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Eric Barrientos

‘Waiting For The Light To Change’: Slamdance Grand Jury Prize Winner Gets Theatrical & Digital Release Dates
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Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, has set theatrical and digital release dates for Linh Tran’s debut film Waiting For The Light To Change.

The 2023 Slamdance Grand Jury Prize winner for Best Narrative Feature will be available to rent/own on all digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms in North America, as well as on DVD, starting on October 20 through Freestyle Digital Media. Prior to the October 20 digital release date, two limited week-long theatrical engagements are scheduled for the film in New York and Chicago.

Waiting For The Light to Change takes place over the course of a week-long beachside getaway. Set over several days in and around a lake house in Michigan, the film follows five twenty-somethings who gather for a small getaway in the early spring. But with little to do in the small, lakeside town, everyone...
See full article at Deadline Film + TV
  • 9/6/2023
  • by Denise Petski
  • Deadline Film + TV
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Linh Tran, Slamdance 2023 Winner, Signs With Rain (Exclusive)
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Linh Tran, the director of Waiting For The Light To Change, has signed with Rain Management in all areas.

Waiting For The Light To Change, which earned the 2023 Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature, follows five twentysomethings gathering for a weeklong spring getaway at a lake house in Michigan. With little to do in the small town, a malaise settles over the young people as they talk growing older, establishing careers and finding a purpose in life, while also revealing past regrets and anxieties over what the future might hold.

Sam Straley, Eric Barrientos, Qun Chi, Joyce Ha and Jin Park star in Tran’s film, which she co-wrote with Jewells Santos and Delia Van Praag. Jake Rotger, Santos and Straley share the producer credits, while James Choi executive produced.

Waiting For The Light To Change premiered at the Heartland International Film Festival, then screened at...
See full article at The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
  • 7/6/2023
  • by Etan Vlessing
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Freestyle Digital Media Acquires 2023 Slamdance Grand Jury Prize Winner ‘Waiting For The Light To Change’
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Exclusive: Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, has acquired North American VOD rights to the dramatic feature film Waiting for the Light to Change — the 2023 Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner for Best Narrative Feature.

The pic premiered at the Heartland International Film Festival in October, screened at the Chicago Critics Film Festival in May and just had its West Coast premiere in Los Angeles at Dances With Films this week. Freestyle Digital Media is planning a fall release date. Watch the new trailer below.

Waiting for the Light to Change follows five twentysomethings who gather for a weeklong spring getaway at a lake house in Michigan. But with little to do in the small town, everyone finds themselves dealing with the sort of malaise that happens in one’s early- to mid-20s: growing older, establishing a career, finding a purpose in life,...
See full article at Deadline Film + TV
  • 6/29/2023
  • by Valerie Complex
  • Deadline Film + TV
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