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First Stop: Wisconsin

We’re very excited to announce that Stranger Things will be screening at the Wisconsin Film Festival in Madison.

The film will be playing on:

March 31, 2011 @ 7:30PM at the Wisconsin Union Theatre (800 Langdon St, Madison WI 53706)

Co-director Ron Eyal will be present at the screening.

Click here to see the Stranger Things programme page from the Wisconsin Film Festival.

Tickets are now on sale! Click here for box-office information.

The festival has a fantastic line-up. Even the refreshments sound amazing, especially In The Dark, a special Wisconsin Film Festival ice-cream flavour: chocolate, with brownie pieces, pecans, chocolate chips, and a fudge ripple.

 

 

 

Festival Fun

Stranger Things is about to hit some great US regional festivals. We’ll be travelling with the film and attending as many screenings as possible.

Stay tuned: we’ll be posting all the info here!

Winging Our Way to Phoenix

In festival news, Stranger Things will be hitting the 2011 Phoenix Film Festival in Arizona this April.

Here are our screening times:

  • April 01, 2011 @ 11:30AM
  • April 02, 2011 @ 4:40PM
  • April 03, 2011 @ 11:40AM

All the screenings are at the Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre
(7000 E Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054)

If you’re in Arizona, we’d love to see you at a screening and if you have any friends or family in the area, please let them know we’ll be there with the film! Click here for the Stranger Things program page for the Phoenix Film Festival.

Film Festival Today Interview

Here’s one more interview from our Slamdance coverage. This one is with Luis Pedron from Film Festival Today. He had a lot of meaty questions for us about the themes behind the film and about the production, and he said that Bridget Collins reminded him of Imelda Staunton.

Click here to read the full interview.

What Meets the Eye

While we were in Park City we were interviewed for the Edmonton Journal by Ashley Elaine York. She wrote a very nice piece about Stranger Things, which she chose as her favorite film of Slamdance 2011. She was particularly excited by the cinematography, describing the camera as a character in its own right.

Actually, Ashley Elaine York wasn’t the only person to pick up on strong cinematic storytelling Eleanor achieved with the camera. Filmmaker Magazine also mentioned the film’s beauty and in Variety’s review of Stranger Things, John Anderson pointed out “Burke’s intuitive, expressive camera work.”

To seal the deal, the great cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond (who shot The Deer Hunter, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and McCabe and Mrs Miller among others) was at one of our Slamdance screenings. We were honored when he talked to us afterwards and spoke highly of the cinematography.

Luckily Eleanor is a humble gal. She ought to be unbearable by now.

Click here to read the whole Edmonton Journal article.


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

Sound on Sight Interview

The film blog, Sound On Sight, interviewed the two of us just before the Slamdance Awards. They also seemed to be very interested in how we work as a couple!

Click here to read the full interview.

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.

“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.

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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