FORK FILMS April 2014 e-Newsletter

Dear Friends,

Spring is upon us, and with it we have great news about some of the films we have supported: more festival announcements, a Peabody award and an exciting theatrical release!

HATESHIP LOVESHIP Opens at IFC Center in NYC Friday, April 11!

HATESHIP LOVESHIP, directed by Liza Johnson (RETURN) and starring Kristen Wiig, makes its theatrical debut on April 11 at IFC Center in New York City at 323 Sixth Avenue @ W. 3rd St. Both Johnson and Wiig will be attending the premiere Friday at 7:40pm, and Johnson will be at the Saturday screening at 7:40 with other members of the crew. Please spread the word!

The feature film is based on Nobel Prize for Literature laureate Alice Munro's short story, "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage" and tells the story of a quiet caregiver who falls prey to the manipulations of the teenage daughter she nannies and falls for the girl�s father, a recovering addict. The film costars Guy Pearce, Hailee Steinfeld and Nick Nolte.

HATESHIP LOVESHIP will also be on VOD and on iTunes on April 11.

Check out the IFC page for more information!

IFC Films and Benaroya Pictures present in association with Fork Films. In association with Venture 4th and Union Entertainment Group.

Executive Produced by Kristen Wiig, Sloane Klevin, Michael Raimondi, Buddy Patrick, Ali Jazayeri, Kevin Scott Frakes, Joe Jenckes, Liza Johnson, Mark Jude Poirier, Abigail Disney, Jacob Pechenik, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein.

THE INVISIBLE WAR wins Peabody Award!

This week the Peabody Awards were announced and THE INVISIBLE WAR has been selected as a winner for this prestigious prize:

"With powerful interviews with rape survivors at its core, The Invisible War is the most exhaustive report to date on the extent and causes of sexual assault in the U.S. military."

Fork Films is among the companies honored with an award for their support of the film, along with Chain Camera Productions, Independent Television Service, Girls Club Entertainment, RISE films, Cuomo Cole Productions and Canal Plus.

This documentary has turned into a powerful movement, and you can continue to support the cause by visiting NotInvisible.org. See the complete list of Peabody Award winners here.

1971 Trailer Available to Watch Now

Check out the new trailer for 1971 which premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival later this month! Screenings have been announced, so be sure to get your tickets soon here.

Johanna Hamilton's 1971 tells the story of eight activists who plotted an intricate break-in to the local FBI offices to expose the illegal surveillance of ordinary Americans. Despite searching for the perpetrators in one of the largest investigations ever conducted, the FBI never solved the mystery behind the identities of the burglars. Now the people behind the heist reveal themselves for the first time, reflecting on their actions and raising broader questions surrounding security leaks in activism today.

For news and festival announcements, visit their Facebook page.

Alliance for Peacebuilding Publishes Interview with Abigail Disney

Alliance for Peacebuilding shares stories of peace and human security in "Women, Men and Peace," their third and latest issue of Building Peace: a Forum for Peace and Security in the 21st Century. This publication explores the issues of gender and peace through first-hand accounts of men and women peacemakers worldwide and features an interview with our own Abigail Disney:

"In making peace, there is no room for the hero narrative and we all need to understand and accept this. Peace comes because people make a decision to stop fighting. We need to begin to understand leadership not as big, heroic moments but as the ability to move people in the right direction."

Read more of "Women, Men and Peace" here and join the dialogue on their Facebook page.

VESSEL and SEEDS OF TIME

We would like to extend our congratulations to Diana Whitten and the VESSEL team for winning both the Special Jury Prize for Political Courage AND the Audience Award at the SXSW premiere!

The film is about a fearless sea captain who sails a ship through loopholes in international law, providing abortions on the high seas, and leaving in her wake a network of emboldened activists who trust women to handle abortion on their own terms.

It screened at Sarasota Film Festival this past weekend, and has several more festivals on the horizon. The international premiere will be at HotDocs at the end of the month.

See a complete list of screenings here or on Facebook.

SEEDS OF TIME continues to have a number of exciting upcoming festival and screening dates including the San Francisco Green Film Festival and the Food Film Festival in Amsterdam.

Academy Award nominee Sandy McLeod's film is about agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler's passionate and personal journey, which may hold the key to saving the one resource we cannot live without: our seeds.

More can be found on their website and Facebook page.