Avichai Kramer (''Beating Time'') is granted PM's Award for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Avichai Kramer, is awarded Prime Minister's Award for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in a moving ceremony. The Initiative Award is granted to Avichai Kramer, for his remarkable work to find a cure to ALS. Avichai is the main protagonist of ''Beating Time'' - a documentary by Odette Orr.
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'' BEATING TIME'' Synopsis: The minute Avi Kremer, 29, finds out that he has only four years to live, he decides to do the impossible and find cure for ALS, the incurable Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (the Lou Gehrig's disease) he has contracted. Avi, an M.B.A. student at Harvard Business School, musters all his business knowhow and sets out on a search for funds, investors and researchers who will join him in his race. He's joined in his struggle by two other patients, and he believes that he won't die of ALS and that there's a reason why he of all people contracted the disease.
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Festivals:
* Winner: Audience Award for Best Documentary Film: Boston Jewish Film Festival - USA 2011
* EIDF: EBS International Documentary Film Festival - Korea 2010
* Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival - Greece 2011
_ Beating Time Director Odette Orr won the award at Boston for her first effort as a feature documentary director. The film tells the story of Avi Kremer, an Israeli and Harvard Business School graduate, who learns he has ALS. Beating Time follows his personal fight against ALS and his efforts supporting research. _
"What a wonderful surprise," Orr said of the award. "Thank you very much. This kind of response is what a filmmaker waits for at the end of the day. You know making this film was not easy. I was following Avi Kremer's battle against ALS for five years, a battle which has had enormous impact on science and the research of ALS."_CONTACT: JMT Films Distribution_Michael Treves_jmtreves@012.net.il _ www.JMTFilms.com

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