Friday - December 05, 2008

State of the art

Happy holidays, everyone!  I wanted to take some time to let our audience know where the film stands at this point.

We've gotten a lot of emails lately from people following the progress of the film online.  The question is almost always the same:  When/where can I see the film in theatres and/or buy it on DVD?

The straight answer is:  We don't know yet.  YESTERDAY WAS A LIE is currently only screening on the festival circuit; keep an eye on the "Upcoming Screenings" page of our website for information on future festivals.  We've had distribution offers -- some from very good companies -- but as of the present time, it's really a rights issue.  YESTERDAY features numerous songs -- mostly jazz -- on its soundtrack; these songs are owned by various publishers.  We got the rights to use the songs in the film; however, upon getting a wider release, we must re-negotiate for what are called broad rights.  

That's the stage we're at now.  Believe me, music rights are a complex and tricky maze to navigate, and this could take a while.  Stay tuned.

Meanwhile, we just found out that we have another festival screening in L.A.!  This will be the Los Angeles premiere of the new cut of the film, and it'll be in gorgeous hi-def at the wonderful Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills.  We'll let you know the date and time as soon as we find out; it'll be around the last week of December / first week of January.