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Festival News!
UNDIAGNOSED is honored to be 9-Time award winning & selected at 25 film festivals in 7 countries!
When can you watch the movie at home?
UNDIAGNOSED is currently running an Impact Campaign and meeting with distributors about a public release for the documentary. Once a deal has been negotiated, UNDIAGNOSED will be available on a streaming platform, tv network, and/or other educational platforms. Sign up for our email list to get the updates!
The Film
UNDIAGNOSED is a 9-time award winning, feature-length documentary that brings forward remarkable cutting-edge science and compelling human drama to shine a light on a widespread but little-known issue devastating families across the world: undiagnosed illnesses.
Told through the stories of 4 different families, the film explores why the medical system is failing this population and how studying these patients will advance medicine for all of humanity. Combining genetic technology, the power of community, and unwavering parental love, these families push against the ticking clock of rapid degeneration to find answers.
UNDIAGNOSED is the culmination of 9 years of work by Dr. Katia Moritz, the director and an undiagnosed patient herself — supported by an extraordinary team that includes Oscar and Emmy winning filmmakers, world-renowned scientists, and leading genetic technology companies.
Filmmakers
Katia Moritz, Ph.D., ABPP is a psychologist in the States of Florida, New York and Utah, and is Board Certified in Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology. She is the co-founder and Clinical Director of the NeuroBehavioral Institute and has dedicated her life to treating severe and debilitating anxiety disorders in children and adults. In August of 2010, Dr. Moritz underwent a routine endoscopy and woke up with an unknown syndrome. After seeing doctors all over the country at various facilities, she is still undiagnosed. In her search for help she encountered a world of patients and families that were struggling with the same issues. The glaring need to foster awareness has inspired her to do something to initiate change. She created the documentary UNDIAGNOSED based on the stories of these patients, their doctors, and the medical system that is failing them.
Nicholas Miller is a director and cinematographer who grew up in the shadow of the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. He credits a Sundance Young Filmmakers Workshop with his early passion for filmmaking. He became a projectionist at the local theater, and then went on to study Film Theory and History at University of British Columbia. He founded Crowbait Pictures with his wife and producer Crystal Shearman, another Park City native. Crowbait Pictures— based in Vancouver, Canada — specializes in production and cinematography services and has worked on a tremendous number of Vancouver feature films and commercials.
Crystal Shearman is a producer who was raised in the cinephile-rich atmosphere of Park City, Utah. She studied Music Composition with an emphasis on Film Scores at University of British Columbia. She founded Crowbait Pictures with her husband and collaborator Nicholas Miller, another Park City native. Crowbait Pictures — based in Park City and Vancouver, Canada — specializes in production and cinematography services and has worked on a tremendous number of Vancouver feature films and commercials.
Geralyn Dreyfous is the Emmy-winning co-founder of Impact Partners and has a wide, distinguished background in the arts, extensive experience in consulting in the philanthropic sector, and participates on numerous boards and initiatives. She spent an early part of her career at the Philanthropic Initiative in Boston, which guides families of wealth in strategic giving opportunities, and taught Documentary and Narrative writing with Dr. Robert Coles at Harvard University. Geralyn is the Founder and Board Chair of the Utah Film Center, a non-profit that curates free screenings and outreach programs for communities throughout Utah. Geralyn’s independent executive producing and producing credits include the Academy Award winning BORN INTO BROTHELS; Emmy nominated THE DAY MY GOD DIED, Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning THE SQUARE, Academy Award nominated and Peabody Award winning THE INVISIBLE WAR, and multiple film festival winners such as MISS REPRESENTATION, MEET THE PATELS, ANITA, IN FOOTBALL WE TRUST, THE HUNTING GROUND, DREAMCATCHER AND ALIVE INSIDE. Her works in production include: WAIT FOR ME and BE NATURAL. Geralyn was honored by the International Documentary Association with the Amicus Award in 2013 for her significant contribution to documentary filmmaking. Variety recognized Geralyn in their 2014 Women’s Impact Report highlighting her work in the entertainment industry.
Cori Shepherd Stern is an Academy Award nominated and Emmy winning film producer and social-change strategist. Her most recent film, which she wrote and produced, is BENDING THE ARC - a feature documentary about the epic arc of the global health rights movement through the intimate story of the extraordinary team who led the fight. The film, which premiered at Sundance 2017, was critically acclaimed as "a stunning documentary...a glorious and uplifting film."Cori's past projects include WARM BODIES, a box office smash for Lionsgate, and OPEN HEART, a 2013 Oscar Nominee. Cori has also executive produced two virtual reality films: COLLISIONS, which premiered at Davos and Sundance 2016 – and won the 2016 Emmy for Documentary Innovation; and FRANCIS, which premiered at the World Bank and WHO in support of global mental health.
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