Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!! is a 2010

2010 in film

The year 2010 saw many new films released worldwide. 2010 saw a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking and film releases after the success of Avatar in the format, with releases such as Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, Jackass 3D, all animated films and...

 comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 directed, written and produced by Evgeny Afineevsky which stars Lainie Kazan

Lainie Kazan

Lainie Kazan is an American actress and singer.-Personal life:Kazan was born Lanie Levine in Brooklyn, New York City, the daughter of a Russian Ashkenazi Jewish father who worked as a bookie and a Turkish Sephardic Jewish mother, Carole, whom Kazan has described as "neurotic, fragile and...

, Saul Rubinek

Saul Rubinek

Saul Rubinek is a Canadian actor, director, producer and playwright, known for his work in TV, film and the stage.-Early life:...

, Vincent Pastore

Vincent Pastore

Vincent Pastore is an Italian-American actor, often cast as a mobster and best known for the role of Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on The Sopranos.-Early life:...

, John Lloyd Young

John Lloyd Young

John Lloyd Mills Young is an American actor and singer. In 2006, he won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his role as Frankie Valli in Broadway's Jersey Boys. He is the only American actor to date to have received a Lead Actor in a Musical Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics...

, Jai Rodriguez

Jai Rodriguez

Jai Rodriguez is an actor and musician best known as the culture guide on the Bravo network's Emmy-winning American reality television program Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. He has also co-authored a book with the other Queer Eye hosts.-Biography:Rodriguez is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent,...

, Bruce Vilanch

Bruce Vilanch

Bruce Vilanch is an American comedy writer, songwriter and actor. He is a six-time Emmy Award-winner Vilanch is best known to the public for his four-year stint on Hollywood Squares, as a celebrity participant; in the entertainment industry he is best known as head writer for the show...

, and Carmen Electra

Carmen Electra

Tara Leigh Patrick , professionally known as Carmen Electra, is an American glamour model, actress, television personality, singer, and dancer...

. The theme song, "The Word Is Love" is written by Desmond Child

Desmond Child

Desmond Child is an American musician, songwriter, and producer. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.-Career:...

 and performed by Lulu

Lulu (singer)

Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE , best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day...

. "The World is Love" was contending for nominations in the Original Song category for the 82nd Academy Awards

82nd Academy Awards

The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2009 and took place March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. The ceremony was scheduled well after...

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Awards

• Official Selection 26th annual Boston LGBT Film Fest 2010

• Charlotte Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2010
  • Festival Special Award

• Official Selection Filmfest Hamburg 2010

• FilmOut 2010
  • Best Actress in a Feature Film – Lainie Kazan
  • Best Direction – Evgeny Afineevsky
  • Best Narrative Feature - Evgeny Afineevsky / Svetlana Anufrieva
  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Saul Rubinek
  • Freedom Award – Ensemble Cast in a Feature Film

• Fire Island Pines International Film Festival 2009
  • Spotlight Award - Evgeny Afineevsky

• Fort Worth Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival 2010
  • Rising Star Award – Evgeny Afineevsky

• 13 Annual Jewish Film Festival In Miami 2010
  • Audience Award for Best Feature Film

• LesGaiCineMad – Madrid International LGTB Film Festival 2010
  • Special PUBLICO Award LesGaiCineFamilia (Special Audience Award LesGaiCineFamilia)

• 24th Festival Mix Milano 2010
  • Premio speciale del pubblico (The Audience Award)

• Monaco Charity Film Festival 2008
  • Award for Best Original Comedy Screenplay - Evgeny Afineevsky

• Official Selection Montreal World Film Festival
  Montreal World Film Festival
  The Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF...
  
   2009

• Official Selection 32 Moscow International Film Festival
  Moscow International Film Festival
  Moscow International Film Festival , is the film festival first held in Moscow in 1959. From its inception to 1995 it was held every second year in July, alternating with the Karlovy Vary festival. The festival has been held annually since 1995....
  
  

• New York International Independent Film & Video Festival 2009
  • Best Ensemble Cast in a Feature Film Award
  • Audience Award for Best Feature Film

• 6th Philadelphia QFEST
  Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
  The Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by TLA Entertainment Group in 1995. The event is the third largest of its kind in the US, and the largest on the East Coast....
  
   2010
  • Audience Award winner - Best Comedic Feature

• Official Selection 28th Reeling Chicago Film Festival 2009

• Official Selection Rochester ImageOut 2010

• Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
  Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
  The Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is a movie screening event that takes place each October in Tampa, Florida. The primary venue is the Tampa Theatre, but several other cinemas in or near the downtown area and in St. Petersburg simultaneously host the event as well...
  
   2010
  • Outreach Award – Evgeny Afineevsky

• Official Selection 19th Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
  Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
  The Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival is an international film festival for sexual minorities held in Tokyo.The festival began in 1992 and is held every year in July at the Spiral Hall in the Aoyama neighborhood of Tokyo....
  
   2010

• 25th Turin LGBT Film Festival 2010
  • Audience Award for Best Comedy Feature Film

• WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival 2008 & 2010
  • Best Comedy - Adaptation or Original Screenplay - Evgeny Afineevsky
  • First Directors Crystal Vision Special Jury Award - Evgeny Afineevsky
  • Silver Remi Award - Evgeny Afineevsky
  • Special Jury Rising Star Award - Evgeny Afineevsky