We’re very excited to announce that The Cinema Guild has acquired home video rights for Matt Porterfield’s Hamilton (2006) along with all US rights for his new film, Putty Hill (2010).

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.

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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.