Indie Filmmakers Team Up with Breakthrough Distribution to Release Award-Winning Films
A slate of new features and documentaries from Sundance winners and other indie filmmakers are now available at major retailers and online.
Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) May 24, 2007 -- Breakthrough Distribution, an innovative new provider of self- and retail-distribution services for independent filmmakers, announced today its latest roster of films from filmmakers such as Academy Award® nominee and Sundance winner Steve Ascher.
A complete line of feature and documentary films utilizing Breakthrough's filmmaker platform are now available for sale directly to audiences online, including:
| | - "So Much So Fast," a darkly humorous, deeply touching documentary chronicling what happens to a young man and his family when he discovers he had ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease); directed by Steve Ascher, Sundance Film Festival winner and Academy Award® nominee
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| | - "Four Eyed Monsters," the underground hit based on the burgeoning relationship of the filmmakers, Arin Crumley and Susan Buice, and how they built a relationship without speaking; nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards and winner of the Sundance Channel Audience Award
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| | - "Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey," an engrossing documentary about Bill Lee, a former Major League Baseball pitcher with an independent streak, who travels to Cuba for a chance to play the game in a country that loves baseball as much as he does; a Silverdocs & AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival official selection, directed by Brett Rapkin
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Other films that have utilized Breakthrough Distribution’s filmmaker platform include "Special Thanks to Roy London," "The Shape of Water," "Trudell," and "Sir! No Sir!"
In addition, Breakthrough Distribution and Mill Creek Entertainment, under the Reel Indies imprint, have released a new line of quality films for retail sale. Reel Indies films are available in major mass marketers, bookstores, and electronics retailers nationwide.
Current and upcoming Reel Indies releases include:
| | - "Being Caribou," a dramatic documentary that follows two environmentalists on their five-month trek across 1,500 kilometers of Arctic tundra with a herd of 120,000 caribou
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| | - "The Dogwalker," a feature about the transformation of a woman trying to escape a troubled past, and her relationship with the misanthropic dogwalker who takes her on as an apprentice
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| | - "Little Man," a poignant account of how micro-preemie Nicholas, born 100 days early weighing just one pound, touched off a medical and emotional struggle in a family that thought they had it all
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Other films like "Bombay Calling," "No Sleep 'til Madison" and "Boone Style" are also available in major retailers under the Reel Indies label.
For more information about Reel Indies, visit www.reelindies.com.
About Breakthrough Distribution:
Breakthrough Distribution helps filmmakers reach their audiences via online, retail, educational, specialty, and other forms of distribution. Utilizing digital technology, innovative marketing approaches, and its relationships with retailers and distributors, Breakthrough Distribution allows filmmakers to reach core audiences directly, retain control of their projects, maximize audience and revenue -- and build their careers.
For more information, contact Jeff Rosen via e-mail or 310-399-9453.
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