance competition with her, there is one big problem-due to his orthodox beliefs , he is not allowed to touch her! As he develops a plan to enter the competition without sacrificing his faith, the bonds of family, tolerance, and community are tested one dazzling dance step at a time.
  Tango Shalom is the multi-awarded comedy dance fable with a message of peace, tolerance, unity, diversity, equity, inclusion, and interfaith dialogue.
  
  Pope Francis supports Tango Shalom for fostering 'values of fraternal solidarity and peace on a global level".
  "While Anti-Semitism Is On The Rise, A Jewish Themed Dance Film Tango Shalom, with a Universal message of peace, and unity, is Now On Amazon Prime and Has Been Blessed By A Slew of Religious Leaders Including Pope Francis Himself ".
  Read full article at the Vatican L’Osservatore Romano :
  https://www.osservatoreromano.va/.../tango-shalom.html
  Tango Shalom was distributed by Vision Films as a limited theatrical release in USA, and had the highest Box Office receipts as the number one independent film of the summer of 2021.
  It has won 22 awards, including a peace award.
  It is the only film in history actively promoted by UNESCO.
  It has been screened in many International film festivals where is earned praise, and awards .
  It has been supported by many interfaith leaders and organizations such as Pope Francis, The Parliament of World Religions, with the Dalai Lama, and Jane Goodall in attendance.

TANGO SHALOM

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