IFC First Takes The Stairs

indieWIRE and Matt Dentler reported yesterday that Joe Swanberg's SXSW sensation HANNAH TAKES THE STAIRS will be coming out in August via IFC's First Take banner, which seems a great home for the film and a smart move for the nascent day-and-date arm of IFC Films.

My own take on Hannah from its world premiere at SXSW is here and my thoughts from February 2006 on Joe and his DIY indie film world can be found here (yes, read about the amazing 2002 summit between Swanberg and Schnack!).

Comments

[The Sujewa]

Hey AJ,

It was fun to read that '06 post of yours again & also read the comments. With the one week DNO run in DC (a 100% indie/DIY low-budget effort) around the corner it is nice to see how the "crazy" self-distribution ideas evolved/or were articulated about a year ago.

Also nice to see all of us from back then still involved in indie filmmaking & distro & making progress. Looking forward to checking out Hannah. Dug About A Son, as you know.

At this rate by this time two years from now DIY prod & distro will be taken as a given - an obvious, doable & positive option by most of the new crop - the class of '09/first time feature directors. Plus by many veteran indie filmmakers. I think.

And since we blog about this stuff, there will be a record - for us & others to see how this new reality came about. Very cool.

- Sujewa