One of the most important media critical festivals in the world Lumen Festival, The Projection Gallery finds itself at the forefront of its contemporaries, screening "Tears are precious" video by Alex Mirutziu in an fashionistic never seen rhetoric.

After being awarded BEST INDEPENDENT FILM at OPTICA - International Video Art Festival, "Tears are precious" has marked scenes so diverse from the underground Bacon Street London - 2009 to now established Sabot Gallery 2009, Lumen Festival - 2009, and this year prestigious Warsaw National Museum - 2010.

FAT Toronto Alternative Fashion Week is well-regarded across Canada and has a growing international reputation, this year being the fifth event and the second in which The Projection Gallery has participated. The event include 4 themed event days; Longing, Lust, Rage and Joy, in an area of the media lounges accompanying the catwalk, and viewable throughout the events’ evening gatherings.

"Tears are precious" marks the Longing theme alongside Ben Cooper's ’11:59’, Christoph Steger's ‘Jeffrey and the Dinosaurs’ Contemporary artists’ film from The Projection Gallery.com collection: The Projection Gallery.com is a BBC London/Big Screens partner organisation, which supports the development of artists’ film and video through the collection, archival, exhibition and distribution of works in lens-based media and allied practices. Based in London, it holds an extensive database of emergent artists from around the world.