The music of Beasts lives on thanks to our friends at Celebrate Brooklyn! They’ve invited co-composers Benh Zeitlin, Dan Romer and the Wordless Music Orchestra to perform the Beasts score LIVE against a music-less edit of the film. It’s all happening this summer, August, 8th at the Prospect Park Bandshell and is free to all. We’re hoping…
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Where’s Beasts playing this weekend?
The Academy Awards are just over a week away and theaters across the country are offering audiences one last chance to catch all the Best Picture nominees on the big screen. This weekend, Beasts of the Southern Wild will play in over 300 screens across the nation. To find the city nearest you, check our SEE THE…
Chat with Beasts producer Michael Gottwald!
You’re invited to participate in a live Facebook Q&A with Michael Gottwald, one of the Oscar-nominated producers of Beasts of the Southern Wild. This Wednesday, January 30th, beginning at 2:00pm EST, Michael will log on to answer all your burning Beasts questions. All you have to do is find us on Facebook, log on at 2:00pm EST, and look…
Feast of the Southern Wild!
Join us on Friday, November 23rd for an evening of food, friends and film! In celebration of the Beasts of the Southern Wild on demand release, we’re asking you to host a post-Thanksgiving Day Beasts watch party in your home! Get creative with leftovers, or if you want, we can send you our Bathtub inspired,…
Beasts of the Northern Wild
Four years ago, in a lull between working the Democratic primaries of 2008 as a field organizer and before the general election really commenced, and a few months since Glory at Sea had first hit the festival circuit, I was on a vacation with my family, on a National Geographic boat that cut through the…
One more chance to see Beasts on the big screen!
One upside to rolling out of cinemas in the US is that we now get to screen at schools, museums and non-theatrical venues across the country. We’re so appreciative of our hosts, many of whom saw the film over the summer and wanted to share it with their community! We’re excited to give you one…
Benh Zeitlin wins the Louisiana Film Society’s Celluloid Hero Award
We’re proud to announce that on September 27th, Director Benh Zeitlin had the honor of receiving the New Orleans Film Society’s Celluloid Hero Award. Gina Montana a.k.a Ms. Bathsheba was on the scene at the gala to document Benh, Dwight, and Quvenzhané accepting the award.
Reel Lives New York and South Africa Q&A
Reel Lives is a New York and South Africa-based non-profit filmmaking program for marginalized, refugee and war-affected youth. Groups from both NY and South Africa made trips to see the film and were joined virtually afterwards by Producer Josh Penn for a live Q&A via Google Hangouts. Excerpts of the Q&A between the Reel Lives participants…
Michael Gottwald at Athens Ciné
Producer Michael Gottwald answered questions at Ciné in Athens GA, August 2012.
Open Roof Festival
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…
