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STRANGER THINGS wins at Lighthouse Film Festival

A wonderful weekend of soaking in sun and cinema at the lovely Lighthouse International Film Festival was topped off with us winning the prize for Best Feature! Check out the fantastic lighthouse-shaped trophies. Shira and Yoav Potash, another husband-and-wife directing team, won Best Documentary with their film Food Stamped. The Feature Narrative Jury also gave us a coupon for a free game of mini-golf which they won during their deliberations.

 

Many thanks to everyone at the Lighthouse International Film Festival for putting together such an amazing event.

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BAM has now officially published the 2011 BAMcinemaFEST schedule. Stranger Things will be screening at the festival on Saturday June 25th at 4:15pm.

Click here to link to the official programme. We love the clever roll-over labels, indicating the possible contents of each film. Check them out on the website.

 

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Best Director Award

Stranger Things has won the Best Director Award at the Phoenix Film Festival. Co-director Ron Eyal was present to accept the award — the Phoenix Film Festival Copper Wing. We’re honoured. Thank you to the jury and the festival.

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Peachy News: Atlanta Film Festival

Stranger Things will wrap up April in the Narrative Competition of the 2011 Atlanta Film Festival. We’re so excited to be a part of the 35th edition of this fest, and we’re especially looking forward to catching up with a few friends with films playing there as well, including Lindsay Mackay (Clear Blue), Nikyatu Jusu (Say Grace Before Drowning), Jonas Carpignano (Bayou Black) and our fellow 2011 Slamdance Film Festival alums: Hello Caller, Pleasant People, Silver Tongues, Snow on tha Bluff, and Without.

Here’s the schedule:

April 29, 2011 @ 5:00PM

May 3, 2011 @ 4:00PM

Both screenings takes place at Landmark Midtown.

Click here to purchase tickets for Stranger Things from the ATLFF Website.

 

 

Click here for the press release including full festival line-up.

 

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Adeel Akhtar at the BAFTAS

When Chris Morris’s name was announced as winner of the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut last night, who was it but Adeel Akhtar, along with his Four Lions co-star Nigel Lindsay, who accepted the award on his behalf.

Click here to see a backstage video interview with Adeel and Nigel Lindsay: www.bit.ly/4LionsBaftaBackstage

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Filmmaker Mag’s “Gems from the Other Festival”

Following Thursday’s Grand Jury Prize win at Slamdance, Filmmaker Magazine has spotlighted Stranger Things in the “Park City Critic’s Notebook.”

Filmmaker’s Bradon Harris describes the film as “elegant and evocative” and “as tranquil and refreshing as an autumn afternoon along the rural British coast.”

Click here to read the full Filmmaker Magazine article.

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Slamdance Win!

We’re so pleased to announce that Stranger Things has won the Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance Film Festival! The award ceremony took place last night at the Treasure Mountain Inn in Park City in the main screening room. We were awarded a “Sparky” — Slamdance’s bronze dog-shaped award. Best documentary went to Bhopali by Van Maximillian Carlson.

Ron and I are delighted and very grateful to the jury, to Slamdance and to everyone who has helped us along the way. Thanks to all of you for the messages of support.

Click here to read the press release about the Slamdance Awards in Variety.

Click here to read the Indiewire press release about the awards.

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“Stranger Things”: An Absolute Must See

Gordon and the Whale, the movie blog, has reviewed Stranger Things and has some incredibly glowing things to say about the film. The reviewer, Joshua Brunstein, wasn’t entirely satisfied by the ending, but on the other hand, calls the film “an absolute must see feature” and particularly praises the lead performances.

[Oona is] played wonderfully by Bridget Collins. She gives one of the most fantastic performances of the past 12 months, that is both hauntingly real, and without any artifice or sentimentality. It’s a wonderfully understated performance, that is paired perfectly with her partner in crime, Mani, played by FOUR LIONS’ Adeel Akhtar. Both are the epitome of understated performances.

Click here to read the review on gordonandthewhale.com.

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Variety Review for “Stranger Things”

We are excited to announce that Stranger Things has received a great review from Variety. Adeel Akhtar and Bridget Collins receive praise for their intelligent performances and the film is called delicate, dignified and soulful. Here’s an extract:

Shot on the English seaside and with a Dreyer-esque instinct for the complexity and frankness of the human face, the pic is essentially a two-hander, its action muted and its pretensions modest. At the same time, its theme — the capacity of the heart to make connections, under odd and unlikely circumstances — harbors something titanic. Much of this is conveyed via the directors’ appreciation for revealing detail, and eloquent gesture.

Click here to read the rest of the article.

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First Day in Park City

We’ve arrived in frosty Park City, Utah and are busy getting everything ready for Slamdance. We checked in at Filmmaker Registration this morning and put up our posters at the Treasure Mountain Inn a.k.a Slamdance HQ. We were there early and so were able to nab a great spot.

Lindsay MacKay, our production manager on Stranger Things, is here with us to join in the fun and to help us keep on top of everything at the festival.

Our first screening is tomorrow at 12:30pm. We hope to see you there! Click here for more info.

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