Last week, Beasts had the honor of closing out the Open Roof Film Festival in Toronto, Canada. It was a perfect end of summer celebration, complete with live music, drinks, and a soundtrack give-away. Our awesome Canadian outreacher, Sam, was on the scene to observe…
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Watch Party at Sweet Lorraine’s
Our New Orleans watch party at Sweet Lorraine’s was a blast. A huge thank you to Marianna, our amazing outreacher who organized the party with Dwight Henry. There were some incredible highlights, from everyone in the bar chanting “Beast it!” to the cheers whenever group shots with a lot of people from the film were shown….
What Beasts of the Southern Wild Really Says-
Or, at least through the eyes of one viewer. From the By Way of Beauty blog, another take on the film: My favorite: “We’s what the earth is for.” This last quote comes right before the end of the captivating first few scenes, which reveal the celebratory spirit of life in The Bathtub, complete with…
Bathtub Recipes
It’s feed-up time! Looking for a new dish to try out at your viewing party? You’re in luck! We’ve put together a miniature Bathtub cookbook full of home-cooked favorites from Maryland to Montague, a virtual package full of recipes from the Bathtub and party posters to jazz up your viewing party. Download our recipe book here….
¡Bienvenidos a la Bañera Puerto Rico!
¡Saludos! Mi nombre es Jaime. Acabo de unirme al equipo de alcance de Beasts of the Southern Wild como Coordinador de Alcance para compartir con ustedes una gran experiencia cinematográfica y traer la atención de los puertorriqueños acerca de la película. Este viernes 23 de agosto tenemos el honor de estrenar Bestias del Sur Salvaje…
Twitter Q&A w/ Dan Romer
Last night’s live Twitter Q&A with Dan Romer went totally above and beyond our wildest expectations. Dan is a Twitter tour de force and thank you all the participants for asking such fun questions. In case you missed it, we put together some highlights from the conversation below.
Beasts on Super Soul Sunday
It goes without saying that we’re incredibly humbled, mystified, and proud that our tiny film has caught Oprah Winfrey’s eye. We’ve come so far! Sunday, August 26th at 11 AM EST/PST, Oprah will be spending a full hour with Dwight, Quvenzhané, and Benh on her multi-platform Super Soul Sunday. The show will air on OWN (your local…
Parents & Children
From time to time, we notice patterns or common threads in the feedback we’re getting from our audiences. Recently, we’ve been incredibly touched by the responses from parents and children with whom Wink and Hushpuppy’s relationship resonated. Below are some of the voices we’ve encountered that seemed almost in dialogue with one another. If any…
Benh & Ray on the Creators Project
I have this collection of Cinefex magazines that are all out of print, and they’re from the 80s to the early 90s. It’s completely my secret weapon. They’re magazines I had when I was a little kid that I would obsessively look over before I could even read. I would obsessively look at these pictures and think,…
Ben Richardson’s Seed
Beasts of the Southern Wild Cinematographer Ben Richardson co-directed and co-animated this 2010 short film with Daniel Bird, wherein an egg and an apple vie for the attention of a transistor radio.
