Times for Montreal Screenings

Posted by on Aug 13, 2011 in News | No Comments
Times for Montreal Screenings

The Montreal World Film Festival has announced its screening times for Stranger Things. The film is part of the Focus on World Cinema / Regards sur les cinémas du monde section of the festival and there will be three opportunities to catch it. It will be our Canadian Premiere. Le film en français: Récemment diplômée […]

Around The World

Posted by on Aug 9, 2011 in News | No Comments
Around The World

Following our exciting international premiere at Karlovy Vary in July, Stranger Things is heading off on more voyages, the next two both in the Americas. Our South American premiere will be at the brilliant SANFIC film festival, in Santiago, Chile, where Stranger Things will be playing alongside Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture and Megan Griffiths’s The Off […]

Honorable Mention for STRANGER THINGS

Posted by on Aug 8, 2011 in News | No Comments
Honorable Mention for STRANGER THINGS

Stranger Things has received an honorable mention at the 2011 Woods Hole Film Festival. Wonderful news! It’s the 20th edition of the festival, so it’s a great time to win a prize there. We’re delighted. The festival ran from July 30 to August 6 and we were very pleased to be in Woods Hole for […]

STRANGER THINGS on Rhode Island

Posted by on Aug 6, 2011 in News | No Comments
STRANGER THINGS on Rhode Island

Stranger Things is off to the smallest state for the FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), a festival well-known for showcasing new voices of independent film. RIIFF takes place in Providence between August 9-14. The film will be in competition. Stranger Things will screen at 1:15pm on Friday, August 12th at the Metcalf Auditorium (20 N. […]

Karlovy Vary Round-Up

Posted by on Jul 22, 2011 in News | 2 Comments
Karlovy Vary Round-Up

We’re back! Our international premiere in Karlovy Vary was a blast. The festival — one of the oldest in the world — is a major European film event and although it has a laid-back, film-loving vibe, it’s also pretty glamourous. We had to find ourselves black-tie outfits for the ceremonies and some of the parties […]

Woods Hole Film Festival

Posted by on Jun 21, 2011 in News | No Comments
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 […]

Graham Fuller on STRANGER THINGS

Posted by on Jun 17, 2011 in News | No Comments
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 […]

STRANGER THINGS at Karlovy Vary IFF

Posted by on Jun 16, 2011 in News | No Comments
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 […]

Time Out says catch STRANGER THINGS at BAM

Posted by on Jun 15, 2011 in News | No Comments
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 […]

Edinburgh Talent Lab

Posted by on Jun 12, 2011 in News | No Comments
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.