THE MOO MAN Filmmakers Start Kickstarter Campaign to Self-Fund UK Release

THE MOO MAN Filmmakers Start Kickstarter Campaign to Self-Fund UK Release

Husband and wife filmmaking team Andy Heathcote and Heike Bachelier have started a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to self-fund the UK cinema release this summer of their documentary THE MOO MAN, a surprise hit at film festivals including this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Utah and London. The Moo Man will also be playing at the Sheffield Doc/Fest on 12, 15 and 16 June.

MUSICWOOD Film to Tour Music Festivals Before Theatrical Release

MUSICWOOD Film to Tour Music Festivals Before Theatrical Release

MUSICWOOD, a feature documentary including special performances and interviews with Yo La Tengo, Steve Earle, The Antlers, Kaki King and Lambchop, will screen at music festivals across the US in advance of the film’s theatrical release.  The tour kicks off at Bonnaroo on June 15 before travelling to Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival and Newport Folk Festival, with additional dates to be added.   MUSICWOOD opens in Portland, Oregon on August 9 and Juneau, Alaska on August 23.  

Sarah Friedland Talks About her Vibrant New Documentary RINK at Brooklyn Film Festival

Sarah Friedland Talks About her Vibrant New Documentary RINK at Brooklyn Film Festival

New York filmmaker Sarah Friedland took a trip across the Hudson to make a documentary about the Branch Brook Park Roller Rink, located in Newark, New Jersey, one of the few remaining urban rinks of its kind. Now, one might think how interesting can a documentary about a roller rink be, but Sarah digs way deep, and after almost five years of hard work, she emerged with “RINK” a film thats tells more than a story about a roller rink, but a space transformed and its symbolic representation to those who use it. In the documentary “RINK,” two main characters emerge: Bonesaw, a tough talking, tattooed member of the Garden State Roller Derby Team; and Graylen, a deeply spiritual, Gospel Night skater. On the surface these two characters are different, both ideologically and in their social and racial backgrounds. However, the film reveals a shared past of violence and drug abuse from which the rink provides a much needed refuge. 

Sundance Selects to Release Roman Polanski’s VENUS IN FUR in US

Sundance Selects to Release Roman Polanski’s VENUS IN FUR in US

Sundance Selects will release Academy Award-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski’s VENUS IN FUR in the US. With a screenplay by Polanski and David Ives, based on the critically acclaimed, Tony award winning stage play by Ives, the film stars Emmanuelle Seigner and Mathieu Amalric.  The film made its world premiere in Competition at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Sundance Selects did not announce an official release date, but the film is expected to be released later this year.

Director Dan Eberle Talks About His New Film, CUT TO BLACK at the Brooklyn Film Festival

Director Dan Eberle Talks About His New Film, CUT TO BLACK at the Brooklyn Film Festival

Director Dan Eberle returns to the Brooklyn Film Festival for a second time, this time around with his new film “CUT TO BLACK” in which he again plays multiple roles – actor, director, writer, and producer. Eberle, who also lives in Brooklyn, New York was featured in the 2008 festival with his film, the critically acclaimed action thriller “THE LOCAL.” In his latest film CUT TO BLACK  which is shot in lavish black and white tones, and set against stark, gritty urban modernity, Eberle, plays Bill Ivers, a disgraced ex-cop, hired by a wealthy former friend to rid his estranged daughter Jessica of a stalker. We caught up with the super talented Eberle at the Brooklyn Film Festival to talk about CUT TO BLACK.