Hot Docs, Toronto – TICKET GIVEAWAY!

Co-presented by CALL ME KUCHU will have its North American premiere next week at Hot Docs, in Toronto, Canada! For those of you in Toronto, or with friends and family there, we have THREE PAIRS OF TICKETS to give away – one for each of the film’s screenings next week. (Screening dates and times below.) … Continue reading

Next stop: Toronto

It’s been a busy few months, so we think it’s about time for a CALL ME KUCHU update. As many of you already know, the film had its world premiere in February at the Berlin Film Festival, where it picked up two awards! You can read more about it all here. None of this would have … Continue reading

Update! The CALL ME KUCHU World Premiere at Berlin International Film Festival!!

Just over one month ago we were told that CALL ME KUCHU had been invited to have its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. To be honest, it came as a bit of a shock to us both, and when we first read the email we weren’t positive that we could finish the film … Continue reading

What follows a successful Kickstarter campaign? Rewards rewards rewards!

Thanks to the generous folk that frequent Kickstarter, our fundraising campaign closed last month with nearly 120% of our goal. The response was amazing: we got some good press, including a Q&A on the Kickstarter blog, and we raised nearly $12,000, essential funds to allow us to edit the film. But most importantly, those backers … Continue reading

Thank you! & the final push

Wow! We are thrilled and honored by the response so far to the Call Me Kuchu Kickstarter fundraising campaign. After five weeks, the campaign has 1000+ “likes” on Facebook, more than 230 backers and we’ve surpassed our $10,000 goal! BIG THANKYOUS to everyone who has donated and/or helped spread the word about the film. Of … Continue reading

A Production Update

Life’s been busy for the Call Me Kuchu team. We spent the last month and a half prepping for the edit in L.A. whilst fellows in an awesome seven-week documentary lab run by the folks at Film Independent. But unquestionably the biggest highlight in April came when we bumped into Elmo and his handler at … Continue reading