Leaving for IDFA
With the Sat night world premiere screening of The Kids Grow Up looming, and the whole production team heading off for the airport in a few hours, we’re buzzing around doing all the usual things we’ve left for the very last minute. Updating the 3-minute trailer was the most important, since the previous version ended with temp music that wasn’t exactly the right tone (a bit too melodramatic). Not to mention, not exactly licensed. Now it’s entirely scored by our hugely talented composer, H. Scott Salinas, and has the right bittersweet feel.
Anyway, posters and postcards – check. International replacement cell phone – check. An email announcement to attending IDFA buyers and press – check. An itinerary to make sense of all the screenings and meetings and parties – check. Ambien for the red-eye flight over – check!!!
We had a private screening on Monday for a small group of distributors, industry folk and friends at Soho House and the audience reaction was all I could have possibly hoped for. It’s clear this is a film that works better on a big screen with an audience, so I’m a bit calmer heading into IDFA than I would have been. But we’ll see.
I have my Flip video camera with me, and I’ll try to post a couple of Flip Clips during the festival if I can find the time and wherewithal. And I’ll definitely post about how things are going. And now, fingers crossed…
Trailer
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“Remarkable” – A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES (Critics’ Pick)
“Intimate, funny, deeply affecting” - Ann Hornaday, WASHINGTON POST
“Powerful…funny… irresistible” – Andrew O’Hehir, SALON.COM
“One of the best non-fiction films of the year.” - BOX OFFICE MAGAZINE
LATEST NEWS
After a long festival run, a widely-acclaimed theatrical release and its U.S. broadcast premiere on HBO on Fathers Day, The Kids Grow Up is finally available on dvd! It’s packed with over 45 minutes of great bonus material, including in-depth family reactions to the film.
Director Doug Block is currently in production on a new documentary, 112 Weddings. Stay tuned for more details.
