Help us get buzz at Slamdance

Posted by on Jan 11, 2011 in News | No Comments

Even if you’re not sure if you can make it, please help get our film noticed at the Slamdance Film Festival. There are two simple ways you can help us: 1) The boldest and best way you can help us is to join b-side (just click here to register) and then, as a b-side member, […]

Slamdance Schedule is online

Posted by on Jan 11, 2011 in News | No Comments

We hope to see you at one of the two screenings of Stranger Things at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City this January. Stranger Things will be in competition at the festival and will be screened with the short film Mam. Here are our screening times: January 21, 2011 @ 12:30PM January 25, 2011 […]

Happy New Year and Happy New Newsletter

Posted by on Jan 5, 2011 in News | No Comments

A huge THANK YOU to our supporters, fans, cast and crew for your support over the last year. It’s been a very exciting period for us with the film and we’re looking forward to continuing the adventure in the new year. There’s much more to come. Our first act of 2011 is to improve our […]

Slamdance here we come

Posted by on Dec 7, 2010 in News | No Comments

Great news! Stranger Things will be screening in competition at the 2011 Slamdance Film Festival. You may remember that our short Ruth & Maggie (which also starred Bridget Collins and Victoria Jeffrey) premiered at Slamdance in 2006. We had an amazing time there and are delighted to return with our feature. The festival takes place […]

Filmmaker Magazine on Woodstock Win

Posted by on Oct 4, 2010 in News | No Comments

Scott Macaulay has posted a mention of our Woodstock Best Feature Award on the Filmmaker Magazine blog. Scott picked us for the 25 New Faces of Independent Film list in 2009 after seeing a cut at the IFP Independent Filmmaker Lab. He writes about “Stranger Things”: This is a beautiful, delicate, and extremely well directed […]

“Stranger Things” wins top prize at Woodstock!

Posted by on Oct 3, 2010 in News | 2 Comments

Stranger Things has won the Best Feature Narrative Award at the 11th Woodstock Film Festival. Last night at the Maverick Award Ceremony at the BSP Studios, Kingston, the film was honoured alongside documentary Marwencol (Jeff Malmberg). Bruce Beresford received the 2010 Honorary Maverick Award, Keanu Reeves the Excellence in Acting Award and the Trailblazer Award […]

“Stranger Things” is a “Mesmerizing Piece of Cinema”

Posted by on Sep 22, 2010 in News | No Comments

Greg Olear lists Stranger Things as one of the highlights of this year’s Woodstock Film Festival in his article Groovy Movie, Take Two: The Woodstock Film Festival Shines On. Olear says: You’ve probably never heard of Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal, the British filmmaking team who made this mesmerizing piece of cinema, but you will. […]

Tickets For Sale

Posted by on Sep 6, 2010 in News | No Comments

You can get your ticket for the Woodstock screenings of Stranger Things online today and read about our film in the official Woodstock 2010 program, which is now online on the WFF website: www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/festival2010/details.php?id=21697

“Stranger Things” Woodstock Premiere!

Posted by on Sep 1, 2010 in News | One Comment

We are proud to announce that Stranger Things will be premiering in competition at the 2010 Woodstock Film Festival. The “fiercely independent” Woodstock Film Festival takes place September 29-October 3 in the beautiful Hudson Valley. Stranger Things will have two screenings at the festival: October 1, 2010 / 2:00PM / Upstate Films RHINEBECK – 6415 […]

Commandments for Ultra-Independent Filmmaking

Posted by on Jul 22, 2010 in News | No Comments

Ted Hope posted a list of “No-Budget Commandments” on Truly Free Film yesterday, which he put together with his colleagues when his production company, The Good Machine, was starting out. It’s interesting to see how many of these we abided by when making Stranger Things without ever having encountered the list or even many people […]