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Archive for June, 2011

Jun 21

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Woods Hole Film Festival

The Stranger Things team is delighted that the film will be screening in competition at the 20th Woods Hole Film Festival in beautiful Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The festival takes place from Saturday, July 30 through August 6, 2011. Woods Hole was selected as one of the 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World by Moviemaker magazine and was listed in Filmmaker Magazine’s 10 Favorite Festivals of 2010.

Stranger Things will screen at 9pm on Monday, August 1st at the Redfield Auditorium (87 Water St,
Woods Hole, MA 02543 ).

Tickets are available online at www.ticketweb.com and from the festival box office.

Click here for the Stranger Things festival program page.

 

Jun 17

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Graham Fuller on STRANGER THINGS

The film critic Graham Fuller compares Stranger Things and Bryan Forbes’ 1961 classic Whistle Down the Wind in the fascinating article “British intruders bring miracles to BAMcinemaFest.” Both films are feature directorial debuts, both involve an intruder discovered on private property, and both play at BAM next weekend.

From the article :

Burke (who photographed the film) and Eyal directed Stranger Things in a crisp realist style, favoring extremely tight close-ups that get under the skin of characters who are at first unfathomable. The nuanced performances by Collins (a major talent) and Akhtar (hilarious as the inept jihadist in Four Lions) fully bear out the directors’ belief in an actor-driven cinema.

**SPOILER ALERT** – Mr. Fuller describes details of the story that some viewers may wish to read only after seeing the film.
Click here to read the full article on Graham Fuller’s THE CUTTING ROOM.

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Jun 16

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STRANGER THINGS at Karlovy Vary IFF

We’re thrilled to announce that Stranger Things will have its International Premiere at the 46th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic.

The film will show in the prestigious competitive section Forum of Independents, where films compete for the Independent Camera Award. Last year’s winner was Christopher Morris’ darkly hilarious Four Lions, which also starred our very own Adeel Akhtar.

In addition to being an amazing celebration of world cinema,the festival promises to be a star-studded affair: Dame Judi Dench will be presenting the opening night film (Cary Fukunaga’s Jane Eyre), and actors John Malkovich and John Turturro and cult director/producer Monte Hellman will be in attendance.

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Jun 15

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Time Out says catch STRANGER THINGS at BAM

David Fear, Film Editor at Time Out New York, just posted this preview of BAMcinemaFest. We’re buzzing with excitement about the upcoming screening of Stranger Things at BAM on June 25 and delighted to read that he recommends catching Stranger Things.

From the article:

Stranger Things She (Bridget Collins) is a withdrawn young woman who’s putting her recently deceased mother’s things in order; he (Four Lions’ Adeel Akhtar) is a homeless man living in the late woman’s garden shed. That the two will eventually bond is a given, but it’s the way this British indie lets its kindness-of-strangers narrative develop slowly through long silences, small glances and the gentlest of exchanges sets that sets it apart from the usual two-handers. And casting agents need to take serious notice of Akhtar stat.

Click here to read the full article online, or get a copy of Time Out New York at your local newsstand.

Jun 12

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Edinburgh Talent Lab

We’re excited to announce that Stranger Things co-director Eleanor Burke has been selected for the Edinburgh International Film Festival Talent Lab. This is the lab’s inaugural year, and Eleanor was one of 35 filmmakers from around the world invited to participate in this program which connects emerging filmmaking talent with established industry professionals.

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