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+ now on dvd
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  • don just wrote in his journal

  • here's a brand new interview with the
    onion a/v club

  • handsome 2012 tour posters are now in the shop

  • some nice things people have been writing: thank you, thank you, thanks, thank you, thank you, thanks. here's also a new indiewire interview from sundance that is mostly true

  • twitter, for some reason

  • to celebrate the 5 year anniversary of EVERYTHING WILL BE OK, we're senselessly giving away free DVDs of the movie with any purchase of anything: give extra copies to friends. plant them in the ground and build them miniature beds. what will you name them? enter special coupon code EVERYTHINGWILLBEOK:

  • REDDIT Q+A archive:

  • a limited number of these signed wisdom teeth prints are now available

  • the online shop tells us they've uncovered a lost stash of the very out-of-print REJECTED DVD single from 2001. these have the deleted scene on them that we didnt release elsewhere, and pretty great packaging. otherwise totally unremarkable.

  • here's a nice article from last year's san francisco event

  • the everything will be ok ROCKET shirts are now available in black. because there are some of us who will only wear black:

  • the i am so proud of you snow globes sold out. we were going to make one more batch of them but the last ones we could find were delivered to us cracked, smashed and leaking. opening the box was like the saddest christmas ever.

  • an old interview with don for AFI has been posted here. two other surprisingly interesting interviews have been posted in here.

  • these I AM SO PROUD OF YOU shirts are now in the shop and look pretty great:

  • the new dvds are here. they sort of squirt when you squeeze them, like weird little sea creatures







    • wisdom teeth
    i am so proud of you
    everything will be ok
    the meaning of life
    animation show cartoons
    rejected
    billy's balloon
    lily and jim
    genre
    ah, l'amour

    The official Bitter Films shop remains the only place in the world to find our finely crafted DVDs. We are weird and controlling like that.

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    don's journal
    DVDs
    FAQ    		 - dvd faq
    ? old rrrrr r
    - archive of interviews
    + contact     		- don on facebook
    - bitter films wiki
    - bitter films youtube
    ::current events:: updated may 9 2012
    ::: After 30+ cities, 40+ flights, 5000 hugs and handshakes, and over 24 hours of on-stage time, the 2012 Evening with Don Hertzfeldt tour is finally finished! THANK YOU EVERYONE who came to say hello, friends old and new. You are amazing.

    IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY will continue to travel the world now on its own: we'll share a 35mm print of the movie with any film festival that wants to show it, anywhere. Please see the current confirmed festival listing below.

    DVD release by the end of the year : stay tuned!
    Here are a pair of frames from the new HD digital master:

    ::: It's such a beautiful day has just won Best Animated Film at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, a Special Jury Award from the Arizona Film Festival, and Best Director at the Fargo Film Festival. Beautiful day has also recently received the Yoram Gross Award for Best Animation at Flickerfest, Australia. Other awards include both the Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the Sommets du cinema d'animation in Montreal.

    2012 IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY film festival schedule

    - Sundance Film Festival: January 19-29
    - Santa Barbara International Film Festival: January 24 - February 3
    - Fargo Film Festival: March 5-9
    - SXSW Film Festival: March 8-16
    - Ann Arbor Film Festival: March 27 - April 1
    - Holland Animation Festival: March 28- April 1
    - Cinematheque Quebecoise: April 5
    - Dallas International Film Festival: April 12-22
    - Athens OH International Film Festival: April 13-16
    - Florida Film Festival: April 13-22
    - Arizona International Film Festival: April 13-29
    - Nashville Film Festival: April 19-26
    - Independent Film Festival Boston: April 25 - May 2
    - Maryland Film Festival: May 3-6
    - Animafest Zagreb: May 29 - June 2
    - Belfast Film Festival: June 4 (screening the entire trilogy)
    - Edinburgh International Film Festival: June 20 - July 1
    - Rooftop Films, Brooklyn NY: August 18

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    :::: Everything will be OK is now online for a little while, in disappointing Youtubey quality. Share it with people you like::

    :::: This version of REJECTED with director text commentary is one of many strange special features from the BITTER FILMS VOLUME 1 DVD collection::

    :::: Here is Wisdom Teeth in HD. Showtime will be broadcasting the short for a little while longer before chaining it up in a box and throwing it into the sea. They are not aware however that it can only be destroyed with one of the seven daggers of Megiddo. Please do not point at eyes or face

    Wisdom Teeth was first spotted as a surprise conclusion to the last three Evening with Don Hertzfeldt touring programs in Ottawa + Montreal in October 2009. In January 2010 it drunkenly revealed itself at the Sundance Film Festival, punched a woman in the mouth, and ran off into the snow without pants. It next showed up at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, where it stumbled into the room cursing God with vodka on its breath. The short allegedly made a lewd gesture before disappearing again in a cloud of horrible ants.

    :::: Watching Grass Grow is another exclusive feature from the Volume 1 DVD, following Don in timelapse as he animates The Meaning of Life over the course of a few years. Also included here are original video pencil tests from the short:

    :::: Meanwhile, The Meaning of Life is available for viewing for a limited time over at MUBI:

    :::: Wisdom Teeth inexplicably managed to win a Special Jury Mention from the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal. Meanwhile, I am so proud of you and Everything will be OK have been jointly awarded "Best Picture" at the MUMIA Animation Festival in Brazil.

    :::: In April of last year, Don received the San Francisco International Film Festival's "Persistence of Vision" Lifetime Achievement Award and showed some movies, and a fantastic time was had by all. Previous recipients of the award include Errol Morris, Faith Hubley, and Jan Svankmajer. In 40 years, following the crushing disappointment of the rest of his life, he will be getting a sheepish phone call from the festival asking if maybe they could have it back.

    ::::: I AM SO PROUD OF YOU IS ON DVD :::::
    This limited edition DVD features a 148 page production archive of deleted scenes, notes, sketches, bad ideas, wishful thinking, regrets, and distant memories; an alternate, narration-free version of the film; a curious booklet; and a dozen blurry strange photos from the upcoming Chapter 3:
    		 everything will be ok chapter 2


    .I WANT ONE.
    ...I am so proud of you has won its 26th and 27th awards, with a Special Award for "Original and exciting visual techniques" at Anifest in Zagreb and Best Short Film at the Animage Festival in Brazil. Other awards include a Special Mention at the International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima in Krakow, a Special Jury Prize for "original form and human warmth" at the Message to Man Film Festival in Russia, Best Picture and Best Screenplay from the Fargo Film Festival, the Grand Jury Prize at the Florida Film Festival, Best Animated Film at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Best Film at Curta Cinema Rio de Janeiro, and the Golden Starfish from the Hamptons International Film Festival.     Meanwhile, Everything will be OK has won its 40th award, the Special Jury Prize from Italy's Lucca Animation Festival!

    :::: EVERYTHING WILL BE OK IS STARING AT YOU ON DVD ::::
    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.....
    exclusively available in the BITTER FILMS SHOP