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As our distribution plan picks up steam, our bank account continues to get smaller and smaller. So we have made it possible for you to help! Yes, you! We are now accepting donations on KickStarter.com, which is a great website that brings together artists and the people who support their endeavors. You can get all sorts of interesting rewards for pledging a wide variety of denominations. And you’ll be helping to share Beetle Queen with mainstream audiences. What more could you ask for? The exhibit that I have been helping with, Entomologia, featuring the work of 14 incredible artists inspired by insects will be opening this Friday, February 26th from 7pm until 10pm at The Observatory [543 Union St., Brooklyn]. The show is going to be an amazing collection of work and the people that created it, with talks throughout the next few weeks - so even if you can’t make it to the opening, try to check out the other events! In place of a write-up about the show, consider these words, written by Jean-Henri Fabre. “Four years of hard work in the darkness, and a month of delight in the sun - such is the Cicada’s life. We must not blame him for the noisy triumph of his song. For four years he has dug the earth with his feet, and then suddenly he is dressed in exquisite raiment, provided with wings that rival the bird’s, and bathed in heat and light. What cymbals can be loud enough to celebrate his happiness, so hardly earned, and so very, very short?” Beetle Queen will have the honor of playing theatrically at these other venues Denver Film Society Museum of Fine Arts Oklahoma City Museum of Art The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is hosting an incredibly awesome co-event with the Denver Film Society for the Beetle Queen premiere in Denver on June 3rd. I’ll be there for a lively Q&A after the screening along with some of the Museum’s own beetles, and entomologist Frank Krell, PhD. If you know of other venues in any of the cities where we are playing that might be interested in hosting a similar event, please let me know! We are not limited to bugs here - we are also hoping to coordinate with Buddhist centers, bonsai artists, other natural history museums, philosophy programs, environmental programs, etc. Since the film is so multi-disciplinary, we have a lot of choices. Please help us make these connections! Well, ladies and gents, it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for… So. Our biggest news yet. While on the west coast for the Independent Spirit Awards, I’ll also be attending a screening of Beetle Queen at Cinefamily (used to be The Silent Movie Theater). The screening is part of a series of some of the documentaries from the Cinema Eye Honors. The theater has incredible programming - so I am very honored. The screening will take place on March 11 at 8pm. More information here. Glasgow Film Festival Envrionmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital Also, we’ll be playing at the Bradford International Film Festival - but they haven’t announced their schedule yet… Michelle Enemark of Curious Expeditions and I have been working hard (she’s been working a lot harder) on curating a ‘group show of art incorporating and inspired by insects’ at The Observatory. Mike Kaspar and Nathan Callahan from Film School Radio interview Beetle Queen director, Jessica Oreck. Listen here. On Friday night, Beetle Queen was awarded the Spotlight Award at the Cinema Eye Honors! Beetle Queen had a short but sweet write-up by Michael Chaiken in this season’s Film Comment Magazine. They even included a picture! You can read the piece here. Beetle Queen begins the new year with: Spokane International Film Festival Phangan Film Festival Everett Women’s Film Festival And a few others yet to be announced… We just signed with Argot Pictures! Jim Browne and his team will be helping Beetle Queen with North American theatrical distribution. Something to look forward to… Ben came to see Beetle Queen in Denver. He liked it so much he got the t-shirt and the DVD. His mom thoughtfully sent this photo. |
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