In Baltimore’s daily, B Magazine, Porterfield stated, “It’s an incredible honor to be part of a catalogue that includes recent work by some of the world’s great directors — Jia Zhangke, Claire Denis, Jaques Rivette, Alexander Sokurov, Manoel de Oliveira, and Agnes Varda. Signing with Cinema Guild means my films will be seen by more people the way they’re supposed to be seen and I can move ahead and make another film, knowing my first two are now in good hands.” Both will see release in the next year and be included alongside titles like these…

Read more about the acquisition in IndieWIRE and Richard Brody’s New Yorker blog.

Local Composting Program:
Hamilton Crop Circle works with area restaurants (like Chameleon Café, Clementine’s, Hamilton Tavern, etc.) to collect compostable materials at no charge, reducing waste, while creating natural fertilizer.

Roof Top Gardening:
HCC is developing a system of rooftop gardening projects in the industrial and mercantile sectors throughout Baltimore City to produce locally-grown food.

Feeding the hungry:
Recognizing the need to provide fresh food to Baltimore’s needy, HCC has forged a partnership between Our Daily Bread and the Baltimore Farmers Market to donate fresh foods weekly.

Educational Growth:
By developing microfarms at area schools, HCC is educating young people about where food comes from and how to grow it. The gardens are ideally watered by the school’s rooftop cistern. And the vegetables find their way to the cafeteria and the science room.

Some money will be allocated to developing worm composting systems; other funds will be allocated to building greenhouses for year-round produce production. All projects will become sustainable economic engines…

BUT help is needed! Please consider backing HCC! We did!

Hamilton (2006), will screen in New York at the 92Y TRIBECA on June 16th, 2010.

Director Matthew Porterfield will be in person for a post-screening Q&A with filmmaker and Hammer-to-Nail contributor, Mike Tully. The evening is co-presented by IFP, Shooting People and FilmNewsBriefs.

And on Sunday, June 6th, at 5:30PM, Hamilton will screen at Sound Unseen International in Duluth where Matt Porterfield’s newest film, Putty Hill, will also play (June 5th, at 8:00PM).

Finally, Hamilton will have its Seattle premiere at the Northwest Film Forum on June 12th and 13th at 5:00PM. While you’re there, check out Putty Hill at STIFF on June 10th, at 9:30PM!

Photo by Joyce Kim on the set of PUTTY HILL (2010).

We’re very pleased to announce the World Premiere of Matt Porterfield’s new feature film, Putty Hill, at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, February 18th, 2010.

And we’ve launched a new website: puttyhillmovie.com.

In Baltimore, we’ve planned an event to celebrate this great news on Monday, February 1st, at the Charles Theatre, 9PM. The evening will be introduced by Maryland Film Festival Programmer Eric Hatch, and selected clips and behind-the-scenes footage (we can’t show the whole film quite yet!) will be shown by Matt Porterfield, followed by a Q&A. There will be an array of generously donated items as rewards for contributions (books, records, gift certificates, video rentals, posters, more!), and all proceeds will go toward finishing the film and getting it ready for the Berlinale. We’ve also started a Kickstarter page online to help us in this effort. Friends, please spread the word and help bring Putty Hill to a theatre near you.

Putty Hill Teaser from Matt Porterfield on Vimeo.

Directed by Matt Porterfield, edited by Marc Vives. Music: Beach House.

“A film is the relation between two stories. The first one is the film’s plot: the succession of narrative facts more or less dramatic and literary. The second one is the film’s process: the experiences woven between the filmmaker and the people he films, or those with whom he films. Learning to watch film requires recognition of the signs of that other story, which is constituted by the experience rising from the work: more secret and more private, and always more tense and contradictory.”

- Gonzalo de Lucas, re: Pedro Costa

HAMILTON / UNION DOCS from Matt Porterfield on Vimeo.

Scenes were shot on April 26th in and around Raphael Alvarez’ home in Highlandtown on the RED camera. This screening will be part of a panel, hosted by Catherine Batavick and moderated by Kathi Ash, showcasing works-in-progress by three MDFF alum: Matt Porterfield, Ramona Diaz, and Kurt Kolaja. It will take place in the Maryland Film Office panel tent across the street from the Charles Theatre.