Steve Chong Finds Out That Suicide is a Bad Idea –
[Comedy/Drama]
Directed by Charlie LaVoy, Steve Chong Finds Out That Suicide is a Bad Idea is a feature-length comedy about three estranged friends who embark on a misadventure to a remote lake house. There, to their surprise, they must stop their friend, Steve Chong, from killing himself.
• Devolver Page – www.devolverdigital.com/films/view/steve-chong-suicide
• Official Site – www.suicideisabadidea.com
• Trailer – www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZRfN_p2fdU
• Facebook – www.facebook.com/SuicideIsABadIdea
RELEASE DATES – now available on cable & digital VOD (as of 4/29/14)

How We Got Away With It –
[Drama]
How We Got Away With It, directed by Jon Lindstrom (best known as Dr. Kevin Collins on ABC’s General Hospital), is a troubling and sometimes difficult work about secrets, betrayal, and murder. Inspired by the new wave crime dramas of the 1960s and 1970s, the feature film is a gripping tale of a young man and his friend’s violent reaction to an unexpected tragedy during their annual summer reunion.
• Devolver Page – www.devolverdigital.com/films/view/how-we-got-away-with-it
• Official Site – www.HowWeGotAwayWithIt.com
• Trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UerbMGEZ94o
• Facebook – www.facebook.com/howwegotawaywithit
RELEASE DATES – digital VOD: 5/13/14 (on cable VOD now)
THEATRICAL RELEASE – 5/16/14 – Arena Cinema [Los Angeles] tickets

The Golden Scallop –
[Mockumentary]
The Golden Scallop is a mockumentary that takes a look into the competitors, judges, and customers of the 43rd Annual Golden Scallop Championship. In this feature-length film, directed by Joseph Laraja, the annual competition pits a food truck seeking redemption, an aging former champion, and a well-financed novelty fish house against each other in a test of short order cooking mettle.
• Devolver Page – www.devolverdigital.com/films/view/the-golden-scallop
• Trailer – vimeo.com/48929240
• Facebook – www.facebook.com/GoldenScallop
• RELEASE DATES – digital VOD: 5/13/14 (on cable VOD now)

Losing LeBron –
[Documentary]
Losing LeBron, directed by Nicole Prowell Hart and Allyson Sherlock, is a feature-length documentary that examines the impact of NBA star LeBron James’ decision to leave the city of Cleveland. Told through the eyes of the fans he left behind, the unique documentary explores why sports are so important to the struggling city.
• Devolver Page – www.devolverdigital.com/films/view/losing-lebron
• Official Site – www.losinglebron.com
• Trailer – vimeo.com/losinglebron/losinglebrontrailer
• Facebook – www.facebook.com/LosingLeBron
RELEASE DATES – digital VOD: 5/20/14, cable VOD: 8/5/14

Feeding Mr. Baldwin –
[Dark Comedy]
Feeding Mr. Baldwin, directed by Will Prescott, is an award-winning dark comedy about a house sitter who bites off more than he can chew when a dead body mysteriously shows up at the estate he’s watching. Desperate to make a good impression, he convinces an estranged friend to help him clean up the mess before the wealthy homeowner returns.
• Devolver Page – www.devolverdigital.com/films/view/feeding-mr-baldwin
• Official Site – feedingmrbaldwin.com
• Facebook – www.facebook.com/feedingmrbaldwin
• Trailer – vimeo.com/90074039
RELEASE DATES – digital VOD: 5/27/14, cable VOD: 8/5/14

Circle the Wagen –
[Documentary]
Circle the Wagen, directed by Ryan Steven Green, is a feature-length documentary that explores Volkswagen subculture in the United States. The optimistic buddy/roadtrip/docu-dramedy follows two friends as they drive a ramshackle 1972 VW bus across the country, with the help of the generous and close-knit VW community.
• Official Site – www.circlethewagen.com
• Facebook – www.facebook.com/CircleTheWagen
• Trailer – vimeo.com/5416496
RELEASE DATE – digital VOD: 7/8/14, cable VOD: 8/5/14
DVD RELEASE – 8/26/14

See You Next Tuesday –
[Comedy/Drama]
This comedy-drama, directed by Drew Tobia, follows Mona, a mentally unbalanced and very pregnant young woman with no friends to speak of, who is also alienated from her coworkers at a crummy Brooklyn supermarket. She does, however, maintain a strangely close relationship with her campy, recovering alcoholic mother. The film explores the idea that, sometimes, only broken, damaged people are willing and able to help other broken, damaged people.
• Official Site – seeyounextmovie.com
• Trailer – vimeo.com/59190271
• Facebook – www.facebook.com/seeyounextmovie
RELEASE DATES: – digital VOD: 7/15/14, (cable VOD: 9/2/14 tentatively)

Soft in the Head –
[Comedy/Drama]
Directed by Brooklyn-based filmmaker Nathan Silver, this dramedy follows Natalia as she wanders New York City, crashing a family’s holiday meal, staying at a men’s shelter, and dragging everyone down with her. The film is an engrossing ode to anxiety and New York.
• Official Site – www.konecfilms.com/Soft-in-the-Head-1
• Trailer – vimeo.com/86429623
• Facebook – www.facebook.com/softinthead
RELEASE DATES – digital VOD: 7/29/14, (cable VOD: 9/2/14 tentatively)

Home, James –
[Drama]
Home, James is a feature film, directed by Jonathan Rossetti, that follows an aspiring photographer whose recent rejection from a major gallery has left him questioning his talent. While working his unfulfilling day job as a sober driver, he falls for Cooper, a hard drinking Tulsa socialite. The pair is quickly consumed by a whirlwind romance that at first inspires and instills confidence in James but, ultimately, threatens to derail him.
• Official Site – www.homejamesthemovie.com
• Trailer – vimeo.com/66603128#at=0
• Facebook – www.facebook.com/homejamesthemovie
RELEASE DATES – coming in July

In the Shadow –
[Drama/Horror]
In the Shadow, directed by Nicole Elmer, follows Diego who, exhausted from the demands of his gift as a healer, lives in isolation in Puerto Rico. His life is disrupted when Hilary arrives. As the two become attracted to each other, Hilary discovers that Diego’s “gift” comes with a violent curse that changes their lives. Danny Trejo plays The Hermit.
• Devolver Page – www.devolverdigital.com/films/view/in-the-shadow
• Official Site – www.intheshadowmovie.com
• Trailer – vimeo.com/19036263
• Facebook – www.facebook.com/pages/Blue-Paper-Film-Works/331069332175
RELEASE DATES – digital VOD: late July/early August (on cable VOD now)

Don’t Know Yet –
[Comedy]
Directed by Terry Linehan, Don’t Know Yet follows a heartbroken man, adrift in misery, who lets the hitchhikers he picks up determine his direction and destiny. Everything changes when he meets a free-spirited woman who guides him on a journey of healing and self-discovery while hiding a secret of her own.
• Official Site – dontknowyetfilm.com/main
• Trailer – vimeo.com/72266410
• Facebook – www.facebook.com/DontKnowYetFilm
RELEASE DATES – coming in August

Motivational Growth  –
[Comedy/Drama]
In this award-winning dramedy, directed by Don Thacker, depressed and reclusive 30-something Ian finds himself taking advice from a growth in his bathroom after a failed suicide attempt. The Mold (Jeffrey Combs), a smooth talking fungus who was born of the filth collecting in a corner of Ian’s neglected bathroom, works to win his trust by helping him clean himself up and remodel his lifestyle.
• Official Site – www.motivationalgrowth.com
• Trailer – www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToRhJWIBZrE
• Facebook – www.facebook.com/MotivationalGrowth
RELEASE DATES – coming in August

Diving Normal –
[Comedy/Drama]
Based on the critically acclaimed play, Diving Normal is about an unlikely love triangle where an ambitious Brooklynite graphic novelist and his peculiar neighbor both fall for the same beautiful, but broken, woman. The film follows the three as they combat abandonment, addiction, and the struggle with conforming to traditional relationships. The comedy-drama is directed by Kristjan Thor.
• Official Site – divingnormal.com
• Trailer – vimeo.com/90168410
• Facebook – www.facebook.com/divingnormal
RELEASE DATES – TBD

For more information, photos, access to screening copies, or to schedule interviews, please contact Green Galactic’s Lynn Tejada at 213-840-1201 or lynn@greengalactic.com.

 

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