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03/03/2022

XTR MERCH DROP

✨🛸 XTR MERCH DROP — STRANGER THAN FICTION 🛸✨

Designs by Bruno Levy

03/01/2022

Festival News: MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM is heading to @cphdox

Grunge meets punk on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in this music based documentary, coming to the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival March 23rd-April 3rd 2022!

02/28/2022

Festival News: SIRENS

Copenhagen are you ready to rock with the band Slaves to Sirens?!

Coming to you March 23rd-April 3rd 2022! Head to the official website for tickets now!

https://cphdox.dk/film/sirens/

02/23/2022

MISS CLEO

Don’t worry darling, the upcoming MISS CLEO documentary can mend your heartache.

02/22/2022

Official Poster Reveal: I DIDN’T SEE YOU THERE

Spurred by the spectacle of a circus tent that goes up outside his Oakland apartment, a disabled filmmaker launches into an unflinching meditation on freakdom, (in)visibility, and the pursuit of individual agency.

[Image ID: A dark gray shadow silhouettes a young man in a motorized wheelchair facing left. Some of the shadow is blurred, as if he is in motion. The left half of the image is overlaid with a geometric line-drawing consisting of intersecting trapezoids.]

Director: Reid Davenport

02/19/2022

Official Poster Reveal: SIRENS

On the outskirts of Beirut, Sirens follows the emotional journey of Lilas and Shery, co-founders and guitarists of the Middle East's first all-female metal band, as they wrestle with friendship, sexuality and destruction in their pursuit of becoming thrash metal rock stars.

Director: Rita Baghdadi

02/17/2022

XTR is excited to announce our first COO, Jonathan Stern!

02/14/2022

XTR FILMMAKER SPOTLIGHT: Rachel Morrison

Cinematographer Rachel Morrison first emerged as a refreshing voice at the forefront of independent cinema, and has since built an extensive body of work; channeling each story’s core emotion into arresting imagery. For her work on MUDBOUND in 2018, she became the first woman ever to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography as well as the first to be nominated by the American Society of Cinematographers for Best Feature Film. That same year she was the first woman to have lensed a Marvel superhero movie, the box office hit BLACK PANTHER.

Her latest project is the upcoming docuseries THEY CALL ME MAGIC about the life and career of Magic Johnson. Morrison worked alongside Director Rick Famuyiwa and Editor Dirk Westervelt for the project. The series is jointly produced by XTR, H.Wood Media, New Slate Ventures, and Delirio Films.

Streaming on Apple TV on April 22nd

02/14/2022

Happy Valentines Day ❤️‍🔥

02/13/2022

Happy Super Bowl Sunday ✨

02/11/2022

XTR: STRANGER THAN FICTION

02/10/2022

This year XTR has the honor of having 3 films nominated in the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards:

Starting with Jessica Kingdon’s ASCENSION nominated for Best Documentary, as well as Debbie Lum’s TRY HARDER! nomination and Award Winner Jessica Beshir’s FAYA DAYI for the Truer Than Fiction Award.

02/09/2022

XTR Spotted 👀

Spotted on the streets of LA 👀

Based on a true story.

📸: @kennyjamez

02/08/2022

XTR is elated to announce our film, ASCENSION, has been nominated for the 94th Annual Academy Awards. 🏆

Directed by Jessica Kingdon, Ascension is an exploration of contemporary China’s identity as it relates to its vision of consumerism, innovation, and social standing.

Congratulations to Jessica Kingdon, the filmmaking team of Ascension, XTR’s own Bryn Mooser & Kathryn Everett as Executive Producers of the film, as well as Justin Lacob as Co-Executive Producer respectively, and to MTV DOCS for worldwide release and distribution.

This one is for Tony Hsieh who made this possible for all of us.

The Academy

02/08/2022

Who is ready for some Magic?!?
Shout out to Variety for this wonderful write up about XTR’s upcoming series THEY CALL ME MAGIC exclusively on Apple TV

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/magic-johnson-docuseries-apple-tv-plus-1235104484/

02/07/2022

“It was one of the most audacious and puzzling art crimes of a generation....” 🎨

XTR cannot wait for the premiere of THE THIEF COLLECTOR this year at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival!

Director: Allison Otto
Producers: Caryn Capotosto, Jill Howerton & Joshua Kunau
Stars: Glen Howerton & Sarah Minnich

02/06/2022

XTR DIRECTOR SPOTLIGHT: Rick Famuyiwa

Rick Famuyiwa is the Nigerian-American writer and director behind THE WOOD (1999), BROWN SUGAR (2002), DOPE (2015) and hit television show THE MANDALORIAN. Famuyiwa’s upbringing in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood has had a tremendous impact on his cinematic works and point of view as both an individual and artist.

His latest project is the upcoming docuseries on Magic Johnson, THEY CALL ME MAGIC. The filmmaker worked alongside editor Dirk Westervelt and cinematographer Rachel Morrison. The series is jointly produced by XTR, H.Wood Media, New Slate Ventures and Delirio Films.

The series premieres on Apple TV+ on April 22nd.

02/05/2022

THEY CALL ME MAGIC
April 22nd exclusively on Apple TV

02/04/2022

THEY CALL ME MAGIC

It’s time for some Magic! XTR is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of the 4 part documentary series THEY CALL ME MAGIC exclusively streaming on Apple TV on April 22nd!

With unprecedented access, the docuseries explores Earvin “Magic” Johnson’s remarkable journey from being the face of the Los Angeles Lakers and cementing himself as an all-time NBA legend, to changing the conversation around HIV, and transforming into a successful entrepreneur and community activist.

02/03/2022

Congrats to the Ascension film team on this stellar review! If you haven’t had a chance to see this amazing documentary, it is available to purchase tickets online and stream until March 10th at http://hotdocs.com. Check it out!

Director: Jessica Kingdon

02/03/2022

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION - ASCENSION 🎢

An impressionistic exploration of the pursuit of wealth and the paradox of progress in the People's Republic of China, ASCENSION examines what living the so-called "Chinese Dream" looks like today.

Director: Jessica Kingdon
Producers: Jessica Kingdon, Kira-Simon Kennedy, & Nathan Truesdell

02/02/2022

XTR will have feature length documentary, THE THIEF COLLECTOR, premiering at the SXSW 2022 Film Festival! Who’s going to Texas this year!?! XTR will see ya there!

Director: Allison Otto

Writer: Mark Monroe

Producers: Caryn Capotosto, Jill Latiano Howerton, and Joshua Kanau

02/02/2022

XTR is thrilled to have the World Premiere of the episodic series about Magic Johnson at the SXSW 2022 Film Festival!

Director: Rick Famuyiwa

Producers: Jeremy Allen, Jordan Fudge, Christina Arquette, Bryn Mooser, John Terzian, Christina Francis, Brain Toll, and Rafael Marmor

02/01/2022

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION — FAYA DAYI 🌿

A journey into the rituals of khat, a leaf that Sufi Muslims have chewed for centuries for religious meditations and Ethiopia's most lucrative cash crop.

Director: Jessica Beshir

01/31/2022

SUNDANCE SPOTLIGHT REVIEW:

“Meet Me in the Bathroom offers an exhilarating time capsule of a pop-cultural moment that at once feels just like yesterday and like another world entirely.”

https://www.vogue.com/article/sundance-2022-best-films/amp

01/30/2022

Until next year @sundanceorg, hopefully in person, on the mountain!
Cheers Sundance 2022✨

Official Sundance Poster from 1987

01/28/2022

THE TERRITORY

“Treating both climate and human emergency with the urgency they deserve, documentary director and cinematographer Alex Pritz foregrounds the Indigenous community who represent the beating heart of the Amazon in his smart, concise feature debut.”—SCREENDAILY

01/27/2022

SUNDANCE REVIEW: SIRENS

“Without a doubt, the most compelling portrait of a female Lebanese thrash metal band you’ve ever seen. But it’s also a clear standout at Sundance and far more than a novelty act. In a documentary genre that can easily slide into cliché, ‘Sirens’ exists [in] another world.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS, Jake Coyle

Read the entire article here:
https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-arts-and-entertainment-new-york-film-festivals-c6bb20a69e94169adff32dbe4b10b6a4

01/25/2022

MEET THE ARTIST: Joe Hunting

✨XTR SUNDANCE SPOTLIGHT✨

Meet The Artist:
"Hunting’s charming, totally immersive feature debut creates a brand-new filmmaking language, adapting cinematic camerawork to the VR social platform VRChat. Motivated by the humanity at the heart of technology, he reveals a world in which gender, sexuality, disability, and trauma are being navigated with an entirely new set of tools to find a fresh flavor of freedom that only an alternate reality can offer."

Dir: Joe Hunting

01/24/2022

Big shoutout to the entire THE TERRITORY team as well as the MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM team!

If you haven’t had a chance to see either of these incredible films head to the Sundance Film Festival website and get your tickets now, before it’s too late!

01/23/2022

Sundance Preview: I Didn’t See You There // US Documentary

Spurred by the spectacle of a circus tent that goes up outside his Oakland apartment, a disabled filmmaker launches into an unflinching meditation on freakdom, (in)visibility, and the pursuit of individual agency.

I Didn’t See You There is directed by Reid Davenport, produced by Keith Wilson (@walleyesystems), executive produced by Alysa Nahmias, and edited by Todd Chandler. In association with Breezy Circle, Ajna Films, and XTR.

I Didn’t See You There premieres January 24th via Sundance website.

01/21/2022

Huge Congratulations to Rita Amal Baghdadi & Sirens as well as Elizabeth Goodman and the team of MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM, for being named one of Rolling Stone 22 Movies We Can’t Wait to See at Sundance 2022. 🎸

Sirens & Meet Me in the Bathroom both premier Sunday, January 23rd and January 25th, Online.

Single-Film Tickets are still available on line via Sundance Film Festival , get them before they’re sold out!

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/sundance-film-festival-2022-best-movies-to-see-1277353/alice-1283791/

01/20/2022

Trading Card Boom Feature Documentary In The Works At XTR

Taking a break from all the Sundance buzz to recognize one of XTR’s latest project in development — THE HOBBY.

“The documentary follows longtime collectors and a new generation of buyers, including Josh Luber, the co-founder of StockX and Chief Vision Officer of Fanatics Trading Cards, which acquired Topps, Pokémon influencer and enthusiast, SuperDuperDani, Mike Gioseffi of the The Ringer’s Sports Cards Nonsense podcast and Gary “King Pokémon” Haase, who appeared on an episode of Pawn Stars with his Pokémon collection that is today worth more than $20M.”

EXCLUSIVE: There’s a boom in collectible sports trading cards – from the $4.6M paid for a Luka Doncic rookie card or the $5.2M for a 1952 Mickey Mantle card as well as a recent deal that valued car…

01/20/2022

OMW to attend Sundance virtually 📡✨

01/20/2022

Sundance Preview: MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM // Midnight Premiere
�Directors Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace (Shut Up and Play the Hits) return to the Sundance Film Festival with this vibrant account of the moment that launched a musical rebirth in New York City. Combining never-before-seen footage of bands like The Moldy Peaches, LCD Soundsystem, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs with intimate audio interviews, Meet Me In The Bathroom — ​​inspired by Lizzy Goodman’s book of the same name — chronicles the last great romantic age of rock ’n’ roll through the lens of era-defining bands.

Dir: Dylan Southern & Will Lovelace
Producer: Danny Gabai