{"id":1197,"date":"2012-02-06T18:26:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T02:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rustinmichael.com\/blog\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2013-04-16T09:20:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T17:20:01","slug":"absentia-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rustinmichael.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/06\/absentia-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"“Absentia” Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the VOD release of “Absentia<\/a>” tomorrow and the DVD release coming March 13th, I thought I\u00a0would give you an update on our\u00a02011 festival run and how you can watch it in your own home.\u00a0 If you are new to this blog, “Absentia<\/a>” is an independent\u00a0psychological thriller feature film that I had a chance to\u00a0work on as\u00a0the Director of Photography<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 You can check out my previous posts about “Absentia” here on my blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Festival Wrap Up<\/strong>
\nAbove you can see our final festival poster.\u00a0 We had a great festival run picking up several nominations and\u00a0awards including a my first nomination for Best Cinematography!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Several festivals had to add extra screenings since our shows would sell out fast, even weeks before the festival started.\u00a0It was also fun trying to translate tweets and other comments from people that saw “Absentia” in Europe, Indonesia, French\u00a0Canada,\u00a0and other countries.\u00a0\u00a0 Check out below for a list of awards.<\/p>\n

BEST HORROR FEATURE – Shriekfest
\nBEST OF FESTIVAL (Feature Film) – Sacramento Horror Film Festival
\nBEST FEATURE FILM – Maelstrom Int’l Fantastic Film Festival
\nFIRST PLACE – Rhode Island Int’l Horror Film Festival
\nBEST HORROR FEATURE – Freak Show Horror Film Festival
\nBEST HORROR FEATURE – Phoenix Film Festival
\nBEST NARRATIVE FEATURE – Sonoma Int’l Film Festival
\nBEST HORROR FEATURE – Shockerfest
\nBEST HORROR FEATURE – Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival
\nBEST DIRECTOR – Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival
\nBEST SCREENPLAY – Buffalo Screams Horror Film Festival
\nBEST SCREENPLAY – New Orleans Horror Film Festival
\nBEST THRILL AWARD – Thriller! Chiller!
\nDIRECTOR’S CHOICE AWARD – A Night of Horror, Sydney Australia
\nBEST FEATURE – Tabloid Witch Awards
\nBEST ACTRESS (Courtney Bell & Katie Parker) – Tabloid Witch Awards
\nBEST ACTOR (Dave Levine) – Tabloid Witch Awards
\nBEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Morgan Peter Brown) – Tabloid Witch Awards
\nBEST SOUND (Richard Ragon) – Tabloid Witch Awards
\nBEST SOUND – Blue Whiskey Int’l Film Festival
\nHONORABLE MENTION – Fargo Film Festival<\/p>\n

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Release Info<\/strong>
\nThe Absentia image above is what you are going to want to look for, if you are in North America, when you are trying to find Absentia on VOD and DVD. Please check out the links below and spend a few dollars to catch “Absentia” in your home. Every sale helps!<\/p>\n

VOD Release – February 7th
\nAmazon Instant Video<\/a>
\niTunes<\/a>
\nVUDU<\/a>
\nConstellation.tv<\/a>
\nBLOCKBUSTER On Demand<\/a>
\nAndriod Market<\/a>
\nAll cable carriers – check with your carrier
\nAT&T U-Verse
\nVerizon Fios<\/p>\n

DVD Release – March 13th
\nAmazon<\/a>
\nBest Buy<\/a>
\nTarget<\/a>
\nWal-Mart<\/a>
\nNetFlix<\/a>
\nBLOCKBUSTER<\/a>
\nBarnes & Noble<\/a><\/p>\n

March 27th
\nRedBox <\/a>– should be in every RedBox across the country<\/p>\n

Summer 2012
\nShowtime
\nNetFlix Streaming<\/p>\n

International release info will\u00a0be added as available.\u00a0 So far “Absentia” will \u00a0definitely be available in the UK and Japan.<\/p>\n

Also make sure to like “Absentia” on Facebook<\/a> and if you see the film please review it on IMDB<\/a> and\/or\u00a0Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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