BoxOffice® Pro - May 2012

BOOK
IT!
The main interest of Book It! is indies without distribution but
with the power to sell tickets—films so singular and evocative
that while art house distributors are fumbling for their come-on
line, you can make your approach and book these films right out
of the pages of BOXOFFICE.
This month we’re showcasing self-distributed film titles that come
out of the festivals and get people talking. Go with something
unusual and aggressive and give it a short run.
HAUTE ART HOUSE
IS THERE ROOM FOR HIGH END ART HOUSE IN AMERICAN
THEATERS? THESE SELF-DISTRIBUTORS SAY: “YES.”
FILM BOOKING CONTACT GENRE AUDIENCE
ALMAYERʼS
FOLLY
LA FOLIE
ALMAYER
THE
ANCHORAGE
Molly Lynch
molly@selfpictures.net
Adam Sekuler
mail@thecolonial.info
Drama
Drama;
Swedishlanguage,
subtitled
If you like the
thought behind
madness
If you think the
woods are full of
chaos
AT ELLENʼS
AGE
IM ALTER VON
ELLEN
info@matchfactory.de
Drama;
Frenchlanguage,
subtitled
If you believe
middle age is met
with loyalty (but
also expect the
worst)
ON THE ICE
A POTBOILER SET IN THE SNOW
>> In icy Barrow, Alaska, the tight-knit community tackles the cold with
warmth. Friends Qalli, Aivaaq and James are more brothers than friends,
but when they go seal hunting, an argument leads to an accidental murder.
The surviving two boys are at a loss as to how to keep the truth from
their family, which includes a heap of honorary uncles and aunts. In such
sensitive territory, the suspense cuts many ways—we’re at once afraid the
kids have destroyed their futures and equally upended over their betrayal
to the community.
CONTACT Marian Koltai marian.koltai@pmkbnc.com CAST Adamina Kerr,
AUDREY THE
TRAINWRECK
CALIFORNIA
COMPANY
TOWN
Frank V. Ross
fvross2@gmail.com
Lee Anne Schmitt
leeanneschmitt@gmail.
com
Drama
Documentary
If you know
deep down, the
working class
doesnʼt look like
it used to
If you believe
dreams are meant
to be broken
Josiah Patkotak, Frank Qutuq Irelan, Teddy Kyle Smith DIRECTOR/SCREEN-
WRITER Andrew Okpeaha MacLean PRODUCERS Lynette Howell, Marco
Londoner, Zhana Londoner, Cara Marcous GENRE Suspense RATING R for
language, some drug content and violence. RUNNING TIME 96 min.
CANARY
Alejandro Adams
AlejandroAdams@gmail.
com
Suspense
If Peter Watkins
freaks you out
HONEYMOONS
MEDENI MESEC
Goran Paskaljevic,
paskaljevic@gmail.com
Drama;
Serbian- and
Albanianlanguages,
subtitled
If you feel Europe
East and Europe
West seem
like irrelevant
distinctions
ALL IN: THE POKER MOVIE
A GREAT DOC—NO BLUFFING
>> Produced by the guy behind Book It! success stories Kati with an I
and Fake It So Real—both of which leapt from our pages to distribution
deals—All In: The Poker Movie is the star-studded valentine to the
game of kings. Bravo’s Celebrity Poker Showdown made rock stars out
of regular-joe players ballsy enough to risk it all against movie stars and
athletes known for their nerves of steel. Poker’s green table has absorbed
blood, sweat and tears, and this movie’s an homage to that icon and all
the glamour it can’t help emitting.
CONTACT Susan Bedusa susa@4throwfilms.com CAST Mike Sexton, Kenny
Rogers, Ira Glass and many more DIRECTOR Douglas Tirola PRODUCERS
Susan Bedusa, Douglas Tirola, Robert Greene GENRE Documentary RUN-
NING TIME 100 min.
LITTLE SOLDIER
LILLE SOLDAT
REDLAND
KIDNAPPING
SEQUESTRO
Susan Wendt
+45 6029 8466
Magdalena Zyzak,
zyzakmagdalena@
gmail.com
Jorge W. Atalla
jwatalla@gmail.com
Suspense;
Danishlanguage,
subtitled
Drama
Documentary;
Portugueselanguage,
subtitled
If you think our
social fabric could
use some dry
cleaning
If you can feel the
Great Depression
in every dusty
drama
If you fear the
security of home
is fleeting
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