Echo Park Film Center to Screen Misfit Films Feature CARBUNCLE
Misfit Films Announces “Sponsor a Screening” Film Distribution Strategy
Burbank, Calif., April 28, 2008 – Misfit Films announces new distribution strategy for CARBUNCLE, director T. Arthur Cottam’s first feature film. The “Sponsor a Screening” plan is an independent distribution system wherein a person or organization pays the upfront costs for the theater rental and the net profit is split between the sponsor and filmmaker..
“The idea just made sense,” commented Cottam. “CARBUNCLE is a difficult film for distributors to get behind. It’s edgy, experimental, and deals with some heavy subject matter in a humorous way. When the Echo Park Film Center programmed it, we sold out both screenings and got an overwhelmingly positive response from the audience. People loved it and wanted to see it again. I knew we had to keep the momentum for the film going, despite not having traditional financial backing. This method benefits everyone involved: the sponsor makes money, our movie reaches a broader audience, and there’s incentive to pack the theater. The fact that we already have six sponsored screenings is really encouraging.”
CARBUNCLE was made on a micro-budget over the course of five years and had its World Premiere at the Milan Film Festival. “I’m excited to screen at the Echo Park Film Center,” says Cottam. “They have the same independent spirit with which this film was made.”
CARBUNCLE, a mobile home drama with a disabling sense of humor, concerns a director with Asperger’s Syndrome making a movie about a mentally challenged woman who is manipulated by her alcoholic social worker.
DATES: Friday, May 2nd and Saturday, May 3rd
Friday, May 9th and Saturday, May 10th
Friday, June 6th and Saturday, June 7th
TIME: 8pm
LOCATION: Echo Park Film Center
1200 N. Alvarado Street (@ Sunset Blvd)
Los Angeles, CA 90026
tel: 213.484.8846
http://www.echoparkfilmcenter.org
TICKETS: Suggested donation $7
Misfit Films, a functioning “micro-studio”, creates content from conception through delivery within a wide range of budgets. Their short film division, Dirty Little Shorts, has achieved success on the film festival circuit and on the web. Their award-winning cult short film FILTHY FOOD, a graphic film about a sexy young lady who expresses a carnal love for food, is currently banned in Italy and was voted “Best Make-Out Scene of 2007” on AtomFilms. PORNOGRAPHIC APATHETIC, a deadpan performance of pornographic dialog, was recently named #3 “Funniest Movie of All Time” on AtomFilms. Both films have a combined total of nearly 3 million hits on AtomFilms and have screened at over 80 festivals.
CARBUNCLE trailer and clips available at http://www.misfitfilms.com
