Canada and Cinekink!

Well, Canada just got a nice helping of Auteur - played to a packed house on Sunday at the Victoria Film Festival. Really fun crowd, James and I definitely enjoyed the screening.

The iTunes release has created some press interest - the film was included in a piece about indie filmmaking in a tough economy. Read it here, though there aren't any secrets to success shared as far as I can tell. On the note of the economy, help your wallet by staying in this Friday and catching The Auteur on Amazon VOD in a beautiful HD stream.

Indiewire also interviewed James again, sort of a followup to a year later and after Tribeca. Don't miss if you are looking for secrets on James!

Lastly, we're happy to be taking the film to CineKink in NY this month. Should be the most extreme experience since Amber sat on The Hedgehog's lap... Check out our b-side and leave a little love.

Some buzzzzz

The Auteur has been on iTunes and Amazon a day now, and it's going like hotcakes! Pretty exciting to be available worldwide.

Our friends over at Crush records have a podcast of Westby's guest appearance on 94.7fm yesterday for your listening pleasure, and also check out Cinematical's write up on the release here.

And for our friends to the north, don't miss the screenings at Victoria Film Festival - coming up this week!

THE AUTEUR is now available on iTunes and Amazon!!

Big news today; our little porn comedy is now available for download at both iTunes and Amazon VOD!

THE AUTEUR was a huge hit at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, and has subsequently played at festivals all over the world, including Athens International, Raindance in London, Outfest, Chicago Underground, and Ft. Lauderdale.

We are thrilled to be launching this film on these exciting new platforms!  Please buy it for yourself or someone you love!

Stay in the loop!

With The Auteur heading to the great world of Theatrical, DVD, and Internet distribution over the coming weeks, now is a good time to subscribe to our feed to make getting updates easy! On the right side of the blog you'll see an easy way to signup for email updates, and below that a RSS feed subscription service for those of you in that world.

Also, head over to the website to sign up for the very special Auteur email list. We haven't sent out an email to those signed up over there, so you still have time to be a recipient of that very special news bulletin. Might even include a premiere party invite...

Thespian Malkasian wins Award in Florida!

Our hugely talented leading man, Melik Malkasian, has been named BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival!!!  

He joins other winners JANE LYNCH (Best Actress in a comedy) and Kristin Scott Thomas (Best Actress/Drama); not bad company at all. Way to go, Melik!

Check it out here.

CUFF!

Chicago Underground Film Festival.

The screening last night KILLED.  Some old friends were in the audience (some of whom acted in and worked on the movie) so it was an extra special night!  A riotous reaction was had to FULL METAL JACKOFF, as usual.  

Watched Digital Distribution panel with Matt Dentler from Cinetic Rights Management (who is repping The Auteur) and others this morning. Very easygoing and informative.  Then I was on the CUFF Director's Panel with two documentarians and Chusy Haney-Jardine, who made ANYWHERE, USA.  

Lance Hammer, the BALLAST director, was in the audience and referenced several times by folks on the panel, for his work (and the documenting of that experience) in self-distributing his film.  I sat next to Mr. Jardine, whose movie was the opening night film here (and also played in competition at Sundance).  He was very down-to-earth and we bonded over our love for low-fi filmmaking. 

 

Also saw the other CRM-repped film at CUFF, We Are Wizards-- a documentary about serious Harry Potter fans.  VERY funny and original (thanks to amazing subjects and remarkable craftsmanship).

Waiting for a photo of my panel by a wire photographer who promised to send me one-- so in the meantime, enjoy this (none TOO fascinating) video of people piling into the Viaduct to see The Auteur!

Denise and I at Lake Michigan

Giovani Knox and Comic Book Extraordinaire Ezra Daniels after the screening.

FLIFF!

The Ft Lauderdale International Film Festival is the world's longest film festival - meaning the festival itself lasts longer than any other -- almost an entire month.  Are these people insane?

Seriously, this fact can be attested to by the Guiness Book of World Records seal on the cover of the catalog.

In addition to this fun fact, FLIFF is a great time. THE AUTEUR enjoyed a raucous screening at the cutest theater called Cinema Paradiso.  It used to be a church, this theater, and it gave us a perverse sort of thrill to be showing this particular movie there.  

Crowd was wildly enthusiastic, laughing and gagging in equal measure.  

Met lots of cool filmmakers.  One of the best parts of any festival experience is co-mingling w/ the locals and being in a stranger's car on strange roads-- a person whom you who neither know nor trust-- and getting that feeling of both "I'm gonna have fun and get drunk with the locals," and "this person is gonna thrill-kill me."

To Chicago now.