Festival Updates

Sorry for the delay between updates but we’ve been busy scheduling our next round of festival screenings as well as arranging for the much-anticipated distribution. More on distribution by end of August, but in the meantime, here’s a list of upcoming screenings. Continue to check back regularly as we’ll post more screening and distribution news when we have it:

August 3 — Pleasantville, New York @ Jacob Burns Film Center

August 10 — Oslo, Norway @ Øya-festival

September 23 – October 3 — Milwaukee, Wisconsin @ Milwaukee Film Festival (check back in mid-August for exact screening dates)

September 30 – October 15 — Vancouver, Canada @ Vancouver International Film Festival (check back in mid-August for exact screening dates)

October 20-27 — Bergen, Norway @ Bergen International Film Festival (check back in early September for exact screening dates)

October 28 – November 7 — Barcelona, Spain @ In-Edit International Music Documentary Festival (check back in late September for exact screening dates)

November 11-14 — Zion Canyon, Utah @ Red Rock Film Festival of Zion Canyon (check back in early October for exact screening dates)

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Hillman Interviewed on Red Carpet Crash

SXSW: David Hillman Curtis from Devin Pike on Vimeo.

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Hillman Interviewed on PBS

See here:  http://video.pbs.org/video/1435136381/

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A Preview From WIRED

Should have posted this a few days ago, but:

Unlike Jonathan Demme’s classic concert film Stop Making Sense, which immortalized Byrne’s genius for live performance, Ride, Rise, Roar digs behind the onstage antics to document their creation. That meta filter gives Curtis’ measured film an added layer of intertextual intimacy.

Full article in WIRED.

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The Reviews Are In

Well, one of them, anyway. From the Hollywood Reporter:

“Bottom Line: Energetically photographed avant-garde dance turns David Byrne concert movie into a visceral experience… sexy, often transfixing… the audience broke into spontaneous applause as if the performers were in the room.”

Thanks to Mr. DeFore at the Hollywood Reporter! Read the whole review here.

There’s also a short review in Time Out Chicago: “The doc looks and sounds great, and the interviews are interesting… a very satisfying experience.”

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Embeddable Trailer on Vimeo

Ride, Rise, Roar trailer from ride, rise, roar on Vimeo.

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Choreographer Bios

We’ve added the biographies for our amazing choreographers — Annie-B Parson and Noémie Lafrance — to the bio pages.

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SXSW, Here We Come

Road trip! From NYC down the coast to the Outer Banks, then angling across the Tar Heel State up into the Great Smokies, down through the Chatahoochee and into New Orleans, then on to Austin.  Can’t wait to see you all there.

If you have any questions about the film or the site, feel free to get in touch on the contact page.

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