The
film will screen at Noir
Fest in Rome, Italy December 7-13th, 2009.
7.29.2009
The
film will screen at Raindance
2009 in London, UK between September 30th and October 11th, 2009.
7.11.2009
The
film will screen at the Fantasia
Film Festival in Montreal, Quebec on July 18th and 19th, 2009. Three
of the film's interviewees, Jason Della Rocca, Melissa Fuller, and Joel
Kornek will introduce the film!
The
documentary is very engaging and thought provoking ... Ledonne is
a talented filmmaker, and I’m curious to see him tackle subjects
not as personally close. "Playing Columbine" is an asset
to the ongoing dialogue on protected speech and questions of art in
the 21st century.
11.19.2008
Having
premiered at AFI Fest, the film will
be screening in Denver and includes a panel
discussion featuring Danny Ledonne, film critic Bob Denerstein and
Kotaku's Brian Crecente.
The
ongoing debate over representations of violence in videogames is the
immediate focus of "Playing Columbine," Danny Ledonne's
gripping, troublemaking docu about the reaction to his videogame re-creation
of the Columbine High School massacre. But the film goes much further,
ultimately tying questions of propriety and censorship into a larger
discussion of the development of videogames as a form of expressive
art. While it raises far more questions that it can answer, pic serves
as an impressively nuanced call for games to be taken more seriously,
and it could find a healthy fest and homevideo reception from the
gaming community and beyond.
The
screening will be followed by a panel discussion chaired by Screen Yorkshire's
Head of Industry Development, Emma Cheshire. Emma will be joined by
director Danny Ledonne (live over video chat), Ian Bowden from Rockstar
games and Bill Lawrence, Creative Director of Sheffield Showroom Cinemas.
9.17.2008
The
film screened at University
of Texas at Dallas with a Q&A with the director afterwards.
David Parry, Assistant Professor of Emerging Media, said this of the
event:
"The
film and subsequent Q&A we scheduled with the director was one of
the most well received events we have hosted for our Arts and Technology
students. If you have students working in digital media - particularly
digital games, make them see this film; it will change the way they
think about game design. Forget just designing games for fun - this
film makes the case that video games can do so much more!"
MSNBC
has written an article that surveys the social impact of controversial
games. "Super Columbine Massacre RPG!" as well as "Playing
Columbine" are mentioned throughout.
Additionally,
a
review of the film is now available on the Documentary Channel's
website.
7.16.2008
The
film has been selected to premiere at AFI
FEST in Los Angeles, CA. - November 2008. The screenings will be
held during the evening of Friday, November 7th and in the afternoon
on Saturday, November 8th.
5.24.2008
A
limited edition DVD is now available for purchase
while the film is screened at film festivals. Check back here as these
festival screenings are announced.
Additionally,
tonight Danny Ledonne is scheduled to appear on Free Talk Live radio
to promote the film. Joining him during the show will be attorney and
activist Jack Thompson, one of the interviewees from the film. Ledonne
and Thompson have previously appeared separately on the show; Thompson
was also the first FTL guest to hang up on the hosts. The upcoming program
can be streamed at http://www.freetalklive.com
and the archive will be available online as a free .mp3 download after
the show.
UPDATE:
The .mp3 of the show can be downloaded here
or here.
3.31.2008
Check
out a preview of the DVD special features:
3.18.2008
All
of the special features for the DVD are complete! View the DVD jacket
here. The film
will be heading to the festival circuit soon.
One
of the special bonus features on the DVD is the music video "The
Declination of Independence" - featured in the end credits of the
film itself. Check it out here:
The
documentary will be screened at Clarkson
University in Potsdam, NY on April 13th with the director to hold
a Q&A via webcam after the show.
1.3.2008
The
film's score and professional sound mix are nearly complete!
Director
Danny Ledonne spoke to audiences the following day about his intentions
for 'Super Columbine Massacre RPG!' as well as the upcoming film itself.
Melissa
Fuller and Joel Kornek, two of the film's stars, met for the first time
at the Montreal premiere. In the film, they share their stories of coping
with the 2006 shooting at Dawson College.
11.22.2007
The
Montreal Mirror published an article about the upcoming MIGS screening
of the film.
11.14.2007
The
UK monthly videogame news magazine, Games
(tm), publishes an interview with the director and Dawson shooting
survivor Joel Kornek. Download the .pdf
here.
10.27.2007
A
fine cut of the film was screened at GameCity
2007 in Nottingham, England. Columbinegame
forum poster Eden06 was there with camera in hand to gather feedback!
View it here:
9.13.2007
In
memory of the one year anniversary of the shooting at Dawson College,
filmmaker Danny Ledonne
and shooting survivor Joel Kornek have teamed up to showcase a rough
edit from the film about the reasons for these shootings. Check it out
here:
9.5.2007
The
official poster for the film has been released to the press. Check it
out here.
9.3.2007
There
will be a first look screening of the fine cut in the UK at Gamecity!
The screening is slated for Friday, 10.26.2007 at 17:30 GMT. The director
is scheduled for a Q&A after the screening, as well. This will be
a good opportunity for feedback on further editing.
8.9.2007
The
Guardian has published an article on the forthcoming
release.
7.30.2007
The
official trailer has been uploaded to the mainpage as well as to Google
and YouTube.
A rough edit of the film is now in progress.
