What’s a movie with out distribution? The Popcorn Listing units out to guarantee that doesn’t occur to the very best indies.
Based by Lela Meadow-Conner and Barbara Twist, the inaugural annual survey spotlights 20 options that debuted at main or regional movie festivals this previous 12 months and are available extremely really helpful by competition programmers. Nineteen out of the 20 films have evaluations on Letterboxd, regardless of not but having theatrical or digital distribution within the U.S. All 20 have received awards — together with Viewers Awards and Jury Awards — at festivals like Sundance and SXSW.
Billed as being The Black Listing for undistributed movies, the 2024 Popcorn Listing highlights impartial movies which can be at the moment nonetheless with out home U.S. distribution, just like the documentary “Chasing Chasing Amy” concerning the making of Kevin Smith’s comedy.
The opposite 18 are: “Ajoomma,” “American Pot Story: Oaksterdam,” “Artwork for Everyone,” “Asog,” “Blood Sweat & Beers,” “Caterpillar,” “Citizen Sleuth,” “Metropolis of Wind,” “Crows Are White,” “Dancing the Stumble,” “Egghead & Twinkie,” “ImPossible,” “JessZilla,” “Öte,” “Out There: A Nationwide Parks Story,” “Q,” “Todas Las Flores,” “Fact Be Advised,” and “UnBroken.”
“As timeless champions for the theatrical movie-going expertise, we’re not prepared to accept a future the place the one films on the large display are $200+ million greenback blockbusters written by a committee and geared in direction of no one,” Meadow-Conner and Twist stated in a joint assertion. “As filmmakers ourselves, receiving theatrical distribution stays our final dream. We don’t need our films to die within the graveyard known as algorithm. We wish them to be celebrated, in particular person, on an enormous display, with tubs of popcorn and Bitter Patch Children and Buncha Crunch!”
Twist advised Ted Hope by way of his Substack web page that ideally The Popcorn Listing movies will obtain theatrical distribution, giving a platform to new expertise as found by competition programmers throughout the nation.
“Competition programmers play a essential function in discovering and elevating filmmakers. Simply have a look at the final 5 Greatest Director Oscar winners: Christopher Nolan, Daniels, Jane Campion, Chloé Zhao, and Bong Joon-Ho. All of them have been supported by movie festivals at the beginning of the profession, and alongside the best way,” Twist stated. “There may be a lot (take that with a grain of salt) assist on the market for what is regarded as ‘filmmaking’ AKA getting the movie made, however there’s little to no assist for individuals who are working to get these movies in entrance of an viewers, which is a essential step in making a movie. A movie is supposed for an viewers. If it goes unseen, it misses its likelihood to be a part of the cultural dialog, to grow to be a part of the historical past of movie.”
See the complete record of competition programmers who contributed to choosing the 2024 Popcorn Listing options under.
Particular due to the next competition programmers who participated on this inaugural record: Carlos Corral (El Paso Movie Competition), Tim Anderson (Florida Movie Competition), Brian Hu (San Diego Asian Movie Competition), Andrew Peterson (Provincetown Movie Competition), Jason Carney (Phoenix Movie Competition), Skye McClennan (San Luis Obispo Movie Competition), Alan LaFave (Hell’s Half Mile Movie & Music Competition), Allegra Madsen (Frameline Movie Competition), Linda Eaddy (Denton Black Movie Competition), Tishon Pugh (New Orleans Movie Competition), Sabrina Aviles (Cinefest Latino Boston), Julia Kipnis (Nashville Movie Competition), Mallory Martin (Cleveland Intl. Movie Competition), Beth Barrett (Seattle Intl. Movie Competition), Zoe Elton (Mill Valley Movie Competition), John Nein (Sundance Movie Competition), Juliet Romeo (Slamdance Unstoppable), NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Programming Staff, Nehad Kedar (BlackStar Movie Competition), Malin Kan (AFI Fest), David Nugent (Hamptons Movie Competition), Greg Sorvig (Heartland Movie Competition), Austin Movie Competition Programming Staff, Rachel Morgan (Sidewalk Movie Competition), Ida Theresa Myklebost (Anchorage Movie Competition), Jim Brunzell (Sound Unseen Movie Competition), Farrington (Out on Movie Competition), Mike Dougherty (Programmer at Massive, Los Angeles) Faridah Gbadamosi (Tribeca) Rachel Walker (Programmer at Massive), and Nancy Campbell (Impartial Movie Competition Boston.)