Coming Soon To A Theater Near You: 'California Solo'!

I have some great news to share: 'California Solo' has been picked up for US distribution by Strand Releasing!

Some amazing films have been released by Strand, including Cannes Palme d'Or winner 'Uncle Boonmee'; Sundance/Toronto selection & BAFTA winner 'Tyrannosaur'; and films by Gaspar Noé, Lodge Kerrigan, Hal Hartley, François Ozon, and Gregg Araki.  We're honored to be in such esteemed company!

We will have a theatrical release this fall in NY, L.A., and other cities. See the official press release here, and coverage below:

• Deadline.com | Strand Releasing Acquires Sundance’s ‘California Solo’
• Indiewire | Strand Releasing Buys Sundance Drama 'California Solo' Starring Robert Carlyle
• Screen International | Strand Releasing takes US rights to 'California Solo'
• Variety | Strand goes 'Solo' in the U.S.

We'll also be screening at film festivals this March and April in Cleveland, Chicago, Nashville, and Philadelphia. If you live in one of those cities, go see an early preview of the film! More info on screenings here.


As always, we want to thank our cast & crew for their hard work, and our supporters for their faith. We can't wait to show the world the fruits of their labor & love!

Spring Screenings Galore

Alexia Rasmussen and Robert Carlyle in California Solo.

Hey America, 3 films I produced may be coming your way this spring. Please check them out if you live in New York, Sarasota, Cleveland, Nashville, or Philadelphia!

CALIFORNIA SOLO by Marshall Lewy, starring Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting, The Full Monty, 28 Weeks Later, and ABC's Once Upon a Time), will be screening at the Cleveland International Film Festival on March 30 & April 1, in competition at the Nashville Film Festival in late April, and at the new XPM Music Film Festival by the Philadelphia Film Society, also in late April. The film made its world premiere at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in January.

ARCADIA by Olivia Silver, starring John Hawkes (Winter's Bone, Martha Marcy May Marlene, The Surrogate, and HBO's Deadwood), will make its US premiere in competition at the Sarasota Film Festival on April 20 & 21. The film made its world premiere in February at the 2012 Berlinale Film Festival, where it won the Crystal Bear.

STONES IN THE SUN by P. Benoit, starring Edwidge Danticat (MacArthur Genius grant winner and author of Brother, I'm Dying; The Farming of Bones; Krik? Krak!; and Breath, Eyes, Memory) in her acting debut, will make its world premiere at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival on April 22. It will also screen on April 25 & 28.