AFM 2011 SLATE
Weekend, We Were Here, How to Start Your Own Country
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Dear Friends,
Below please find information about We Were Here, Weekend and How to Start Your Own Country.
All three films have played at top festivals, garnered extraordinary critical acclaim, and are enjoying successful US releases.
Please contact our sales partner, re•creation, for more information or to set up a meeting:
 at AFM (Nov 2-9, 2011):
Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel
1700 Ocean Avenue, Suite #622
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Phone: +1 (310) 458-6700, x622
Email: shelleym@recreation-media.com
Mobile: +1 (310) 806-2105
We are at your disposal should you need more information about the films.
We look forward to seeing you at AFM. Have a great market and hope to see you soon.
Kind regards,
Orly Ravid
The Film Collaborative
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2011 | UK | 96 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Andrew Haigh
PRODUCERS Tristan Goligher
AWARDS
2011 SXSW “Emerging Visions” Audience Award
Outfest 2011 Grand Jury Award for Outstanding International Dramatic Feature
“WEEKEND depicts a fleeting romantic encounter with delicacy and philosophical depth, but its chief appeal is simplicity. Revolving around a brief affair between two young men with vastly different perspectives on life, the film operates on a familiar dynamic; however, it works here thanks to the precise alignment of talented actors and a focused screenplay. Humming along on the commitment of its engaging leads, WEEKEND builds into a powerful encapsulation of an identity crisis over the course of three passionate days.”
—Eric Kohn, IndieWIRE
“If every movie is as great as WEEKEND, it’s going to be a terrific fest.”
—Eugene Hernandez, indieWIRE
“A small, perfect thing. A likely classic and not just a gay one.”
—Chuck Wilson, LA Weekly
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ABOUT THE FILM:
On a Friday night after hanging out with his straight mates, Russell heads out to a nightclub, alone and on the pull. Just before closing, he meets Glen. And so begins a weekend—in bars and bedrooms, getting drunk and taking drugs, telling stories and having s-ex—that will resonate throughout their lives.
Click here to WATCH THE TRAILER, and for more information about this film.
WEBSITE:
weekend-film.com
“Perfectly realised—a bracing, present tense exploration of s-ex, intimacy and love.”
—A.O. Scott, The New York Times
“Fall theatrical preview: Must see movies.”
—Mark Rabinowitz, CNN.com
“WEEKEND is a work of surpassing emotional insight and artistic accomplishment. It’s about (yes) the human condition — and it’s already one of the best of the year.”
—Paul Brunick, Film Comment
“The film takes an approach similar to Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise…Haigh directs the film with carefully composed shots that allow the actors to naturally drift in and out of frame, giving the duo’s frank dialogue and unrestrained s-ex scenes a powerful and raw expression. Weekend pulls off what so many try and few achieve: an honest relationship.”
—Matt Patches, Cinema Blend
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2011 | USA | 90 min.
DIRECTOR David Weissman
EDITOR/CO-DIRECTOR Bill Weber
“In the U.S., the AIDS pandemic struck San Francisco first and hardest. We Were Here, David Weissman and Bill Weber’s brisk, tender, multifaceted, and deeply moving documentary, tells the story of the AIDS crisis through the voices of four gay men … and one woman, all of whom pitched in—for years—to help the sick and the dying because, as the movie makes clear, the circumstances made it unthinkable for them to do otherwise. They and their comrades are the equivalent of World War II resistance fighters, and the film gives their commitment and courage the celebration it deserves…. simply the most compelling history of the major tragedy and epic struggle of our time.”
— Amy Taubin, Film Comment
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ABOUT THE FILM:
WE WERE HERE is the first documentary to take a deep and reflective look back at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco. It explores how the City’s inhabitants were affected by, and how they responded to, that calamitous epidemic. Though a San Francisco-based story, WE WERE HERE extends beyond San Francisco and beyond AIDS itself. It speaks to our capacity as individuals to rise to the occasion, and to the incredible power of a community coming together with love, compassion, and determination.
Click here to WATCH THE TRAILER, and for more information about this film.
WEBSITE:
wewereherefilm.com
Read what the New York Times had so say: Jesse McKinley article and Stephen Holden review.
“WE WERE HERE is easily more heartening than depressing, more uplifting than wrenching.”
— Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times
“Of all the cinematic explorations of the AIDS crisis, not one is more heartbreaking and inspiring.”
— Stephen Holden,
The New York Times
“One of the standout films at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.”
— Peter Knegt, indieWIRE
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2010 | Canada | 72 min.
DIRECTOR Jody Shapiro
WRITERS Denis Seguin With Jody Shapiro
“Is Sealand better than Canada? Do micronations have tiny fights? Filmmaker Jody Shapiro explains the weird world of DIY democracies.”
— Tim Murphy, Mother Jones
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ABOUT THE FILM:
What makes a country a country? What makes a state a state? A nation a nation? And what’s to stop you from starting your own!?…Directed by acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Jody Shapiro, HOW TO START YOUR OWN COUNTRY, which held its World Premiere at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival earlier this fall, takes us on a globe-hopping search for an answer to these fundamental but little understood questions, in a hilarious and thought-provoking examination of micro-nations — tiny states seldom recognized by better-known, more conventionally established countries around the world.
Click here to WATCH THE TRAILER, and for more information about this film.
WEBSITE:
howtostartyourowncountry.com
“Neatly balancing entertainment with information and a celebration of very unique brand of social outcast with a serious treatment of the issues that have driven them to the fringes — to say nothing of the further issues arising once they've arrived there”
— Todd Brown, Twitch
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