BURMA VJ TO OPEN AT ROYAL CINEMA, TORONTO on AUG 7-13!

opening at the
Royal Cinema, Toronto
on
August 7-13

BURMA VJ: REPORTING FROM A CLOSED COUNTRY (dir: Anders Østergaard / DENMARK) Armed with small handy cams undercover Video Journalists in Burma keep up the flow of news from their closed country. Going beyond the occasional news clip from Burma, acclaimed director Anders Østergaard, brings us close to the video journalists who deliver the footage. Though risking torture and life in jail, courageous young citizens of Burma live the essence of journalism as they insist on keeping up the flow of news from their closed country. The Burma VJs stop at nothing to make their reportages from the streets of Rangoon.

website: www.burmavj.com

KINOSMITH PICKS UP 5 NEW FEATURES

KINOSMITH RAMPS UP WITH ACQUISTION OF 5 NEW FEATURE FILMS

KINOSMITH recently announced the acquistion of Canada distribution rights for four unique films with unique visions:

• ZOOEY & ADAM - a controversial new drama from Winnipeg's Sean Garrity (INERTIA, LUCID)
• ENLIGHTEN UP! - Kate Churchill directs this enlightening doc (bad pun) that follows a skeptic's journey into the world of Yoga
• PAX AMERICANA - a mesmerizing new doc by Denis Delestrac on the militarization of space
• WHEN WE WERE YOUNG - Sarah Goodman's powerful doc that had audiences on their feet at Hot Docs months ago
• ARMY OF ONE - Sarah Goodman's first feature documentary that won the Audience Award at Hot Docs two years ago

Check out www.kinosmith.com for further information.

KINOSMITH launches DVD Catalogue with HOT DOCS collection

KINOSMITH recently launched their DVD operations with the release of 3 Award Winning features from Canada: 

. Nik Sheenan's FLicKeR

. Brett Gaylor's RIP! A REMIX MANIFESTO 

. Shane Belcourt's TKARONTO

As part of this launch, KINOSMITH also announced it's new relationship with the HOT DOCS festival to start a HOT DOCS COLLECTION. 

DVDs can be purchased at: www.kinosmith.com

Here is some press covering these events:

INDIE WIRE

Hot Docs and Kinosmith Team for DVD Partnership

by Brian Brooks (July 21, 2009) 

 

Canadian distributor Kinosmith, Inc. is teaming with Hot Docs for a DVD distribution partnership called “The Hot Docs Collection,” featuring popular festival films and other titles chosen by the festival’s programmers. The collection will debut July 28 with the release of digital rights polemic “RIP: A Remix Manifesto” and “FLicKeR,” , the tale of a mind-expanding pulsating-light device that was embraced by a generation of pop-culture consciousness pioneers from William Burroughs to Iggy Pop. 

Films will be available for purchase on the Kinosmith website, and a portion of the revenue will go to Hot Docs’ education programs.

“The Hot Docs Collection is at once an exciting new endeavour for us,” commented Hot Docs Director of Programming Sean Farnel in a statement. “And an extension of our commitment to growing the audience for documentary. We’re heartened that Kinosmith’s passion for docs aligns with our own.”

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KINOSMITH to distribute Hot Docs titles on DVD in Canada
22 July, 2009 | By Denis Seguin        

Toronto-based specialty distributor KINOSMITH has partnered with the Hot Docs documentary festival on an online DVD releasing deal targeting popular festival titles.

Under the terms of the deal, Hot Docs programmers will consult with KINOSMITH on Canadian distribution opportunities for Hot Docs titles but it will include titles necessarily programmed at the festival.

The scheme launches on July 28 with the release of digital rights polemic RIP: A Remix Manifesto and FLicKeR, the story of the mind-expanding pulsating-light device that inspired pop-culture pioneers from William Burroughs to Iggy Pop. New titles will be released monthly. August sees the release of The Bodybuider And I and The Art Star And The Sudanese Twins. Other titles in the pipeline include Prom Night In Mississippi and Burma VJ.

In a statement, KINOSMITH founder Robin Smith said the partnership was based on “a shared commitment to movies with meaning.”

Hot Docs director of programming Sean Farnel said the arrangement was an exciting extension of the festival’s commitment to expanding the audience for documentaries. The deal comes just as public broadcaster the CBC announced plans to cancel two documentary strands.

Films will be available for purchase through Kinosmith.com. The scheme will be cross-promoted via Hot Docs’ web presence and its electronic mailing list. A portion of the distributor’s revenues from the deal will be directed to the festival’s education programs.