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+ now on dvd
and this
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  • the new DVDs are here! they sort of squirt when you squeeze them, like weird little sea creatures

  • don just wrote in his journal

  • reviews for IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY (the feature film): hollywood reporter, village voice, ny times, variety, moviedex, mubi, vox magazine, slant magazine, serious film, film journal international, slc weekly

  • here's an 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

  • REDDIT AMA archive from January 2011

  • 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:

  • a limited number of these signed wisdom teeth prints are in the shop

  • 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 2010'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:







    • 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
    		 : FAQ
    ? old rrrrr r
    - archive of interviews
    / stuff on youtube
    + contact
    ::current events:: updated november 15 2012
    footnote: this is an archive of Don Hertzfeldt's site from 2012. The info may be outdated, or broken. My main site is landville.nekoweb.org.
    ::: IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY has won its 21st and 22nd awards, with a pair of prizes at the Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival: a Special International Jury Award, and Best Film from the Youth Jury. The film has also recently received the National Film Board of Canada's Public Prize at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, the Grand Prix from the "Linoleum" Festival of Animation and Contemporary Art in Moscow, a Crystal Heart Award from the Heartland Film Festival, the Satoshi Kon Award from the Fantasia International Film Festival, the Award for Best Technique at the Animage Festival in Brazil, a Special International Jury Prize from the Hiroshima International Animation Festival, and Best Animated Film from the Savannah Film Festival.

    ::: Don just did a new round of AMA at Reddit: here's the link

    ::: NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD :

    DON HERTZFELDT VOLUME TWO: 2006 - 2011 DVD

    >> <<
    make click here
    Featuring EVERYTHING WILL BE OK, I AM SO PROUD OF YOU, and IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY : with the option for the first time to play all three chapters of the story edited seamlessly together, as a new feature film!

    All the films have also been given a fresh 2012 remastering and cleaning, personally performed by Don for a very long time against his will.

    The DVD's special features include:

  • Over 40 minutes of interviews from the EVENING WITH DON HERTZFELDT TOUR
  • 2010 cartoon WISDOM TEETH, newly remastered
  • A little deleted scene from IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY
  • A 24 page booklet with new liner notes
  • The originally-released versions of the animated trilogy, as individual short films
  • Close-captions for the hearing impaired

    :::: NOTE: Do not hurl your old DVD singles of EVERYTHING WILL BE OK and I AM SO PROUD OF YOU into the sea just yet. Now years out of print, those discs will remain the only ones to feature the over-250 pages of unique notes and making-of materials from those films.

    • ::: In theaters:
    The new feature film will be making its way into a bunch of theaters this fall. The newly unified trilogy is titled IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY, the same title as the third chapter, to, uh... make things as confusing as possible. Come see it on the big screen if you can. It is a somewhat different cut than the one coming to DVD, but sort of not really. Also expect one or two surprises.

    Here are the current confirmed shows, more to come...
    Please note, Don will not be able to attend:

    August 24 and 25: Guild Cinema, Albuquerque NM
    September 14-20: Ragtag Cinema, Columbia MO
    September 14-20: Lyric Cinema Cafe, Ft Collins CO
    September 20-24: Cinefamily, Los Angeles CA
    September 21-22: Guild Cinema, Albuquerque NM (encore screening)
    September 21-27: Hollywood Theater, Portland OR
    September 28-30: Pickford Film Center, Bellingham WA
    October 5: Texas Theatre, Dallas TX
    October 5-11: Bijou, Eugene OR
    October 5-11: IFC Center, New York City NY
    October 12-18: The Loft, Tucson AZ
    October 12: Cornell Cinema, Ithaca NY
    October 19-20 + October 26-27: Real Art Ways, Hartford CT
    October 25: OKCMOA, Oklahoma City OK
    November 7: International Film Series, Boulder CO
    November 8-18: St Louis Film Festival
    November 9: The Tower Theater, Salt Lake City UT
    November 16-20: Metro Cinema, Edmonton, Alberta
    November 16-22: Denver Film Center, Denver CO
    November 19: Bear Tooth Theatrepub, Anchorage AK
    November 24: Third St Theater / Phoenix Center for the Arts, Phoenix AZ
    November 25 and 28: Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago IL
    November 30, December 7, December 14: NW Film Forum, Seattle WA
    December 20: Cinematheque Quebecoise, Montreal

    ::: 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 short film with any film festival that wants to show it, anywhere. Please see the current confirmed festival listing below.

    ::: It's Such a Beautiful Day (the short film) has also recently received the Golden Zagreb award "for innovative artistic achievement" at the World Festival of Animated Film in Zagreb, Best Animated Short at the Fantasia Film Festival, 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. Other recent awards include the Yoram Gross Award for Best Animation at Flickerfest, Australia and 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

    - Flickerfest Short Film Festival, Sydney: January 6-15
    - 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, MI: 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)
    - SouthSide Film Festival, Bethlehem PA: June 12-16
    - Edinburgh International Film Festival: June 20 - July 1
    - Fest Anca, Bratislava: June 28 - July 1
    - Bakuon Film Festival, Japan: June 29 - July 14 (screening the entire trilogy)
    - Jerusalem International Film Festival: July 5-14 (screening the entire trilogy)
    - Animation and Media Arts Festival LINOLEUM, Moscow: July 7 - September 7
    - Anima Mundi Animation Festival, Rio de Janeiro: July 13-22
    - SICAF Animation Festival, Seoul: July 18-22 (screening the entire trilogy)
    - Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal: July 19 - August 7
    - Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico: July 20-25
    - Anima Mundi Animation Festival, Sao Paulo: July 25-29
    - Melbourne International Film Festival: August 2-19
    - Hardacre Film Festival, Tipton Iowa: August 3-4
    - Nevada City Film Festival, CA: August 16-19
    - Rooftop Films, Brooklyn NY: August 18
    - Anibar Animation Festival, Kosovo: August 22-27
    - Hiroshima International Animation Festival: August 23-27
    - Sidewalk Film Festival, Birmingham, AL: August 24-26
    - Sydney Underground Film Festival: September 6-9
    - Cincinnati Film Festival: September 6-13
    - Milano Film Festival: September 12-23
    - Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax: September 13-20
    - Big Eddy Film Festival, Narrowsburg NY: September 14-16
    - Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, Bristol UK: September 18-23
    - Ottawa International Animation Festival: September 19-23
    - Animasyros Animation Festival, Syros, Greece: Sept 20-23 (screening entire trilogy)
    - Animage Animation Festival of Pernambuco, Brazil: September 26-30
    - Hamptons International Film Festival: October 4-8
    - Ellensburg Film Festival, WA: October 5-7
    - Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival, Seattle: October 5-7
    - Trick Animation Film Festival, Verona: October 12-14
    - Philadelphia Film Festival: October 18-28 (screening entire trilogy)
    - 2 in 1 Film Festival, Moscow: October 19-22
    - Akron Film+Pixel, Akron Art Museum, Ohio: October 25
    - London International Animation Festival: October 25 - November 4
    - Big Cartoon Festival, Moscow: October 26 - November 6
    - Savannah Film Festival: October 27 - November 3
    - GIRAF Animation Festival, Calgary: October 31 - November 4 (screening entire trilogy)
    - Asheville Cinema Festival, NC: November 1-4
    - AFI Fest, Los Angeles CA: November 1-8
    - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival: November 1-8
    - Leeds International Film Festival, UK: November 1-18
    - Flip International Animation Festival, Wolverhampton, UK: November 2
    - International Short Film Festival Winterthur, Switzerland: November 6-11
    - Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington NC: November 8-11
    - International Film Festival Bratislava: November 9-15
    - ANILOGUE International Animation Festival, Vienna: November 16-18
    - ANILOGUE International Animation Festival, Budapest: November 21-25
    - Oslo International Film Festival, Norway: November 21-25 (screening entire trilogy)
    - ETUIDA & ANIMA Film Festival, Krakow Poland: November 23-29
    - Animpact Animation Festival, Seoul Korea: November 28 - December 2
    - Animateka International Animation Film Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia: December 3-9
    - Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival, Los Angeles: December 5
    - PAF Animation Festival, Olomouc, Czech Republic: Dec 6-9 (screening entire trilogy)

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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 a well. 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 2010, 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 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!


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    i am cursed with the celestial knowing
    :::: your current fortune