Author: Vivian Gu

World Wide is pleased to announce the success of its recent efforts to invite organizations in the Seattle area to support the Friday, April 13, release of APPLAUSE. Currently on board are The Scandinavian Hour (a weekly Scandinavian radio program), the Professor Edwin Weihe of the Seattle University Film Studies Program, the Danish Club Seattle of the Northwest Danish Foundation, and the University of Washington’s Scandinavian Studies Department. These individuals, organizations, and programs have agreed to publicize the film via their calendars, websites, and/or newsletters and will be encouraging their members and associates to come out and support the film’s opening weekend.

Last year, director Martin Pieter Zandvliet made a splash at the European Union Film Festival in Chicago with a screening of APPLAUSE. Now, he’s doing it again!  His new film, A FUNNY MAN, has been chosen to open the 15th annual event at the prestigious Gene Siskel Film Center. In it, Danish film stars Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Lars Ranthe play Dirch Passer and Kjeld Petersen, respectively: two well known comedic performers of the 1950s and 60s whose friendship was undone by fame. The picture will screen on Friday, March 2, at 6  p.m. and again on Sunday, March 4, at 5 p.m.  For additional information about A FUNNY MAN visit http://www.afunnymanthemovie.com/ and for this year’s festival, visitwww.siskelfilmcenter.org/eufilmfest2012.

Denmark’s Paprika Steen is poised for an additional run at the Oscars! Last year, she was under official consideration for Best Actress for her starring turn in APPLAUSE. Now, her 2011 Danish comedy, SuperClasico, has made the cut for the final nine submissions in the race for Best Foreign Language Film. Will her outstanding work propel the new comedy as far as the official ballot? Find out when the Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announces its list of 2012 nominees on Tuesday, January 24.

The Charlotte Film Society has announced that APPLAUSE will screen as part of its 2012 Saturday Night Cine Club Series. The picture will show on March 10 at 7:30 p.m. EST at Theatre Charlotte (501 Queens Road, Charlotte, NC). Admission will be only $5 for CFS members and $8  for non-members. For additional information or for membership information, visitcharlottefilmsociety.org.

The podcast of Paprika Steen's radio interview on The Bill Feingold Show on KNews yesterday, November 30, 2011, is available for free through iTunes.  Click here to visit the page.

In preparation for the December 2 release of APPLAUSE at the Cinemas Palme D’Or in Palm Desert, CA, the Palm Springs art community is coming out strong in support of the film. Promotional flyers for the picture have been made available at A Gallery Fine Art, Christian Hohmann Fine Art, Coda Gallery, Howard Schepp Fine Art, Richard Danskin Galleries, and J. Willott Gallery. Additionally, World Wide is pleased to be able to count on similar support from Hotel Zoso, Century Palm Springs, the Marriott Desert Springs Villas, and the Embassy Suites. Finally, Caballeros, the celebrated Gay Men’s Chorus Of Palm Springs (www.caballerosps.com), is also graciously supporting APPLAUSE by encouraging members and friends to attend a showing of the film during the opening weekend. World Wide is anticipating the biggest turnout yet for this powerful picture.