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 :: current events :: updated may 14 2008
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The first exclusive screen shots from Don's new film, i am so proud of you, have been posted in his journal. The film, Chapter 2 of everything will be ok, is due to tour theaters this autumn. More news about the when's and where's will be posted in the coming weeks.
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EVERYTHING WILL BE OK NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD :::::
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 this limited edition DVD "single" features a restored and remastered high definition film transfer, with a brand new 100+ page archival area of deleted scenes, sketches, production notes, alternate takes, abandoned ideas, embarrassing asides,
a strange booklet, an interesting hidden thing, and all the usual nonsense.....
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:::SHOPPING GUIDE FOR MAY:::
 Pick up both BITTER FILMS VOLUME 1 and EVERYTHING WILL BE OK DVDs in a special $32 bundle
Three beautiful new museum-quality everything will be ok art prints are now available in the shop, each one personally signed by Don Hertzfeldt. These are in very limited supply and will probably not be reprinted once they're gone:
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everything will be ok has won its 35th and 36th awards, with the Silver Hugo at the Chicago Int'l Film Festival and a Special Jury Award for Outstanding Vision at the NYC Picturestart Film Festival! Other recent awards include the Grand Jury Award for Best Film at the London Int'l Animation Festival, the Grand Jury Award for Animated Film from the Florida Film Festival, the Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Film from the Seattle Int'l Film Festival, the Lawrence Kasdan Award for Best Narrative Film from the Ann Arbor Film Festival, and Best Animated Film from the Rio de Janeiro Short Film Festival!
Rejected returns to the big screen for one night only for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' special "Great to be Nominated" screening series. The Academy will screen their archival 35mm print of the film with Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon on June 23 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
In January 07, OK won the
Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Sundance Film Festival.
Here's a short video from one of the Sundance Q+A's of Don talking about the movie.
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Catch it on the big screen while you still can: everything will be ok is due at these remaining film festivals...
2008
Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Sydney: January 4-13
Projector Animation Festival, Dundee UK: January 30 - February 2
Dam Short Film Festival, NV: February 7-9
Glasgow Film Festival, UK: February 15-17
Salem Film Festival, MA: February 29 - March 6
Ashland Independent Film Festival, OR: April 3-7
Charleston International Film Festival: May 1-4
Warsaw Short Film Festival, Poland: May 26-31
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Bitter Films has accepted a generous invitation from the George Eastman House's motion picture archives to indefinitely store and protect the original film elements and camera negatives to Ah, L'Amour,
Genre,
Lily and Jim,
Billy's Balloon,
Rejected, the Meaning of Life, and Everything will be OK in their climate controlled film vaults. The movies will retire there in comfort alongside Martin Scorsese's 35mm collection.
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