SAM KLEMKE'S TIME MACHINE at HotDocs and 52 TUESDAYS US Debut - Closer Productions

MEDIA RELEASE

FOR RELEASE MARCH 26 2015

CLOSER CONTINUES BUILDING IT’S INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE WITH SAM KLEMKE’S TIME MACHINE PLAYING AT SUNDANCE / SELECTED FOR HOTDOCS AND 52 TUESDAYS OPENING IN NEW YORK CITY

‘SAM KLEMKE’S TIME MACHINE’, the new feature documentary from Adelaide based CLOSER PRODUCTIONS, has had its world premiere at the prestigious 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The film played as part of the New Frontier section, which celebrates films that experiment with traditional storytelling and media technology.

The film is director Matthew Bate’s second feature film to premiere at Sundance, following 2011’s Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure. Klemke received acclaim from industry journals Variety and Indiewire, and will release in Australia later in 2015.

The film also played at International Film Festival Rotterdam, and will soon screen at Cleveland International Film Festival and HotDocs in Canada, one of the world’s biggest documentary festivals.

The film is represented internationally by Visit Films and by Closer Screens in Australia.

Meanwhile, ’52 TUESDAYS’, the dramatic feature debut from Closer, launches in New York City on Friday March 27^th. The film is playing at the Quad Cinema in Greenwich Village, ahead of further release throughout the United States over the following months.   The film is also available from Friday and for a limited period, online exclusively to Fandor subscribers.

The film’s director Sophie Hyde won the World Dramatic Directing Award at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, and the film went on to win awards at the Berlin Film Festival, Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Amsterdam LGBT Festival, the Australian Writer’s Guild and the Australian Editor’s Guild awards, among others.

The film is being distributed in the USA by Kino Lorber. Sales are represented by Visit Films.

QUOTES

It is always a great honour (and relief!) to be invited to the kinds of festivals 'Time Machine' has begun its life playing at. Sundance was an incredible way to premiere on a word stage, and a month or so after the festival we are still buzzing about what we saw and experienced. Then to follow up with Rotterdam, a festival that recognises the weird and wonderful and now HotDocs, one of the great Documentary Festivals, is an amazing entry into the world for our film. 

-Matthew Bate, Director Sam Klemke’s Time Machine

We have been overwhelmed by the audience response to the film in screenings all over the world.  

52 Tuesdays has sparked so much conversation and we are thrilled that this is continuing via its release into the US. Closer is committed to telling vital stories in a unique way and connecting with audiences, so seeing these films into the world brings us immense satisfaction. 

-Sophie Hyde Director 52 Tuesdays