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Here! Films Grabs 'Fat Girls'
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The coming-of-age comedy Fat Girls, which premiered at Tribeca in 2006, has finally found a distributor. Here! Films bought the North American distribution rights to the movie about a gay high-school boy (played by writer/director Ash Christian) who feels like a "fat girl" inside. He and his best friend Sabrina (Ashley Fink), who also fits the title description, search together for objects of their teenage affection. Fat Girls also features a performance from filmmaker Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation) as a teacher named Seymour Cox, which I hope isn't representative of the overall humor level. Reviews from both Variety and Nerve refer to the film as a gay variation on Napoleon Dynamite. Christian won an achievement award at Outfest last year for his work on the film.
Here! Films is the theatrical division of the gay and lesbian-themed cable TV channel of the same name. The company's distribution partner, Regent Releasing, handles its theatrical releases, which have recently included Eleven Men Out, Margaret Cho: Assassin and The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green. Check out Cinematical's interview of Ash Christian as part of a Tribeca 2006 podcast. Fat Girls is scheduled for theatrical release in the fall; I assume some broadcasts on the here! channel will follow as well.
'Eleven Men Out' Finds American Distribution
Filed under: Gay & Lesbian », Sports », Deals », Distribution », Cinematical Indie »
The Icelandic film Eleven Men Out has just obtained North American distribution from here! Films. The 2005 film, about a soccer star who is fired from his professional team after he outs himself, then eventually leads an all-gay amateur soccer team, played a number of U.S. film festivals last year. Martha Fischer, who reviewed the film at last year's New Directors/New Films festival, found it charming and engaging (I know she's a pushover for soccer); I reviewed it myself during aGLIFF in Austin and thought it was funny at times, but relied too much on gay stereotyping. Eleven Men Out is the third feature film from Reykjavik writer/director Robert I. Douglas.here! Films is the theatrical division of the gay-themed cable channel of the same name. The company plans to release the film in theaters this summer through distributor Regent Releasing. If you get tired of watching big blockbuster comedies, Eleven Men Out might provide an amusing alternative. I assume that at some point after the theatrical release, you'll be able to catch the film on the here! channel if it's available in your area.
[via IndieWIRE]
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