An Honest Liar
AN HONEST LIAR profiles the life of famed magician turned professional skeptic James “The Amazing” Randi as he embarks on a series of public crusades to expose America’s beloved psychics, mentalists, preachers, and faith healers with religious fervor...
No Place on Earth
In October 1942, the matriarch of a Ukrainian Jewish family leads her family underground to hide from the pursuing Nazis – and stays nearly a year and a half. Their harrowing story of survival living in near total darkness in two cold, damp caves is like no other ever told...
5 Broken Cameras
Now an Academy Award nominee, 5 BROKEN CAMERAS was shot by a Palestinian farmer who bought his first camera in 2005, later giving the footage to his Israeli co-director to edit. Structured around the destruction of Burnat’s cameras, the film follows one family’s evolution over five years of village turmoil.
Film Presence is a boutique marketing and outreach company co-founded by Sara Kiener and Merrill Sterritt. Film Presence combines event-based theatrical screenings with strong outreach partnerships to boost box office sales and maximize the word of mouth leading up to a theatrical engagement. Outreach projects previously managed by Film Presence include Frederick Wiseman’s “La Danse,” Nicole Opper’s “Off and Running,” Andrew Jacob’s “Four Seasons Lodge,” Tamra Davis’ “Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child,” Yael Hersonski’s “A Film Unfinished,” Lucy Walker’s “Waste Land,” and “HOWL” by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
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May 2012: Could Tugg Be For You?
"5 years ago, I interned at a reputable distribution company that no longer exists. 3 years ago, I placed trailers in art house theaters that have since changed owners multiple times or…no longer exist. Throughout, I worked on great films that wouldn’t find their way to a theater today and I worked on campaigns that were banking on ad buys and (fingers crossed) strong reviews. Those days are over, for the most part. And I’ve joined the band of noisemakers encouraging filmmakers to consider alternative means of marketing and exhibition."