(No More) Homegrown Film News

Thank you!

2010-10-05T08:10:00.000-07:00

A heartfelt thanks to all that have supported HomeGrown over the last couple of years.

The Garden

2010-05-07T13:25:00.000-07:00

Be sure to check out my friend Scott's film, "The Garden":

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE THE GARDEN NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD!!
Order a signed copy today!
www.thegardenmovie.com

Another March Screening!

2010-03-15T10:05:00.000-07:00

Environmental Film Festival In the Nations Capital
At the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
March 21 at 12 noon
http://www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org/films/show/461

Jay & Molly in LA

2010-03-13T09:39:00.000-08:00

Did you enjoy the music in HomeGrown?
Don't miss JAY UNGAR & MOLLY MASON at the Center
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Family Band (featuring Mike and Ruthy from 'The Mammals') will be performing at the Encino Community Center on March 26th, 2010. For info and tickets go to http://www.ctmsfolkmusic.org/

Coming screenings in March

2010-03-03T15:25:00.000-08:00

Byron Bay Film Festival
Byron Bay , Australia (Gold Coast)
Sunday, March 7 at 10:45 am
http://www.bbff.com.au/

Haston Free Public Library
North Brookfield, MA
Wednesday, March 10 at 7:00 pm
http://northbrookfieldlibrary.org/

Lexington Community Farm Coalition
Cary Memorial Library
Lexington, MA
Wednesday, March 10 at 4:00 pm
http://lexfarm.org/calendar

BriarPatch Co-op Natural Foods
Grass Valley, CA
Friday, March 12 at 6:30 pm
http://www.briarpatch.coop/

Farm Film Feast
Williamstown, MA
Sunday, March 14th at 2:30 pm
http://www.farmfilmfeast.com/

Slow Food St. Louis sponsors
Good Gardening Good Food
Maplewood, MO
Monday, March 15th at 7:30 pm
http://www.slowfoodstl.org/

Railroad Square Cinema
MIFF in the morning
Waterville, Maine
March 20th & 21st at 10 am
http://www.railroadsquarecinema.com/

Huffington Post on HomeGrown

2010-02-03T09:14:00.000-08:00

See Leslie Hattfield's entry on the Huffington Post which includes HomeGrown as one of her favorite food related films of this past year, along side with Food, Inc., Fresh, Julie and Julia, The Future of Food and Living a Nightmare.

See the whole post at the Huffington Post.

2010-01-27T20:20:00.000-08:00

Watch live streaming video from cognizantproductions at livestream.com

Wild and Scenic

2010-01-18T16:38:00.000-08:00

Wins the PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD at the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival this weekend! Yay! Thank you Nevada City!

January Festival Screenings

2009-12-19T15:03:00.000-08:00

Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival
Nevada City, CA
January 16th @ 7:13 PM and January 17 @ 3:53 PM
http://www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org/

Princeton Environmental Film Festival
Princeton, NJ
January 17th @ 1:00 PM
http://www.princeton.lib.nj.us/peff/

Frozen River Film Festival
Winona, Minnesota
January 30th @ 10:00 AM
http://www.frff.org/

Screening across the pond, and others...

2009-10-25T10:12:00.000-07:00

HomeGrown will be screening at the Corona Cork Film Festival in Ireland. Our first showing in Europe! And here are a few more screenings to be aware of.

Environmental Film Festival in the Nations Capital -Sneak preview screening
Wednesday, October 28 at 6:30 PM, Latelier theater, Washington DC
http://www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org/news.php

Corona Cork Film Festival Cork, Ireland
Thursday, November 5th at 11:30 AM
http://www.corkfilmfest.org/

Ojai-Ventura Film Festival Ojai, California
Sat. Nov, 7th at 3 PM and Sun. Nov. 8th at 10 AM
www.ojaifilmfestival.com

Colorado Environmental Film Festival Golden, Colorado
Saturday Nov. 7th at 4 PM
www.ceff.net

Asheville Film Festival Asheville, North Carolina
Saturday Nov. 14th at 1 PM, Asheville Community Theater
www.ashevillefilmfestival.com

Yet more screening times

2009-10-06T22:19:00.000-07:00

BendFilm Film Festival Bend, Oregon
Friday, October 9th, 12:30 pm, Tower Theater
Saturday, October 10th, 8:30 pm , McMenamins 2 http://www.bendfilm.org/

Mill Valley Film Festival San Rafael, CA
October 11, 1:00PM, CinéArts @ Sequoia 1
October 13, 6:45PM, Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center 3
http://www.cafilm.org/mvff/

San Francisco Documentary Film Festival S.F., CA The Roxie theater
October 17 @ 7 PM & October 22 @ 9:15 PM www.sfindie.com

Sedona Creative Life Center
333 Schnebly Hill Road
Saturday, Oct. 17 7:00 pm www.stellarproductionslive.com

EcoFocus Film Festival Athens, Georgia
Oct. 17th, 18th 19th & 21st www.ecofocusfilmfest.org

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Hot Springs, Ark
Tuesday Oct. 20th at 5:55 p.m. and Oct. 21 at 11:40 a.m
www.hsdfi.org

Planet In Focus Film Festival Toronto, Canada
Sat. Oct. 24 at 3:00 PM Innis town Hall www.planetinfocus.org

Sold out crowd in Vancouver!

2009-10-06T22:11:00.000-07:00

Lots of upcoming screening times

2009-09-18T10:03:00.000-07:00

Chesapeake Film Festival Easton, Maryland
7:30 PM Sat., September 19 Historical Society Auditorium
http://www.chesapeakefilmfestival.com/

Atlantic Film Festival Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
7:05 PM, Fri, Sep 25 Park Lane – 7 http://www.atlanticfilm.com/

Sidewalk Moving Picture Film Festival - Birmingham, Alabama
5:00 PM, Sat, Sep 26, Young and Vann Building
http://www.sidewalkfest.com/

Syracuse, NY
Westcott Community Center
October 3, 2009
Two screenings: 10:30 am and 12:30 PM
http://www.alchemicalnursery.org/

Vancouver International Film Festival Vancouver, BC, Canada
Mon, Oct 5th 8:45pm Empire Granville 7 Th 5
Wed, Oct 7th 3:40pm Empire Granville 7 Th 5
Thu, Oct 8th 10:45am Pacific Cinémathéque http://www.viff.org /

Belmont World Film Belmont, MA (near Boston)
Mon. Oct. 5, 7:00 PM Studio Cinema www.belmontworldfilm.org

A few more screenings (revised)

2009-09-04T07:31:00.000-07:00

Add a few more to the previous list...

San Francisco Doc Fest
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (Hot Springs, Arkansas)
Bendfilm Film Festival (Bend, Oregon)

Planet in Focus: Environmental Film Festival (Toronto, Canada)
Colorado Environmental Film Festival (Golden, CO)
and

EcoFocus Film Festival (Athens, Georgia)

Screenings to date:

2009-08-21T18:04:00.000-07:00

In the last couple of weeks HomeGrown has been offered spots in five new festivals. Whew. It seemed a good time to review all the festivals it's screened at to date.

Lincoln Center in NYC
St. Louis International
Cleveland International
Crossroads
Maryland film Festival
DeadCenter in OKC
Indianapolis Inernational
Woods Hole Film Fest.
Rhode Island International

and now...

Sidewalk Moving Picture FF (Alabama)
Chesapeake FF (Maryland)
Atlantic FF (Halifax, NS, Canada)
Vancouver International FF (Canada)
and perhaps best of all...
Mill Valley Film Festival (California)

Kind of a cool list, I think.

2009-08-06T05:40:00.000-07:00

I'm off to a screening at the
Rhode Island International Film Festival
Sat. Aug 8 @ 3:00 pm
Columbus Theatre Arts Center
Providence , RI

The Film Yap review (Indianapolis) 4.5 Yaps!

2009-07-14T13:59:00.000-07:00

More than a documentary about a tiny self-sufficient urban farm, “HomeGrown” is the story of a family bound together by their green ideals. (4.5 Yaps)

Christopher Lloyd

read the full review at

http://www.thefilmyap.com/?p=1562

IBJ.com (Indianapolis Business Journal) review

2009-07-13T19:54:00.000-07:00

Recommended:

“HomeGrown.” A divorced father and his three grown children manage to create three tons of produce every year from only 1/5 of an acre of land near a busy interstate exchange in Pasadena, Calif. The Dervaes family proves eccentric–-but likable–-as they discuss how they reduce their “eco-footprint” by their choices of energy sources, such as solar panels and biodiesel made from used vegetable oil from restaurants. May inspire viewers to buy non-electric mixers from an Amish catalog.—Rebecca Berfanger, special to IBJ

Cool People Care

2009-07-08T10:22:00.000-07:00

See an article about HomeGrown at Cool People Care:

http://www.coolpeoplecare.org/article/2009/07/09/all-about-homegrown/

A big thank you to to Sam Davidson and Cool People Care!

IIFF dates set!

2009-06-17T18:05:00.000-07:00

Indianapolis International film Festival screening dates:

July 19th at 7:30pm – DLH Theater

and

July 21st at 3:00pm – Toby Theater

2009-06-01T19:47:00.000-07:00

A bunch of new Film Festival screenings!

deadCenter Film Festival
Oklahoma City, OK
Sat, Jun 13, 01:00PM
Kerr Auditorium

Indianapolis International Film Festival
July 15-25
Exact Screening date TBD

Woods Hole Film Festival
July 25-August 1
Exact Screening date TBD

Rhode Island International Film Festival
August 4-9
Exact Screening date TBD

Baltimore City Paper REVIEW

2009-05-06T12:35:00.000-07:00

When Jules Dervaes killed off the lawn of his prim Pasadena bungalow in the late '80s to start a vegetable garden, his neighbors thought him odd. Twenty-plus years later, now that he and his three grown children reap 6,000 pounds of organic vegetables a year from their one-fifth-acre property, he's become a visionary among the urban homesteading movement. Robert McFalls' lush documentary--Southern California's Tuscan sun drenches everything in optimistic, golden hues--follows Dervaes' mission to free his family from the "cookie-cutter" life: They have solar panels, a small biodiesel refinery, and tools they've purchased from an Amish catalog. They buy food they can't grow from a co-op. The joy of their work beams from their faces. But their lives aren't without difficulty: they have no insurance, wrangle over money constantly, and complain about monotony--seasonal eating means eating the same thing every day. McFalls doesn't probe why Dervaes' wife left him early on, but the family's intense, unconventional dedication to their father's vision gives viewers a pretty good idea.
(Tim Hill)

Maryland Film Festival

2009-04-18T21:27:00.000-07:00

A new screening at the
Maryland Film Festival
Saturday, May 9th at 1:30 pm
at the Charles Theater
1711 North Charles St.
Baltimore, MD

Cleveland Plain Dealer review

2009-03-24T22:11:00.000-07:00

Director Robert McFalls... wraps the story in a warm quilt of conversation, conviction and candlelight that can leave viewers time to ask themselves some questions.

Read the full review at
http://www.cleveland.com/movies/index.ssf/2009/03/polycultures_food_where_we_liv.html

Screening at Crossroads Film Festival

2009-03-06T09:31:00.000-08:00

Just heard about a new screening at
Crossroads Film Festival
in Jackson, Mississippi
Sunday, April 5 at 7 pm

for details see
crossroadsfilmfestival.com

Cleveland International Film Festival!

2009-02-06T11:15:00.000-08:00

Updated 3/06/09:

New Screening for HomeGrown at
Cleveland International Film Festival
A wonderful, well respected, and very well attended festival

Screening dates are
Thursday, March 26th @ 2pm
and Sunday, March 29th @ 4:40pm

The film will be screening with
The Road Ahead: The First Green Long March

for further details see
http://www.clevelandfilm.org/

Hope to see you there!

St. Louis Intl. Film Festival

2008-11-20T16:02:00.000-08:00

Had a great screening in St. Louis.
Sold out. A very engaged audience asked a lot of interesting questions in the Q&A

HomeGrown's first review!

2008-11-20T14:54:00.000-08:00

"the film paints a captivating portrait..."

See the whole review at
Civileats

Screening at Lincoln Center

2008-11-04T07:42:00.000-08:00

HomeGrown had a lovely screening last night at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater. There were many old friends and co-workers from my days living in NYC in attendance. Composers Jay Ungar and Molly Mason were there - as was my old employer/friend/wonderful filmmaker Barbara Kopple. They all responded very positively to the film. It gave me a lot of hope for the film's future. Time will tell...

Screening in St. Louis set!

2008-10-08T12:13:00.000-07:00

HomeGrown's screening date and time has been set
for the St. Louis International Film Festival
Sunday, November 16th at 5:15 pm at the Tivoli Theatre 3,
6350 Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis, MO

Two new Screenings!

2008-09-11T16:24:00.000-07:00

Two new Screenings to announce for HomeGrown!

The first will be at New York City's Lincoln Center as part of their
Green Screens series. They will be holding a

SPECIAL ADVANCE SCREENING on

November 3rd at 6PM
at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center (65th & Broadway)

It will be the second of two one hour films shown that evening

Also, HomeGrown has just been accepted to the
St. Louis International Film Festival
Screening date & time yet to be determined
(though it will be in mid November)

The film's new artwork

2008-08-08T08:17:00.000-07:00

Homegrown invited to IFP's Independent Film Week!

2008-07-22T20:10:00.000-07:00

HOMEGROWN is one of 75 films that have been invited to attend IFP's Independent Film Week - Spotlight on Documentaries this September in New York City. This will expose all the major domestic broadcasters and distributors to the film during a week of conferences and screenings. Very cool.

HOMEGROWN Trailer is Now Available Online

2008-06-25T15:10:00.001-07:00

Click here to watch the new trailer:
http://www.homegrown-film.com/trailer.html