The Movie Fanatic have just published their interview with Oliver Irving, How To Be’s director, and producer Justin Kelly. Be sure to read the interview for lots of background on the people who made the film and what the shoot was like.
As reported by The Providence Journal, “according to staff members at the 12th Rhode Island International Film Festival, the greatest interest in any film at this year’s festival has been generated by the British film How to Be”. So it should come as no surprise that the screening on August 8 was a success!
The guys at Robert Pattinson Online were there and they have a video of the Q&A that preceded the film. Actor Johnny White (who plays Ronny) was there in person, and Robert Pattinson phoned in to answer questions via a mobile phone held next to a microphone. Crazy, but it seemed to work. Be sure to check it out!
And if you were at the screening, let us know what you thought and how it went on our Facebook page.
Twilight News have just published an interview they had with Oliver Irving, How To Be’s director, and producer Justin Kelly. Here’s an excerpt:
Rob definitely comes alive when the cameras roll. His performance is always heightened by pressure. He would often in rehearsals say, “Okay, it’s not right now, but I know what is needed and I’ll get it on the day”. This took an awful lot of faith in him but he was true to his word.
For more, read the whole interview.
We’re pleased to announce that How To Be has been given a great slot at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. We very much hope you can attend the following screening:
Andrews Theatre (downstairs at The Columbus Theatre Arts Center, 270 Broadway, Providence, RI 02903)
9.15pm EST
Bill (31 min)
How to Be (85 min)
You can book tickets for this screening here.
We’re also proud to announce that we have been accepted into the Calgary International Film Festival, which will run from 19-28 September, 2008. Further details will follow when available.
And here in the UK, How To Be will be screened by the New Producer’s Alliance at 7pm on 7 August, 2008 at the Charlotte Street Hotel, 15-17 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 1RJ (free for NPA Members, £10 for non-members). This screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Oliver Irving and Producer Justin Kelly. Book tickets here.
Welcome to the second issue of the How To Be mailing list. We have good news! How To Be has been selected to appear in the Rhode Island International Film Festival, which takes place in Providence, Rhode Island from August 5 to August 10.
We don’t yet know exactly when the film will be screened, but if you can get to Rhode Island in August and you’d like to see the film (and maybe even meet some of the people involved in the making of the film) then pencil those dates into your diary.
In the meantime, we’ve uploaded the final three parts of the adventures of Ronny and Nikki: Part III, Part IV, Part V. (Part I and Part II are still there if you missed them last time.)
And be sure to sign up to our Facebook group and tell your friends about How To Be. You can do this easily by using
Friends of the film have already surprised us by starting an unofficial blog and MySpace page, which you should check out too!
We’ll be in touch with details of our Rhode Island screenings and more good news from the festival circuit soon!
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How To Be is a British indie comedy. It had its world premiere at the Slamdance film festival in Utah in January and we’ll have more festival news in the next issue (sneak preview: we have good news!).
In the meantime, here are some links you might like to take a look at:
We’re hard at work setting up distribution, which will hopefully result in How To Be showing at a cinema near you soon and subsequently being available to buy on DVD. If you’d like to help then please join our Facebook group and tell your friends about the film and the mailing list. We’ll be in touch soon!
Welcome to the News section of the How To Be website! We’ll be using this part of the site to keep you up-to-date with all our news, which will include festival screenings and announcements about How To Be’s release in cinemas and on DVD, so check back here often!
