We’re really proud and humbled to win the beautiful Laurasilva Award, especially considering the incredible line-up of films we shared the bill with! Thanks to all the other filmmakers and festival organizers. This festival was truly amazing!
See the other winning films.
Here’s a list of the festival winners.
Maryland FF announces closing and opening night line-ups! The Kook will be playing along with her good friend I Am John Wayne on opening night, and, in an incredible twist, Todd Solondz’s (one of our favorites) new film Dark Horse is gonna close out the festival!!
More fest info here.
The Kook beat out an incredible program of films to take home “Best Comedy” honors at Puerto Rico’s largest film festival!
*UPDATE: We just learned that T Sahara Meer won the “Best Actress” Award!
This is a massive festival and we’re thrilled to be a part of it! It runs from April 23 – May 6.
More festival info here.
The Kook won “Best Sci-Fi” in the 2012 Honolulu Film Awards Competition, and will be honored at a ceremony in Waikiki on May 5.
The Kook just got two really great write-ups this past week, one from the taste-maker titan Cool Hunting, and a slightly surprising piece from a big blog down under, Concrete Playground.
Athens is an Academy qualifying festival, and one of the most prestigious, long-running fests in the country. We’re really proud to get the nod!
The festival runs April 13 – 19.
More info here.
We took home top honors in the Narrative Short Competition this weekend! Thanks so much to MFF!
See the full list of winners here.
The festival runs from March 6-18 at The Landmark Sunshine Theater and has a panel of pretty high-profile judges including one of our all-time favorites, Susan Sarandon. It’s going to great to share the film with all our New York friends and family!
The Kook will screen at the following times and venues. We recommend coming to the “Ides of March” screening at The Sunshine if you can! Also, don’t forget to RSVP to the after party at The Hotel Chantelle!
Comedy Showcase
Thursday March 15, 8:30PM
Sunshine Cinema
143 East Houston Street
Buy tickets here, they’re selling out fast!
Shorts Showcase 1
Wednesday March 7, 8:30PM
Grand Opening
139 Norfolk Street
Buy Tickets
The festival runs from April 13-22, directly following The Charleston FF in the upper-deck state, North Carolina. Riverrun just got two big grants from The Academy and The NEA, so this year’s event should be really special. We’re excited to be a part of it.
The Kook is playing as the anchor film in the “Late Night Shorts” program at the following times:
Saturday April 14, 10PM
Friday April 20, 10PM
a/perture 2
311 West Fourth Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Buy tickets
The festival runs from April 11-25 in one of the most beautiful cities in America. We’ve heard they throw a good party!
The Kook will be playing at the final time and place:
Sunday April 15, 3PM
Cinebarre – Mt. Pleasant
963 Houston-Northcutt Blvd.
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
Visit CIFF for more info and tickets.
The Kook is in competition at The Rincon International Film Festival in Rincon, Puerto Rico (April 10 to 15, 2012), and The High Desert Shorts International Film Festival in Pahrump, NV (May 25 to 27, 2012).
Screening times to come.
The festival will be held in downtown Macon, Georgia at the historic Cox Capitol Theatre and Douglass Theatre February 16 – 19.
The Kook will screen at the following times and venues:
Friday February 17, 5:10pm
Cox Capital Theater
Saturday February 18, 8:00pm
Douglass Theatre
More info here.
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