Miami was just awesome. Both screenings were sold out. I guess this was the only movie in the festival with such a request for tickets. Check out these links describing the second screening with rush lines ‘around the corner’:

http://www.theinsider.com/news/1837425__9_To_5_Days_In_Porn_Director_Jens_Ho

ffman_Talks_About_His_Controversial_New_Documentary_Premiering_At_The_Miami_

International_Film_Festival

http://www.miamidowntownlife.com/profiles/blogs/a-brazilian-producer-cleonice

So we actually felt like real winners of at least buzz and audeince reaction. I guess only the jury of 3 judges in our category didn’t agree. I hope they all (!) watched the movie. Anyway – we don’t want to be greedy at this point. How more happy can we be as right now, when we experience that the film draws always the biggest audience at festivals and nobody except that 1 person ever leaves the cinema. On top we experience great discussions and obviously the movie stays in peoples memory for quiet some time.

After Miami, I travelled to Boston, where we went Underground to the Boston Underground Film Festival. A big change after the spotlight in Florida. But again – even in the city of education the midnight premiere was full and kept the audience until 3AM until we ended the Q&A.

I watched 2 great movies at the festival. If you ever have the chance, go and watch Dead Girl (2009 – there is a movie with the same title from 2006). And a must is ‘Anywhere USA’ from my new friend Chusy.

On Sunday I will fly to Buenos Aires, continuing our little Rockstar-period, and join the BAFICI – one of the biggest and best festivals in Latin America.

9to5 – screening times at Buenos AIres Festival de Cine Indepediente are:

30/03 20.45hs. Alliance Française 

31/03 11.30hs. Abasto Hoyts

01/04 22hs. the MALBA museum

By the way – all German institutions like the Bavarian Filmfund FFF and the BKM refused any support for the distribution. Meaning the film stays truly independent. No public support at all. Thanks for this! The funny part, which we don’t get – how many of all the funded movies ever get to be seen on a big screen, ever go to as many big international festivals and get sold to as many big territories as ‘9to5′?

Is this the unconfortable feeling the subject matter creates in peoples stigmatized preconception?

But ZORRO – our German ditributor -  is still planning a theatrical release in Summer in Germany. We just have to play in a smaller arena. And we love ZORRO. We definitely keep you posted and write us for questions or advises!

Finally the US-Premiere of ‘9to5 – Days in Porn’ is coming up. We are very proud, that the movie will be screened in the documentary competition of the Miami International Filmfestival. Details and tickets for the two screenings on the 10th and 11th of March can be found at

http://www.miamifilmfestival.com/

The next days a there will be more information right on this blog about two more festivals in the USA just the weeks after Miami.

Another big one is coming up. Buenos Aires International Independent Filmfestival from the 25th of March to the 5th of April also invited the film. More info soon or at

http://www.bafici.gov.ar/

We arrived in Berlin yesterday to dive into the festival crowd of the Berlinale. We look forward to a screening from our German distribution Zorro on Wednesday.

http://www.zorrofilm.de

Keep checking the blog

J

After our holiday brake we will try to provide the latest updates more constantly in the future.

What is new:

Next weekend ‘9to5 – Days in Porn’ will have a screening at the 

InternationalenFilmwochenende in Würzburg (Germany). The screening times are:

Freitag 23.1. 22:00 im Bockshorn

Samstag 24.1.09 18:30 im Bockshorn

Veitshöchheimer Straße 5

At the Berlinale in Berlin this February the movie will be shown just for industry. MEDIALUNA ENTERTAINMENT – our world sales agent – has an industry screening scheduled on the 8th and ZORRO – our German distributor – has a screening for theatrical industry on the 11th.

Besides that the Canadian release is coming up next week and is managed by the Canadian distributor MONGREL from Toronto. There are some theatrical planned in bigger cities.

And the US-premiere will be announced the coming 2 weeks!!! 

Keep checking the site for more updates soon.

Last Wednesday I went out to see another show of one of the great artists who are featrured in the soundtrack of the movie. 

Son of Dave, the one man Bluesexplosion from London played one of his five German shows in a small club in Munich. Alex McGowan, who scored some songs for the soundttrack and also produced the Sons last two albums, told me about it. I went and was just blown away. The former member of the Crash Test Dummies impressed by a very uniques show, something I have never seen before. If you are into live-performances just go. And if you are  into Blues never miss a chance to watch him live.

Before we all take a little brake during the holidays I want to announce great news for Germany. While Canada is way ahead, aleady releasing the movie really soon, we signed a distribution deal in Germany with Zorro Film.

http://www.zorrofilm.de/de/index.php

Zorrofilm, die erst vor wenigen Monaten den Verleiherpreis verliehen bekommen haben, sind unser Wunschpartner und wir versprechen uns sehr viel von dieser Partnerschaft, die letzte Woche besiegelt wurde.