MEDITATE AND DESTROY- A Documentary on Noah Levine

See the film for FREE tonight!

MEDITATE AND DESTROY made the Top 6 finalists for the Myspace/Cinegogo “You’re a Film Programmer” contest.


Where can YOU see the film??

Tonight, 8 p.m.
@ Mezzanine
444 Jessie St.

Downtown San Francisco

Go here for your free ticket:

www. cinegogo. com/fhta


Check the website here: http://www. cinegogo. com/fhta/sf-finalists

From Here to Awesome!!!

We are extremely thrilled to announce that MEDITATE AND DESTROY is an official selection in the upcoming From Here to Awesome Film Festival. The From Here to Awesome Film Festival (FHTA) is a new model, open source film festival that will reach audiences around the globe. MEDITATE AND DESTROY was selected out of over 115 submissions.

Over 25 screening dates (in both theatrical and alternative venues) will be announced in the near future- including cities such as London, Paris, Montreal, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington, DC, Seattle and San Francisco.

Over 3 months ago, we created a submission video and asked our fans to vote for us. The popular demand for our film paved the way to be chosen for inclusion in this amazing, radical, forward-thinking festival! Thank you to everyone who voted!!

The FHTA festival will launch in Los Angeles on July 26. The launch of the festival will be a special event called “DIY Day” which will start an engaging industry conversation on the state of indie film distribution: www.diydays.com.

All of the festival showcase films will be available in several online outlets (including Amazon Unbox, Vudu, Hulu, Joost, Caachi, Indieflix and Heretic Films)- as well as living rooms, handheld devices, and theatrical screenings.

From Here to Awesome has assembled partnerships with sites and services including MySpace, Withoutabox, Current TV, IFP, IndieFlix, Heretic, Breakthrough Distribution, Tubemogul, indiegogo, Miro, OurStage, Bside, Viddler, BlipTv, Spout and YouTube.

In the next few weeks, there will be a lot of announcements made regarding our participation in the From Here to Awesome Film Festival.

* Bookmark our page on the FHTA website and leave a comment——>Click here

* Read the full story in Variety: click here

*Check on our blog for all the breaking news (including a full report from Director, Sarah Fisher on the 7/26 DIY Day in Los Angeles): click here

British Columbia rocked!!

The screenings in Vancouver and Victoria were AWESOME! What a great turnout for both screenings. The Vancouver screening- held at Rhizome cafe— completely sold-out. Around 20 people were turned away at the door (sorry!). We hope to bring the film back Van sometime in the near future because of the demand. Damn, that food at Rhizome was so yummy too (I ate the thai veggie dish). The Q&A session was lively and we had a fun time jamming to old school punk at the after-party with DJ Fresh Lee Cut.

Victoria screening on July 6th @ Lucky Bar was amazing too. It was great to see so many folks come out on Sunday night to this alternative venue. There was a certain irony in showing a film about a straight-edge Buddhist (with an entire segment of film dedicated to Buddhism and Recovery) in a bar. I could feel the sobering effect (no pun intended). It nearly brought me to tears to see so many people engaged in the film viewing who probably would never come out to see the film in a traditional movie theater.

There were a few problems with the projector which was quite nervewracking. For instance, when I arrived at Lucky Bar an hour before the screening I noticed the venue had a skylight right above the stage. It stays light in Victoria until 11 p.m. in the summer so I had a moment of panic. The manager and his crew actually climbed on the roof to work magic by covering the entire skylight with some black material. As the film played, the projector kept flickering out to the blue screen of death. But, the Canadians were very gracious and mellow. The after-party with 49th Peril, The Easy Brothers, and The Mags ROCKED. Read a review about the event from Abort magazine here:

http://abortmag.com/?p=1670

See photos from Van and Victoria on our Flickr feed:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/diyfilmgrrl/

THANKS to the organizers for all their hard work (Vancouver- Jackie Drozdowski and Victoria- Stacie Rosentreter) and all the volunteers. It is very heartening to know people care enough to bring independent media to their communities.

Vancouver and Victoria Screenings- July 5 & 6

Websites for bands performing @ the July 6th After-party

http://www. myspace. com/theeasybrothers
http://www. myspace. com/killthemags
http://www. myspace. com/49thperil

Raffle giveaways including tattoo shop gift certificates, books, and MORE!

Photos and Notes from Sacramento Film Screening

Sacramento Film Premiere @ Movies on A Big Screen was held May 16 , 2008. The event was amazing. I could not believe nearly 40 people came out to see the film in the 100 degree heat!! Considering the theater held 50 people, the location was in West Sacramento, and it was an overheated Friday night- we were lucky 40 people came out. Not only did they come out- but they stayed to watch the entire film and Q&A in a non-air conditioned theater! Yes, just our luck, the theater’s air conditioning broke a few hours before the screening.

I’m not exagerating when I say sweat was literally dripping in the aisles of that theater. It was a pretty disgustingly hot day. Due to the heat, we kept the lighting dim in the theater- so took no photos there.

The after-party was held @ Relentless Tattoo in downtown Sac. My friend David Angstead organized the whole event. He lives in Sacramento- so he knew about these great venues. He did a phenonmenal job. The event kicked off with firedancers. We then watched performances by some killer musicians:

Mount Sinai- conscious hip-hop

Odd Moniker- acoustic rock

Brian Hanover (The Hanover Saints)- acoustic punk

Danny Secretion (The Secretions)- acoustic punk

We had free vegan food donated from Andy Nygen’s and coffee that was far too hot to drink from Naked Coffee.