BOTH at Columbia Film Festival - May 1st @ 7:00pm

We are proud to announce that Blood of the Hog has been accepted to the Columbia University film festival. The film will be screened on Thursday, May 1st as part of a seven film program (Film Program G, more specifically). The program kicks off at 7:00pm at the IFC Center.

Thursday, May 1st - 7:00pm
IFC CENTER
323 Sixth Avenue at West 3rd Street
NY, NY

We hope to see you there. For more information, please check out the official Columbia University Film Festival website.

BOTH at Magic Latern Movie Fest - May 10th

We're pleased to announce that Blood of the Hog has been accepted to the Magic Lantern Movie Festival! The festival takes place over two weeks in two different locations! May 2nd-4th in Waverly NY and May 10th in Binghamton (at the Art Mission).

We don't have definitive dates/times for the BOTH screenings, but we've been told it will screen both in Waverly and Binghamton. Check back for more info or check out the Magic Lantern website.

March 11th Screening

I just wanted to thank everyone who came to the screening on the 11th. It was wonderful to have such a great turn-out and I had a really fabulous time. My only regret is that I couldn't speak personally with everyone who came.
I also wanted to thank the Art Mission Theater for showing the film and hosting the "Conversations" series. A few people who came to the show had never been to the Art Mission before. I hope you all return because they show some really great films there and they always have something interesting going on. See it on the big screen! Don't wait for DVD.

Finally, because so many people came to the screening on the 11th, we couldn't really do the "conversation" part of the conversations series. This website offers a great opportunity to actually carry on the conversation. So, if anyone has questions/comments about the movie--anything at all--post them. Patrick and I will both be on here regularly and we love blabbing about the thing.
-Nat

Writeup/Review in Press & Sun Bulletin

Elizabeth Cohen, the arts and entertainment writer for the Press & Sun Bulletin, wrote a tremendous review of the film's premiere. You can read it here.

Fantastic Premiere Screening

The premiere screening at the Art Mission was a major success. Over a hundred people showed up! The theater only seats 32 people, so we had to add two additional screenings. Luckily the film is only 18mins long, so people didn't have to wait too long.

Thanks to everyone for coming, and thanks to the Art Mission for allowing us to screen the film as part of their Conversations events.

Here are a few photos from the event.


Producer Patrick Johnson (left), Writer/Director Nat Bouman (center), and Camera Assistant Jake Stephens (right).


One of our packed showings.


Nat is looking for pretzels.

Blood of the Hog Binghamton Premiere

We are proud to announce the Binghamton Premiere of "Blood of the Hog" Tuesday, March 11th at 8:00pm at the Art Mission Theater. Writer/Director Nat Bouman will be in attendance as will Producer/Editor Patrick Johnson.

For details, please check out the Art Mission website.

BOTH Presentation at BCC

Nat and I were asked by Jason Detrani, Film Department head at BCC, to give a presentation of our experience making "Blood of the Hog" to his advanced video class. The first semi-public screening of BOTH material! A momentous occasion..... well, sort of.

Screening one's work for the first time is always difficult. We were analyzing every little reaction of our audience. But you've got to take their reactions with a grain of salt when you screen rough cuts. It's easy to overreact to their reaction and then go down a useless thought path while editing the film. That's my opinion at least. I'm sure others would disagree.

The presentation went well. I actually learned a few things about Nat. His decision to go to film school occurred after he was hit by a taxi while working as a bike messenger in NYC!?! How could I NOT know that.

Even though it was exhilarating to screen edited scenes, we still have a bunch of work to do. Onto the editing!