Thanks to our incredible supporters, A Question of Time has won the Bronze People’s Choice Award in the 2026 Smiley Charity Film Awards, the world’s largest cause-based film campaign!

How does time take on a new meaning when you have Parkinson’s?

For our supporter Kuhan, it’s something he says happened straight away after his Parkinson’s diagnosis. “At first, time stood still,” he said. “I can vividly remember walking out of the hospital after hearing those fateful words: ‘You have Parkinson’s.’ From that moment on, the world seemed different. It felt like a countdown had started – a countdown to an unknown fate.”

However, for Kuhan, he’s learnt not to see his Parkinson’s diagnosis just as a countdown  – instead as a powerful reminder of how precious time is. “Parkinson’s has already taken so much from me – my job, my pride, my hopes of having my own family. A cure wouldn’t just give me my life back; it would give back the lives of those around me too.”

It’s this theme that drives our short film A Question of Time. Released on World Parkinson’s Day last year, our participants Claire, Antony, Penny and Kuhan share what Parkinson’s has taken from them, what they hold onto, and why finding a cure is so urgent.  

About the Smiley Charity Film Awards

The 2026 Smiley Charity Film Awards is the world’s largest cause-based film campaign, recognised by the BFI and IMDb.

Since they launched eight years ago, the Smiley Charity Film Awards have supported over 5,000 charities and engaged over 1 million individuals through voting.

Thank you for getting us the Bronze People’s Choice Award!

The People’s Choice Award is given to charities who rallied their supporters together for the cause. That means that every single vote we received counted to us securing the spot. We are overwhelmed by the support that got us here and it is inspiring to see that our message around the urgency to find a cure has resonated so widely.

We have so many people to thank:  

  • our amazing contributors profiled in the video, Clare, Kuhan, Tom and Antony, for taking the time to share their stories with us.  
  • the production team at Proper Good Films for collaborating with us to produce an emotional, impactful film 
  • and every single person who took the time to vote and help amplify the voices of people with Parkinson’s.  

Incredibly proud to have taken part in this film to raise much needed awareness for Parkinson’s. It’s not often Parkinson’s gets the attention it deserves, so Helen and I are humbled to have played a small part in this and equally thrilled to be supporters of Cure Parkinson’s more generally.

Kuhan, who is living with Parkinson’s
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