15 Independent Films to Make Digital Debut via Sundance Institute's Artist Services in August and September Includes Premiere of Sing Me the Song That Says I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle with Martha and Rufus Wainwright
Posted Jul 30, 2013
Los Angeles, CA Sundance Institute today announced the 15 independent films that will make their digital debut this fall through a variety of platforms and storefronts, via the Institute's Artist Services program, which provides access to self-distribution for artists supported by the Institute. Titles will roll out between August 13 and September 17. For details visit sundance.org/nowplaying.
Upcoming releases range in theme from films that document political turmoil faced by citizens in their own nations (An African Election, Hot House) as well as their adopted homes (Made in L.A.), to protagonists fighting powerful personal demons (Rom ntico, So Much So Fast, TV Junkie). Feature films include Ed's Next Move, All She Can, GYPSY DAVY, and L.I.E.
Sing Me The Song That Says I Love You: A Concert For Kate McGarrigle, will make its digital premiere September 17. The film is a stirring tribute to renowned Canadian singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle and features her well known musical family children Rufus and Martha Wainwright, older sisters Anna and Jane and talented friends including Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Jimmy Fallon, and Antony (of Antony and the Johnsons) in a concert recorded at New York Citys Town Hall in May 2011. Directed by Lian Lunson, the film made its world premiere at Sundance London in 2012 and had a theatrical run earlier this summer.
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern won both the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary and the Audience Award: Documentary at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Made in L.A. won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story-Long Form in 2008. TV Junkie was the Documentary Special Jury Prize winner at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
Titles will be available on a variety of platforms, including iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Microsoft Xbox, Sony Entertainment Network, SundanceNOW, VUDU and YouTube.
The Sundance Institute Artist Services program provides artists with exclusive opportunities for creative self-distribution, marketing and financing solutions for their work. The exclusive aggregation partner for distribution across all portals participating in the Artist Services program is Cinedigm. The Artist Services initiative is made possible by The Bertha Foundation. These deals were brokered via pro bono legal services generously provided by law firm O'Melveny & Myers, which has built the legal framework for the Artist Services program and participating filmmakers since its inception.
TITLES AVAILABLE AUGUST 13
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An African Election (Director: Jarreth Merz) An African Election is a suspenseful political drama about the 2008 presidential elections in Ghana, West Africa, with unexpected twists and turns, yet always personal through the eyes of director Jarreth Merz. (2011 Sundance Film Festival)
Ed's Next Move (Director: John C. Walsh) Eddie, a young Wisconsin scientist, moves to New Yorks East Village and, as he struggles to navigate his strange new urban world, begins an awkward, halting courtship of a violinist in an alternative band. (1996 Sundance Film Festival)
Hot House (Director: Shimon Dotan) Granted extraordinary access to the highest-security institutions in Israel, filmmaker Shimon Dotan uncovers a startling truth: Israeli prisons have become a breeding ground for the next generation of Palestinian leaders and a hotbed for terrorist plots. (2007 Sundance Film Festival)
No Loans Today (Director: Lisanne Skyler) Filmed in the aftermath of the 1992 riots, No Loans Today intimately portrays daily life in the African-American community of South Central Los Angeles through the lens of its key financial institution, the ABC Loan Co., a 25-year-old pawnshop and check-cashing outlet. (1995 Sundance Film Festival)
So Much So Fast (Directors: Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan) Remarkable events are set in motion when Stephen Heywood, 29, discovers he has ALS (Lou Gehrigs disease) and his brother becomes obsessed with finding a cure. The film is a cliffhanger of romance and cutting-edge science by Academy Award nominees Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan.
(2006 Sundance Film Festival)
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern (Directors: Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan) Troublesome Creek is the acclaimed story of the Jordan familys gamble to save their Iowa farm. From fighting the Crooked Creek Gang in 1867, to fighting off the bank today. The film is an Academy Award-nominated cliffhanger about history, humor and the unsettling of America. (1996 Sundance Film Festival)
TV Junkie (Directors: Michael Cain) This Sundance Film Festival award-winning film is a striking video diary of Rick Kirkham, a 48-year old television journalist who at first appears to be living a charmed life, but all is not as it seems. (2006 Sundance Film Festival)
TITLE AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 3
Violeta Went to Heaven (Director: Andr s Wood) The extraordinary story of iconic poet, musician and folksinger Violeta Parra, whose songs have become hymns for Chileans and Latin Americans alike. Director Andres Wood (Machuca) traces the intensity and explosive vitality of her life, from humble origins to international fame, her defense of indigenous cultures and devotion to her art. (2012 Sundance Film Festival)
TITLE AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 17
All She Can (Director: Amy Wendel) Luz Garcia wants something different than the few options available after high school in her forgotten Texas town. Her college dreams rest on a powerlifting competition.
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15 Independent Films to Make Digital Debut via Sundance Institute's Artist Services in August and September Includes Premiere of Sing Me the Song That Says I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle with Martha and Rufus Wainwright
