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Look for this on March 30. I reviewed it last September:
https://louisproyect.org/2017/09/20/elizabeth-blue-thy-fathers-chair/
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Subject: THY FATHER’S CHAIR, a Documentary Focused on Orthodox Jewish
Twins, Becomes Available on VOD on March 30, 2018
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:20:36 +0000
From: Rodrigo Brandao <rodr...@indiestrat.com>
Reply-To: Rodrigo Brandao <rodr...@indiestrat.com>
To: l...@panix.com
THY FATHER’S CHAIR, a Documentary Focused on Orthodox Jewish Twins,
Becomes Available on VOD on March 30, 2018
"Deeply human … Makes hoarding as urgent as global warming."
– Steven Zeitchik, Los Angeles Times
“Thy Father’s Chair ... is first enigmatic … then actively nightmarish.”
– Vadim Rizov, Filmmaker Magazine
"Quiet and quietly moving."
– Glenn Kenny, NY Times
*New York, NY – March 22, 2018 –* After critically acclaimed theatrical
runs in New York, Los Angeles and other key markets nationwide, Antonio
Tibaldi and Alex Lora’s /*THY FATHER’S CHAIR*/ is set to become
available on key VOD platforms (iTunes, Amazon, and Kanopy) on March 30,
2018. The film is being released by No Permits Produktions
<https://indiestrategy.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=99b5f7809c5d3f00507029e25&id=7571cff0ed&e=33182d4af7>
in the United States.
This “immersive [and] richly detailed” (Jordan Hoffman, Village Voice)
documentary screened at some of the most influential festivals
worldwide, including IDFA (Official Competition), DOC NYC, DocAviv,
True/False, and San Francisco Jewish Film Festival,
“[A] haunting … fly-on-the-wall study of shame, grief, compulsion,
faith, and good intentions" (Noel Murray, AV Club) /*THY FATHER’S
CHAIR*/ brings audiences into the world of Abraham and Shraga, Orthodox
Jewish twins who live a secluded existence in their inherited Brooklyn
home. Since the death of their parents, they have stopped throwing away
anything, hosting stray cats and accumulating all sorts of stuff.
Enraged by the situation, the upstairs tenant threatens to stop paying
them rent unless they proceed with a radical cleaning of their
apartment, forcing Abraham and Shraga to open their doors to a
specialized cleaning company. What ensues seems, at first, a traumatic
invasion of privacy, with the twins fighting to preserve their memories.
But little by little, the relationship with the head of the cleaning
company begins to deepen–and by painfully separating from most of their
belongings, Abraham and Shraga discover a path to a new life.
Influenced by the cinema of vérité masters Frederick Wiseman and Albert
and David Maysles, co-directors Antonio Tibaldi and Alex Lora make use
of a “camera work [that] is careful and deeply human, making Shraga's
and Avraham's house a place from which we can't move our eyes. The
filmmakers are interested in understanding, not judging” (Steven
Zeitchik, Los Angeles Times).
/*THY FATHER’S CHAIR*/ is the fourth collaboration between Antonio
Tibaldi and Alex Lora. The previous films they made
together, [S]comparse, Odysseus Gambit and Godka Cirka, played at
Sundance and several top international film festival and won several
awards. They are currently developing other nonfiction and fiction
projects together.
Please, email Rodrigo Brandão at rodr...@indiestrat.com
<mailto:rodr...@indiestrat.com> to request a screening link–or to
schedule an interview with co-directors Antonio Tibaldi and Alex Lora.
_*ABOUT THE DIRECTORS:*_
*ALEX LORA*
Alex Lora is a Spanish filmmaker based in New York City who has screened
twice at Sundance Film Festival as Official Selection. Winner of a New
York Emmy®, finalist for the Oscars®-Student Academy Awards, winner of a
Gaudi® Catalan Academy Award and listed as one of the top 10 promising
Spanish directors to watch for in Variety's Cannes Edition of 2014, his
work has received over 100 awards, being officially selected in some of
the most internationally-acclaimed film festivals.
Alex has also participated at Berlinale's Talent Campus, Guadalajara
Doculab, Dok.Incubator, Screenwriting CineQuaNon lab, Sources lab, IFP
independent Week and the IFP Filmmakers lab as an editor. He has taught
film at several prestigious universities such Blanquerna, Elisava,
Univesitat de Barcelona and City College of New York where he also
received his MFA in Media Arts Production as a Fulbright scholar,
mentored by Antonio Tabloid and Chantal Akerman.
*ANTONIO TIBALDI*
Antonio is a writer / director of fiction and non-fiction films in North
America and Europe. His work has won numerous awards and has been
presented at festivals such as Berlin, Sundance, San Sebastian,
Rotterdam, IDFA, Tribeca; and released by companies such as Miramax,
Warner Bros., and Lion’s Gate. He is a consultant for UNTV (United
Nations TV) and works as a videographer to shed light on under-reported
realities in South and Central America, Africa, and Asia.
As a Fulbright scholar Antonio studied at Calarts where he received an
MFA in Film & Video. His projects have received support from IFP
(Independent Filmmaker Project), TFI (Tribeca Film Institute), FIND
(Film Independent), WEMW (When East Meets West) and DOKINBUBATOR.
Antonio is a current member of WGA, East.
For additional info, visit the films official site at
http://www.thyfatherschair.com/
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