TFC at CANNES — New Films
LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR • AUGUST • REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR
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Dear Programmers,
As the summer festival season comes into focus, The Film Collaborative is excited to announce its newest titles: LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR by Sheldon Larry (world premiere 2011 Los Angeles Film Festival), AUGUST by Eldar Rapaport (world premiere 2011 Seattle International Film Festival), and REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR by Chris Paine (world premiere 2011 Tribeca Film Festival). REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR of course is the follow-up to the 2006 hit documentary WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?.
To requests screeners, you can email us here, OR you can stop by our booth in Cannes. Recreation Media is representing the TFC slate there and we can be found in the Palais de Festivals — Lerins, R16
This is an exciting, eclectic line-up of new films we have for you…so we hope you enjoy!
All the best,
— Jeffrey
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2011 | USA | 107 min.
DIRECTOR Sheldon Larry
WRITER Glenn Gaylord
PRODUCERS Gabriel Blanco, Glenn Gaylord, Adam Larry, Jeffrey Larry, Sheldon Larry, Marc L. Bailin
CINEMATOGRAPHY Tom Camarda
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ABOUT THE FILM:
Sheldon Larry’s audacious, raunchy and big-hearted musical—with songs by Beyoncé music director Kim Burse and choregraphy by Beyoncé dance master Frank Gatson Jr.—takes us into the fabulously funky world of voguing. (Remember the documentary “Paris is Burning”?) Here the setting is contemporary downtown L.A. Our hunky, homeless hero Brad, discarded by his homophobic mom, falls in with the members of The House of Eminence, ruled by the stern aging diva Queef Latina, who keeps a careful, loving watch over her makeshift family of runaways and throwaways. When two of her crew fall for Brad, the Queef is royally unamused. High flying and low down, LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR is a one of a kind celebration—a gay African American musical about finding your true family.
LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR was recently featured in an article in the Los Angeles Times about the upcoming Los Angeles Film Festival.
Click here for more information and to watch the trailer.
TERRITORIES
The World
EXHIBITION FORMATS
HDCAM, Digibeta, DVD, Blu-ray
FESTIVALS
2011 Los Angeles Film Festival (World Premiere)*
* many more festivals to be announced soon
PRESS KIT
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WEBSITE:
ballmusical.com
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2011 | USA | 107 min.
DIRECTOR Eldar Rapaport
WRITER Brian Sloan, Eldar Rapaport
PRODUCERS Alexander Brodzki, Samantha Manalang
CINEMATOGRAPHY James Adolphus
EDITOR David Au
CAST Murray Bartlett, Daniel Dugan, Adrian Gonzalez, Hillary Goldsher, Bernhard Forcher, Brad Standley, Mike Vaughn
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ABOUT THE FILM:
AUGUST tells the story of two former lovers, Troy and Jonathan, who reunite after a long ago painful breakup. After spending several years in Spain, Troy returns to Los Angeles and decides to phone Jonathan and meet for coffee. A seemingly innocent rendezvous turns into an attempt to revive passions past. Only this time it’s not that simple as Jonathan has a new beau, Raul, and is trying to make the right decision a second time around.
Click here for more information and to watch the trailer.
TERRITORIES
THE WORLD
EXHIBITION FORMATS
HDCAM, DIGIBETA, DVD
FESTIVALS
2011 Seattle International Film Festival (World Premiere)*
* many more festivals to be announced soon
PRESS KIT
Download Press Kit
DOWNLOAD IMAGES:
Download Images for Web Use
Download Images for Print Use
WEBSITE:
august-the-film.com
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2011 | USA | 107 min.
DIRECTOR Chris Paine
WRITER Chris Paine, P.G. Morgan
PRODUCERS Jessie Deeter, P.G. Morgan
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Stefano Durdic
CINEMATOGRAPHY Thaddeus Wadleigh
EDITOR Chris A. Peterson
MUSIC David Robbins
CAST Tim Robbins (Narrator), Elon Musk (CEO, Tesla Motors),
Bob Lutz (Vice President, General Motors), Carlos Ghosn
(CEO, Renault/Nissan), Greg “Gadget” Abbott (Car Converter), Dan Neil (Wall Street Journal), Thomas Friedman (New York Times), Talulah Riley (Actress), Michelle Krebs (Auto Analyist/Editor), Gavin Newsom
(former mayor of San Francisco), Martin Eberhard (Co-Founder, Tesla Motors), Owen Thomas (Journalist), Ray Wert (Journalist), with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jon Favreau, Adrian Grenier, Danny Devito, Anthony Kedis
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ABOUT THE FILM:
In 2006, as many as 5,000 modern electric cars were destroyed by the major car companies that built them. Today, less than 5 years later, the electric car is back... with a vengeance. In REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR, director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors, and an independent car converter named Greg “Gadget” Abbott to find the story of the global resurgence of electric cars. Without using a single drop of foreign oil, this new generation of automobiles is America’s future: fast, furious, and cleaner than ever. The film follows the major car makers as they jump to produce these new electric models and to be the first, the best, and to win over the public.
Click here for more information and to watch the trailer.
TERRITORIES
The World
EXHIBITION FORMATS
HDCAM, Digibeta, DVD, Blu-ray
FESTIVALS
Tribeca (World Premiere)
PRESS KIT
Download Press Kit
DOWNLOAD IMAGES:
Download Images for Web Use
Download Images for Print Use
WEBSITE:
revengeoftheelectriccar.com
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Of course TFC has a much larger slate of recent films for you to explore as well including such hot Festival favorites as Sundance/Berlin doc WE WERE HERE by David Weissman and SXSW Audience Award winner WEEKEND by Andrew Haigh. Please go to our films page to browse our current titles.
And email us about anything you want to see!
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