'ABEL RAISES CAIN' has been selected to travel on the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers! Jenny Abel will accompany the film to ten different cities. South Arts (formerly the Southern Arts Federation) created the tour to provide an interactive opportunity for audience members to connect with filmmakers and engage in a dialogue about the films and their meanings.
The 2010-2011 Southern Circuit is a program of South Arts. The screenings are funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and local partner organizations. Special support for Southern Circuit was provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
For details about the South Arts screenings of ABEL RAISES CAIN, please see ABEL RAISES CAIN South Arts Tour dates.
ABEL RAISES CAIN has been sold to TV-Rain Optimistic channel, a new channel on the Russian media-market that favors documentaries about people who are changing our world today and portraits of interesting people. Alan Abel's story is literally making its way around the globe as the film's audience continues to grow!
ABEL RAISES CAIN film will air later this year in Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. Special Thanks to Ewa Bigio and Smiley Films for closing this deal!
Super Channel Canada has announced the broadcast dates for ABEL RAISES CAIN! The film will be premiered on October 6th, 2009 as part of the Shock Docs series...'edgy documentaries on topics you never knew existed, from taboo to unbelievable to bizarre.'
Please check the SUPER CHANNEL listing or the 'ABEL RAISES CAIN' screenings & broadcasts page for detailed programming info, including dates, times and channels. Additional broadcasts will occur throughout the month of October 2009.
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Unedited and commercial-free, ABEL RAISES CAIN is slated to air on Super Channel in Canada later this year. Films We Like closed the exclusive deal and this will be the documentary's premiere Canadian TV broadcast.
In the US, Amazon Video-on-Demand spotlighted the film this past week through a major PR effort initiated by Indieflix. Rentals were at an all-time high with ABEL RAISES CAIN ranking in the top 100 VOD titles and # 13 in Independent Film.
The filmmakers will work in conjunction with Indieflix to distribute ABEL RAISES CAIN to Colleges, Universities and Libraries across the United States.
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ABEL RAISES CAIN continues to screen at film festivals throughout the United States and Canada. Recent awards include BEST SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS FILM at the Southern Appalachian International Film Festival, BEST DIRECTORS and BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE at the Fargo Film Festival in North Dakota.
Israel's leading Documentary channel, NOGA Channel 8, has acquired ABEL RAISES CAIN for broadcast. Channel 8 is an award-winning cable network with a mission to voice unconventional perspectives from around the world.
In the US, filmmakers Jenny Abel and Jeff Hockett are currently partnering with Indieflix to offer ABEL RAISES CAIN on a variety of digital platforms. The DVD with extra features and commentary is available for rent on Netflix and ABEL RAISES CAIN is streaming on Hulu.
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Toronto-based distribution company, FilmsWeLike, released 'Abel Raises Cain' on DVD throughout CANADA this week. A Canadian broadcast deal is currently in the works. The Globe and Mail called ABEL RAISES CAIN, "An affectionate portrait of a peerless prankster...Highly entertaining" and the Toronto Star described the film as "a loving and insightful documentary...an intimate, humorous and compelling portrait of one of America's most compulsively and constructively annoying eccentrics" [read the full review of ABEL RAISES CAIN by Greg Quill].
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ABEL RAISES CAIN has been picked up for U.S. broadcast by Link TV. The popular documentary about legendary professional hoaxer Alan Abel has won awards at DokLeipzig, Slamdance and Hotdocs. Its broadcast premiere on Link TV is slated for November 16th, 2008 with additional air-times scheduled throughout the remainder of the month and into December. It will be airing as part of DOC-DEBUT, a series on Link TV highlighting unique and groundbreaking international documentary films.
Each week features the U.S. television premiere of a new doc, offering American audiences unprecedented perspectives on world events and culture, as seen through the eyes of individuals across the globe. The series also provides a unique outlet for films by independent directors and producers to reach a much wider international audience.
DOC-DEBUT airs every Sunday at 8:00 pm Pacific and every Saturday at 8:00 Eastern. [PLEASE SEE THE 'ABEL RAISES CAIN' program listing]
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Following an extensive domestic and international film festival run, with audiences in major territories including the United Kingdom, France and Germany where the documentary has been acquired by leading broadcasters the BBC and ARTE/ZDF, the filmmakers of ABEL RAISES CAIN have recently signed an exclusive worldwide representation deal with Ewa Bigio, Managing Director of Smiley Film Sales, a global film and TV sales agency for independent productions, based out of New Zealand.
Smiley Film Sales has a reputation for its fearless commitment to representing creative and insightful indie documentaries with serious and thought–provoking themes. The films from Smiley's Films Catalogue have been bestowed with the highest accolades in the industry including The Academy AwardTM and The Peabody. Smiley's films have been seen in hundreds of film festivals and by millions of TV viewers around the world. Its sister division Smiley Film Distribution handles home video distribution for the Australasian region. SMILEY FILM SALES will be attending MIPCOM Cannes October 13th - 17th, 2008.
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