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Dear Film Collaborators:

It’s been a while since our last Newsletter and there’s lots to share! Lots of great activity and films to tell you about:

Distribution Deals / Client News
WE WERE HERE
WEEKEND
SHUT UP LITTLE MAN! AN AUDIO MISADVENTURE

Tribeca Film Festival / New Films
REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR, ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS

In Theatres
AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY, MY PERESTROIKA, FOOTPRINTS

Tidbits
Stonehenge, Groupee

Also, check out our latest blog on New and compelling Options for DIY Distribution.





We Were Here

Opening Theatrically in the North America September 2011.

Red Flag Releasing will distribute the film in partnership with the filmmakers, The Film Collaborative, New Video and PBS’ Independent Lens, creating a release pattern fitting for this incredibly moving look into the tragedy and eventual triumph of a community organizing to respond to the AIDS epidemic.

The film’s release will include theatrical, OnDemand, DVD, digital download channels, and television, as well as an educational/non-theatrical outreach component through New Yorker Films. The film’s worldwide producer’s rep Jonathan Dana and TFC’s Orly Ravid orchestrated the deals.

WE WERE HERE is the first documentary to take a deep and reflective look back at the impact of the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco when it was first identified 30 years ago this year. It explores how the City’s inhabitants were affected by, and responded to the calamitous epidemic. Click here for more information.










Weekend

As many of you may know, TFC is proud to have brokered on behalf of its client WEEKEND and SUNDANCE SELECTS for a multi-territory deal. WEEKEND, directed by Andrew Haigh, also won the Emerging Vision Audience Award at SXSW. Click here for more information.











Shut Up
Little Man!
An Audio Misadventure

Fresh off its highly buzzed premiere at Sundance and its subsequent screenings at True/False and New Directors New Films, SHUT UP LITTLE MAN! AN AUDIO MISADVENTURE recently sold to Mongrel Media in Canada and stay tuned for the US distribution deal announcement. TFC is advising on distribution, co-repping the film with Submarine and handling festival distribution. Check out their cool website.


New Films







Revenge of the Electric Car

This week at the Tribeca Film Festival, our client, REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR, the follow-up to the hit 2006 doc WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?, finally makes its much anticipated WORLD PREMIERE on Friday, April 22. The following day, the film’s screening will be followed with a panel discussion featuring director Chris Paine, President and Chief Executive Officer, Nissan Motor Co. Carlos Ghosn, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, and Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street Journal columnist Dan Neil for a conversation about the global resurgence of electric cars. Moderated by actor, writer, and director David Duchovny. Click here to find screening times and ticket info.







Kareem Abdul-Jabbar presents
On the Shoulders of Giants

We are also proud to announce our new client ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS, written, presented by and featuring Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and narrated by Jamie Foxx and Kareem Adbul-Jabbar has been extended nation wide on Comcast VOD through April 30th. This civil rights sports doc, directed by Deborah Morales, will be available on Netflix and all digital platforms soon.

Click to watch trailer here.


Other TFC Clients in Theatres Now!








American: The Bill Hicks Story

Directed by Matt Harlock and Paul Thomas.
In NYC at the Cinema Village. Click here for more information.






My Perestroika

Directed by Robin Hessman.
In LA at Laemmle Sunset 5 and Town Center Encino. Click here for more information.






Footprints

Directed by Steven Peros.
In NYC at The Quad and LA at Laemmle Sunset 5. Click here for more information.

DIY Distribution
TOOLS & DISCOUNTS

If you check out our blog about new DIY platforms & solutions, you will read about Stonehenge’s mobile Apps and Groupee’s platform.

Stonehenge is offering Apps for the low price of $680… check out their sales sheet

And GROUPEES is offering all TFC Members or clients a discount on their terms (70/30 split instead of 60/40 — in the filmmaker’s favor). Check out their site.

Look for announcements of NEW FILMS available for the FILM FESTIVAL CIRCUIT in the coming days and weeks. We have at least one film having its world premiere at Seattle International Film Festival and another at the Los Angeles Film Festival to tell you about soon!