We're going to Hot Docs!

We’re very excited to announce that the world premiere for our feature documentary “Lost in the Shuffle” has been set for this year’s Hot Docs festival in Toronto where it will appear as a Special Presentation. This is a big honour for us and we can’t wait to share the film with everyone. Screenings are schedule for April 29th and May 1st at the TIFF Lightbox Theater, we’ll be in attendance at both screenings for a Q&A, and Shawn Farquhar will also be doing a magic performance after the first screening. We can’t wait to see you there!

Check out the official announcement here: https://hotdocs.ca/festivals/hot-docs-festival/special-presentations

Sit Back, Relax, and Stand Up! for Girls - a virtual fundraiser

Stand Up! Girls is a New York based non-profit that works with schools in under-served communities to provide after-school comedy training to young women aged 14-18. Working with professional comedians over the course of a multi-week program, the girls not only get an opportunity to learn how to write jokes and perform them, but most importantly they pick up the confidence and communication skills that can help them navigate a male-dominated world as they grow up. We're really excited to partner with such a great organization on Sit Back, Relax, and Stand-Up! For Girls, to offer a sneak peek of the film for an online fundraiser with 100% of the proceeds going to SUG. The film will be available for rent for $5 from October 25th to the 29th from our page here on gathr.com, and can be purchased now.

Then on October 29th, ticket buyers will be sent a link to tune and participate in a live Zoom Q&A session moderated by celebrated comedian Judy Gold. Panelists will include AJA star Raylene Harewood and director Shannon Kohli, some past participants of the SUG program, and a few female comics TBD.

Please join us for this wonderful event and help support young women everywhere in finding their voices.

Quiver Distribution sign All Joking Aside

We're thrilled to announce that Quiver Distribution has picked up our film and will be our official US distributor. Quiver Distribution is operated by passionate entertainment industry entrepreneurs Berry Meyerowitz and Jeff Sackman. Recent releases include I AM WOMAN, starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Danielle McDonald and Evan Peters; BECKY, starring Kevin James and Lulu Wilson; THE LOST HUSBAND starring Josh Duhamel & Lesley Bibb.

The deal means that we'll be available for purchase or rent by our American friends starting NOVEMBER 13th on the following platforms, with more announcements expected:

iTunes (Canada too)

Amazon

Vudu

FandangoNOW

Redbox

Google (Canada too)

Microsoft

Comcast

Spectrum

Cox

DirecTV

Dish

Vubiquity

The US release also comes with some new promotional materials, check out our slick new trailer and poster!

All Joking Aside books world premiere!

AMF is very excited to announce the upcoming world premiere of our first feature film, “All Joking Aside”, at the 2020 Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival in San Jose, California. This a fantastic festival to host our coming out, and we really appreciate the opportunity that they’re providing us to start sharing this little film we made with the world. Check out the screening schedule at the link below, there are four dates between March 6th and 13th, please spread the word, and we look forward to seeing you there!

https://payments.cinequest.org/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=114106~78899376-35a9-4153-8303-e1557be2dc32&epguid=d52499c1-3164-429f-b057-384dd7ec4b23&

All Joking Aside - In the can

We’re very pleased to announce that after three years of development, a sixteen day shooting schedule, and more blood, sweat, and tears than you can shake a stick at, AJA is complete and ready to share with the world. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to all of the talented people who came out to contribute their time, passion, and skills to helping us realize our lofty ambitions, if it take a village to raise a child it’s certainly no different when it comes to making a film. Please check out the film’s official website or any of social media pages (#ajathemovie) for more information and images, and to keep up to date with our screening schedule as it comes together.

All Joking Aside finds a director!

AMF is very excited to announce that director Shannon Kohli has signed up to direct our first feature film, the newly retitled "All Joking Aside" (fka "Comedienne"). Shannon is an extremely experienced cinematographer and camera operator who has recently begun directing episodes of TV series such as "The Magicians" and "Supergirl", and will bring her keen eye to the project. We're going to camera in February 2019 and will be launching a new site to coincide with the film's October 2018 crowdfunding campaign in the coming weeks. Keep tuned to this space for more updates.

AMF on Shorts.tv

After a successful festival run, we're pleased to announce that Tinder Mercies has been picked up for distribution by Shorts International, and will also begin airing internationally on their streaming service shorts.tv starting in 2019. This will mark the second AMF title which shorts.tv has picked up after acquiring True Love Waits earlier this year, that film has begun streaming already. 

A little "Tinder" on the Big Screen!

For all of our friends here in Vancouver, we're very pleased to announce the upcoming world premiere of "Tinder Mercies" at the Rio on March 3rd as part of the Just For Laughs Comedy Short Short Festival.  It's very exciting to be programmed by one of the top comedy fests in the world and we hope that you guys can make it out to join us!

http://www.jflnorthwest.com/2018-film-festival-lineup/comedy-short-shorts/

Post-production on "Tinder Mercies" almost complete

Stepping out into new territory, we're excited  to announce the imminent arrival of "Tinder Mercies" our first foray into a romantic comedy, but done with our unique AMF twist.  Working from a script from Jacqueline Firkins, location scouting for the film late last year and we went to camera the last weekend of January 2017.  Starring the extremely funny and talented Lauren Jackson and Andrew McNee, the short tells the tale of Jill and Jack, two potentially star-crossed lovers who only need to get out of their own ways and let Cupid do his work.  In a social media age where the drive to make your Facebook feed look as shiny and happy as possible, is there still room for being your true self and letting it all hang out?

Making the film was a great experience, drawing on the talents and generosity of many fine folks, with  especially big shout-outs going to Jason Cooper for his picture editing and visual effects work, and Pieter Stathis and our friends at RAW Camera for making everything look so pretty.  The film's dangerously close to being done, festival applications begin soon, and we're looking forward to sharing it with all of you!

A "Comedienne" joins the family

We're very pleased to announce the optioning of the screenplay Comedienne from talented British writer James Pickering, which is the first project that we've not developed internally, and we're looking forward to the collaboration.  The first step down the road to getting this film on your screens, will be attending the Whistler Film Festival's Feature Project Lab this coming June, where we'll work with some leading experts in the fields of distribution and marketing to package the film for investors and other buyers (see the official announcement here).  It's a great story and we're looking forward to sharing it with you, stay tuned to this space for more updates as they come.