Slamdance Studios, the distribution arm of the Slamdance Film Festival, in partnership with Virgil Films, has acquired the 2013 Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury winner BIBLE QUIZ, directed by Nicole Teeny, for release in the U.S. Beginning in March of 2014, Slamdance Studios and Virgil Films will begin the limited US theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles, and will play across the country in cooperation with Alamo Drafthouse theaters in Houston, Kalamazoo, Lubbock, and Austin. Slamdance Studios will also partner with Virgil Films & Entertainment on the VOD and DVD release.
BIBLE QUIZ follows seventeen-year-old Mikayla as she memorizes thousands of Bible verses on her quest to win the National Bible Quiz Championship and the heart of JP, her quiz team captain. This John Hughes-eque documentary explores coming of age in the midst of faith, doubt, fierce competition, and teen love.
BIBLE QUIZ, directed by Nicole Teeny, toured the US in 2013 as part of Slamdance’s wildly successful On The Road series, which has expanded to now include:
03/26 New York, NY
04/03 Los Angeles, CA
04/10 Kansas City, MO
04/18 Austin, TX
05/08 Detroit, MI
06/25 Minneapolis, MN
07/17 San Francisco, CA
08/09 Salt Lake City, UT
Nicole Teeny, the film’s director, states, “debuting BIBLE QUIZ at Slamdance was life changing, and we’re incredibly excited to have audiences around the country connect with our film.”
“As we’ve worked with Nicole at the festival as well as part of our On The Road series we feel that she is a great emerging filmmaking talent and her film will find an even bigger audience,” explains Peter Baxter, president of Slamdance Film Festival and Studios.
