Hi everyone,
Here’s an invite to the Red Carpet Premiere of GREEN LAVA (produced in collaboration with The Vatican), followed by Q&A & Reception – Tickets are FREE if you mention you were sent by InfoList! A heartwarming, uplifting, and inspiration story (that we all need these days!) as part of their Oscar-qualifying run – hope to see you there!
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Details are below – as always, feel free to forward if you know someone who might be interested, and be sure to mention I sent you to get your Free Tickets!
Good luck, have a great day, and don’t forget to dream big!
-Jeff
Jeffrey R. Gund
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You are invited to attend the
RED CARPET PREMIERE
of
GREEN LAVA
Directed by Lia Beltrami and Ali Aksu
Presented by Emotions to Generate Change in Collaboration with Vatican News and Untold
FRIDAY, September 18th, 2026
1:30pm Red Carpet
2:00pm Screening (40 min)
2:40pm Q&A
3:00pm Reception to follow
(reception at a nearby private home, to be disclosed upon registration)
at
Lumiere Music Hall
9036 Wilshire Blvd,
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Green Lava is the uplifting, inspirational, and heartfelt story of Giacomo Mattivi, who has had a lifelong struggle with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy – and meets it with a kind of courage that is hard to describe until you see him on screen. This film started out as a film about Giacomo, but he ended up making this an inspiring story about how to live. Pope Francis met Giacomo and loved him – this film was produced in collaboration with The Vatican. We finished this film in his memory, and Friday is our chance to honor them both.
The premiere also opens our Oscar qualifying run in Los Angeles, so a full house matters more than usual. Red carpet, screening, Q&A, then a reception where we can finally thank you in person. A submission for Best Documentary Short and the first film to be done with the Vatican to be submitted for Oscar consideration.
RSVP FOR YOUR FREE TICKETS NOW:
https://luma.com/2dei1oat
(Feel free to bring a guest!)
Come meet Giacomo. It would mean a lot.
If the premiere on Friday doesn’t work in your schedule, please come to one of our other screenings – we are screening daily through September 25th. After clicking “Request to Join” at the link above, select that date you wish to attend from the pull-down menu.
For more info about the film:
See the article in VARIETY about this film:
https://variety.com/2026/film/global/vatican-submit-film-oscar-consideration-1236864011/
ABOUT EMOTIONS TO GENERATE CHANGE
Emotions to Generate Change is a platform for the creation of artistic initiatives and laboratories with a clear vision: art as an emotion-driven motor for personal and social change.
ABOUT VATICAN NEWS
Vatican News is the official news portal of the Holy See, serving as a source of information about the activities, pronouncements, and events related to the global Catholic Church and the operations of the Holy See. As a part of the Dicastery for Communication, it plays a central role in disseminating multimedia content that is relevant to the Catholic Church’s followers, as well as the broader public interested in Vatican affairs. It brings together Radio Vanticana, L’Osservatore Romano and Vatican Media.
ABOUT UNTOLD
Untold is a venture fund that invests in impact storytelling projects with a focus on creating positive social, environmental, and economic change. Through strategic investments in powerful films and media, Untold Capital aims to amplify voices, foster inclusive narratives, and inspire audiences to act on the world’s most pressing challenges.
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