Guest curator, Basil Tsiokos, announces the fantastic line-up for this year’s Out At the Movies series at Westchester’s Jacob Burns Film Center, which includes PRODIGAL SONS with a special appearance by filmmaker, Kimberly Reed. Peter Knegt also gives the series a mention over at indieWIRE.
The news from Nashville: PRODIGAL SONS is the “cream of the festival crop” according to the Towleroad site. Read more raves from the Film Experience Blog.
Kimberly Reed wins a Special Jury Award for Fearless Filmmaking for her “jaw-dropping and intimate PRODIGAL SONS” at the 18th Annual Florida Film Festival.
The Daily City Orlando blog praises PRODIGAL SONS for dealing so beautifully with “the politics of childhood, and the universal desire to be loved by one’s family.”
FIPRESCI prize for PRODIGAL SONS in Thessaloniki! International Federation of Film Critics prize a top European honor.
PRODIGAL SONS selected to travel on theatrical tour in Athens.
Florida Film Festival hosts PRODIGAL SONS in competition.
PRODIGAL SONS goes to Thessaloniki, Greece.
The Truth Is the Truth!: PRODIGAL SONS "a beauty of a film."
Cleveland int'l film fest: PRODIGAL SONS highlighted in indieWIRE.
Visiting October Country: "PRODIGAL SONS looks at the complications of memory, identity, family love, and violence with sharp sight and unflinching tenderness."
PRODIGAL SONS makes for Non-fiction Crack: True/False Feeds Doc Junkies.
True/False film festival - director Kimberly Reed interviewed.
Montana Filmmaker Comes Out: director Kimberly Reed interviewed for Montana premiere.
PRODIGAL SONS in What Not to Miss at the Big Sky Documentary film festival.
PRODIGAL SONS is one of Five Reasons to Take in the Boulder Int'l film festival.
Shaz Bennett's Best Films of 2008 selects PRODIGAL SONS.
Cameron Koller at the AFI Fest’s Daily News says that Reed’s directorial feature debut is “a unique and rare example of POV.”
AFI film fest Red Carpet interview with director/producer Kimberly Reed and producer/DP John Keitel.
BEST OF 2008 — indieWIRE , In his "Top 10s for 2008" article, editor-in-chief Eugene Hernandez names PRODIGAL SONS one of "Five Undistributed Gems" of 2008! Coming from one of the most influential people in independent film, we're honored!
BEST OF 2008 — KQED "Forum" , PRODIGAL SONS highlighted in radio show on best films of 2008. Gary Meyer (Landmark Theaters co-founder, San Francisco's Balboa Theater program director, Telluride Film Festival co-director), says "Watch for it. It hasn't gotten a distributor yet, but it is powerful!"
glaadBlog , Palm Springs Film Fest Features Exciting LGBT Lineup.
Denver Post , Lisa Kennedy: A Denver Post "Hidden Gem"
"If you’re going to see only one documentary this year , do your best to find a screening of Kimberly Reed’s moving family memoir." Danny Miller.
Critic's Choice/Pick of the Day in seven major UK outlets : Guardian, Daily Mail, The Times, Observer, The Herald, Daily Record, What's on TV.
The Independent , Harry Byford: "[An] incredible story . . . a really focused look at sibling dynamics, which we can all empathise with."
IndieWIRE Dispatch from AFI FEST , Peter Knegt : "[AFI FEST] continued over the weekend with warm receptions of LA premieres of lesser known films like Kimberly Reed's unwavering portrait of her own family, PRODIGAL SONS."
Ain't It Cool , Moriarty: "There’s a lot of America that would benefit from realizing how much this family resembles their own."
Top Five of AFI Fest , LA Cinema Youth: "This is a film that defines guerilla filmmaking."
"PRODIGAL SONS is about a family that is far from perfect but perfect from far. It’s a documentary with great integrity." SBCC Film Reviews, Maurice Cohen
Nicorama , Four Stars.
IndieWIRE Dispatch from Telluride , Eugene Hernandez: "Hailed by Telluride Film Festival organizers as one of the discoveries of this year's festival."
Variety Magazine's Telluride Wrap-up , Todd McCarthy, Chief Film Critic: "...only a few stood out as being of serious quality...PRODIGAL SONS galvanized audiences..."
Variety Magazine Review , Todd McCarthy: "This film will fascinate inquisitive viewers on multiple levels."
Cinematical : "One of the surprise audience faves at the fest..."
As Little As Possible Blog : "Everyone should see this movie... This one could be life-changing." (Wrap-up)
Telluride Interview , David Thomson: "... a tribute to the great skill with which you put the story across."
Guardian Essay , David Thomson: "I saw a film I can't get out of my head."
NY Sun review of DON QUIXOTE , Gary Giddins: "One of the highlights of the 35th Telluride Film Festival."
Director Kimberly Reed named one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film 2007