‘Victoria’s Foil’: Awards, Film Festivals, and Online Screenings

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism 2020 Reporting Fellows Brett Forrest and Brian Ryu produced Victoria’s Foil, a short documentary following 22-year-old fencer Victoria Isaacson. Upon discovering she has a degenerative disease, Victoria turns her love of fencing to an all out effort to become a Paralympic fencer. When the COVID-19 pandemic threatens her opportunity to compete, Victoria comes up with a new plan to shape a future much different from the one she planned.

Forrest and Ryu’s award-winning film has been screened on PBS stations across the country.

Awards and screenings for Victoria’s Foil are listed below:

Awards:

• Gold Award at the 2020 Spotlight Documentary Film Awards
• Winner in the online/digital feature videography category at the 2020 SPJ Mark of Excellence Region 1 Awards
• 45th Boston/New England Emmy Award nominee

Screenings:

• Connecticut Public Television
• PBS Reno on August 29th.
• PBS Rocky Mountains
• PBS online
• New Haven International Film Festival
• Houston International Sports Film Festival
• Dallas Independent Film Festival
• Venice Shorts Festival

Congratulations to Brett Forrest and Brian Ryu!

[This post was updated on May 23, 2022.]