BUZZ
“I Hear America Singing” is now being edited. “9/10: Love Before the Fall” has been licensed by Amazon Prime Video, and is beginning to appear on other streaming services worldwide.
Excellent article and interview called “Opera Meets Film: Multimodal Marriages in Daron Hagen’s ‘9/10: Love Before the Fall’“ in OperaWire here.
An interview with Daron produced by the WILDSound Festival here; also, a new “audience reaction reel” for “9/10: Love Before the Fall” from the Wildsound folks here.
New laurels garnered by "9/10: Love Before the Fall" in May-June: International Gold Awards (Best Original Score), Edinburgh Film Awards in Scotland (Semi-Finalist for Best Actress, Best Original Score, and Best Indie Film), Montreal Independent Film Festival (Official Selection for Best Composer of Season and Best Independent Film) and still in contention; Filmhaus Festival in Berlin, Germany (Finalist for Best Original Score); Lift-Off Global Network New York Festival (Official Selection); Cal Film Festival in Los Angeles (Outstanding Achievement Award for an Experimental Short and Award Nominee for Best Original Score); Experimental Dance & Music Festival in Montreal (Winner for Best Feature Film).
Apple TV is streaming “Orson Rehearsed” in the Canadian market as of 1 June.
Daron has given an interview to the Cannes World Film Festival about “9/10” You can read it here.
“I Hear America Singing” has wrapped in Pittsburgh and is now in post-production, as of May 2024. Tevi Eber joined the company as assistant director and has become a member of TNMC.
A number of international screenings of “9/10” have elicited buzz—particularly the Cannes World Film Festival, where the film was awarded the “Best Ensemble Cast” laurel, and the Austin International Art Festival, where Gilda Lyons was awarded the Best Actress laurel for her role in “9/10.”
“Orson Rehearsed” is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, as well as Future Today, Reveel, YouTube Movies & TV (Free with Ads), Cineverse, Stash, OTT Studio, Sumo, Hoopla, Tubi, and Poppy on Plex. (3/7/24)
Talal Jabari is now attached as Cinematographer of “I Hear America Singing” which is in pre—; shooting begins in May in Pittsburgh, with Burning Sled Media and Aria412 Productions co-producting.
Exclusive Sneak-Peek Screening of “9/10: Love Before the Fall” at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck, NY on March 25, 2024 featuring a talkback with the filmmakers at Upstate Films’ Starr Theater in Rhinebeck, NY. Deets HERE.
Screening of “9/10” at the Paradiso Ubud Theater in Bali, Indonesia on 22 February as Winner of BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE and BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM in the 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival (2/22/24).
Daron is interviewed by the Swedish International Film Festival, which laureled “9/10” for Best Musical Score here.
Physical screenings of “9/10” as part of the Culver City Film Festival (12/5/23; Cinemark 18) in LA, London International Film Festival (2/8/24), Close-Up Film Center, London (2/17/24)
Daron discusses “9/10” with “Broadway World” here.
New “9/10” post-production collaborators added on IMDB here.
Daron’s Essay about making “9/10” here.