Category: Film News

World Wide is pleased to announce that Paul Hancock, President and CEO of World Wide Motion Pictures Corporation, will will soon be taking to the Seattle airwaves discussing APPLAUSE. He will be a guest on Seattle’s The Scandinavian Hour, radio program on KKNW 1150 AM on Saturday, April 14 (the program streams live from 9-10 a.m. PT for those outside the listening area). During his interview with host Doug Warne, Mr. Hancock will be promoting the Friday, April 13, premiere of the picture at the Landmark Varsity Theatre in the Seattle area. A link to a recording of the interview will be provided subsequently at www.applausemovie.com and www.wwmpc.com.

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.