Category: Film News

Management is pleased to announce that APPLAUSEis now in high demand with film societies throughout the US. World Wide has already arranged screenings for the Los Angeles and Cleveland Cinematheque groups, along with screening engagements at the Victoria Film Festival in Canada, River City Cinema in Bangor, Maine, the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago, and the Film Society of Minn./St. Paul. Further, due to its widespread critical acclaim the film has had the honor of being invited back to numerous festivals as the showcase event and/or festival opening picture.

The previous screening for the Charlotte Film Society took place March 10, 2012.

Management is pleased to announce the successful Oscar Tour by critically acclaimed actress Paprika Steen for the film APPLAUSE. Ms. Steen travelled to Los Angeles and New York for a variety of interviews, screenings, and Q&As with Academy members and the press for the upcoming national theatrical release of APPLAUSE on January 21st. 

Selections of the Q&A sessions with moderator Timothy Blake can be watched on YouTube here.  The full interview is coming soon - watch the wwmpc YouTube channel for more.

For more information, see the film's official website.

Management is pleased to announce that Applause will be premiered or showcased at various US film festivals and international film society events immediately prior to general release in their areas.  Regions in the US include the Midwest and Southern states.

Performance dates include premiere and showcase screenings on March 20th and 23rd (Chicago, EU Film Fest.), April 8th (Maine, River City Cinema), April 13th (Florida, Downtown Boca Film Fest.), and April 21st and 24th (Minn/St. Paul Int'l Film Fest.).  Management is trying to accommodate many other festivals and foreign film groups throughout the US that wish to showcase the award-winning film.

For more information, see the film's official website.

At last, fans can relive Paprika Steen’s stellar performance in the award-winning Danish film, APPLAUSE. Through a distribution deal with Kino Lorber Inc., the picture has been made available for viewing on Netflix. Additionally the film, which garnered Oscar buzz for its international star, is also now available for purchase on DVD. Find it here.

World Wide is pleased to announce that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Kino Lorber, Inc., in New York for APPLAUSE. The agreement allows Kino Lorber the right to distribute the award-winning Danish film to home video, rental (DVD), pay TV, cable TV, satellite TV, and free TV, hotel/motel viewing, pay-per-view, new media and digital rights (VOD/SVOD).

UPDATE: the DVD will be available for sale on 11/26/13, just in time for the holidays!  Buy it here.

Founded in 2009 by prominent industry professionals Donald Krim and Richard Lorber, Kino Lorber combined the resources, staffs and libraries of Lorber Films, Alive Mind and Kino International to become a robust leader in the specialized distribution of independent and specialty film. Via its expansive library, the company brings more than 60 new titles per year to the home entertainment market. World Wide feels confident that Kino Lorber’s expertise in distributing specialty films such as this will lead to the success and continued long life of APPLAUSE in the ancillary market.

World Wide is pleased to announce the addition of San Francisco’s Swirl Radio  to the growing list of nationwide supporters of APPLAUSE. Last week, Michelle Meow, a broadcaster on the LGBT-focused station, interviewed World Wide’s president and CEO, Paul Hancock regarding the picture and his views on the state of the independent foreign film industry andblogged about the experience - listen to it this Saturday, the 7th. On Saturday, April 14, an interview with APPLAUSE star Paprika Steen will be broadcast by host Michelle Sinhbandith. World Wide would like to thank Swirl Radio for helping to bring the release of this important film to the attention of its listeners in the San Francisco area.