Fathers and Sons
Our friend Fivel Rothberg, a documentary filmmaker who assisted us here at HWM HQ in the first stages of our upcoming “112 Weddings“, has been hard at work on his own film “House Devil, Street Angel. An autobiographical doc, the film is about father-son relationships, intra-family abuse, roles and ideas about masculinity, and the paths [...]
No Money No Problems
Today marks the first day of the Festival Internacional del Cine Pobre in Gibara, Cuba, and the Swedish contingency of Hard Working Movies is reprazenting with “Slate“, a short film directed by Carmen Vidal that premiered at New Directors/New Films in New York in 2010.
(the trailer for the film)
Amy’s new film(s)
Amy Hardie, who directed our The Edge of Dreaming, has recently finished her new film. It’s called Tuesdays and centers around a group of women with advanced cancer. As per Amy’s own site:
Meet a group of very different women who come together every Tuesday in Dundee. They laugh, they cry, they exchange shopping and cooking tips, [...]
Ode to SxSW
We have a special fondness for SxSW, having screened several films at the festival and over the years seeing so much standout music there (recalling a slightly younger Wanda Jackson at the Continental Club). We can’t make it this year, but look out for some of our friends’ amazing films: Gayby (producer Amy Hobby), Remains (dir [...]
Our favorite kind of fly
Everyone should know about Paul Goodman. A new film directed by Jonathan Lee and edited by our friend Kim Reed.
Moms vs Dads at HBO
At an advance screening of the HBO Father’s Day broadcast premiere of The Kids Grow Up (airing this Sunday), bloggers Catherine Connors, Doug French and NFI head Roland Warren discuss pros and cons of the changing roles of parents with our Doug Block. Read what other bloggers are saying. And check out HBO’s website for additional broadcasts.
“I’m not sure why it reminds me of Five Easy Pieces, but it does.”
We’re happy to see Matt Boyd’s unique film “A Rubberband is an Unlikely Instrument” will premiere at Hot Docs in Toronto next week, and it’s been singled out as one of their featured documentaries. Also playing from the IFP Labs is “Give Up Tomorrow“, which we posted about last month. “Give Up Tomorrow” was awarded a Special [...]
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