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 ::current events:: updated january 1 2009
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Unofficially the first reviews of I am so proud of you
"[Everything will be OK and I am so proud of you] tell the story of Bill, a stick figure everyman who stoically endures the pain, uncertainty, and excruciating beauty of life. Hertzfeldt's work is sometimes elusive in its simplicity, but it can be profound as well; with his humor, darkness, philosophical yearning, and insistence on drawing every line himself, he may be the only legitimate successor to Charles M Schulz. Except for all the money, of course." - J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader
"....a fucking masterpiece. I can't even begin to articulate my thoughts about the
film but it just gave me shivers and I wasn't able to attend the party after
the screening. Just had to be alone. It had this effect on a number of other
people here too.... stunning, beautiful, tragic, absurd work." - Chris Robinson, artistic director Ottawa International Animation Festival
THIS JUST IN: Don returns to the Sundance Film Festival in January, in support of I am so proud of you. This is his fourth movie to visit Sundance, on the heels of Everything will be OK's Jury Prize in 2007.
IN OTHER NEWS: I am so proud of you has won the Golden Starfish Award at the Hamptons International Film Festival!
THE FALL TOUR HAS COME TO A CLOSE with a whirlwind 25 packed screenings in 16 cities. THANK YOU to everyone who helped make the opening roll-out of So Proud such an amazing series of evenings to remember.
The fall tour was such a success we don't want to stop: a fresh leg of new tour dates are now being considered in a very hopeful fashion for Spring 09, so Don can stay on the road with the program a little while longer and visit some of the areas we weren't able to schedule the first time around. Stay tuned to this space and the tour board below:
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............"Cult animator and Academy Award nominee Don Hertzfeldt (the Meaning of Life, Rejected, Billy's Balloon) hits the road this fall for a rare series of one-night-only events: A selection of Don's classic animated shorts return to the big screen, culminating in the exclusive regional premiere of his newest film, I am so proud of you. His longest piece to date, I am so proud of you is the eagerly anticipated second chapter to Everything will be OK, winner of the Sundance Film Festival's Jury Award in Short Filmmaking and named by many critics as one of the "best films of 2007". The screening will be immediately followed by a live on-stage interview and audience chat with Don Hertzfeldt. We can't stress this enough: One night only!"..........
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EVERYTHING WILL BE OK NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD :::::
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 this limited edition DVD "single" features a restored and remastered high definition film transfer, with a brand new 100+ page archival area of deleted scenes, sketches, production notes, alternate takes, abandoned ideas, embarrassing asides,
a strange booklet, an interesting hidden thing, and all the usual nonsense.....
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everything will be ok has won its 37th and 38th awards, with the Silver Hugo at the Chicago Int'l Film Festival and a Special Jury Award for Outstanding Vision at the NYC Picturestart Film Festival! Other recent awards include the Grand Jury Award for Best Film at the London Int'l Animation Festival, the Grand Jury Award for Animated Film from the Florida Film Festival, the Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Film from the Seattle Int'l Film Festival, the Lawrence Kasdan Award for Best Narrative Film from the Ann Arbor Film Festival, and Best Animated Film from the Rio de Janeiro Short Film Festival!
Bitter Films has accepted an invitation from the George Eastman House's motion picture archives to indefinitely store and protect the original film elements and camera negatives to Ah, L'Amour,
Genre,
Lily and Jim,
Billy's Balloon,
Rejected, the Meaning of Life, and Everything will be OK in their climate controlled film vaults, where they will retire in comfort.
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