For those patiently waiting the release of “Accordions Rising”, here is the news on my progress:

I am fully moving toward completion, meaning I am doing the arduous work of preparing the film  for color correction and sound mix, and checking and re-checking the ultra long credits list, making sure I have everything right. I am also  still scraping money  together to pay for music licensing, errors and omission insurance in addition to all the final post production.The results of the fundraising campaign that I did were worthy and greatly appreciated but not quite sufficient.

Although the film will be completed at the end of August or early September, depending on the schedule of colorist and sound mixer, the actual “release” of the film will not take place until it screens at a film festival. In fact, in some cases, selling the film from my website in advance  of a  film festival release could disqualify it from  festivals that require premiere status.  As a way around this, people who donated to the film via the fundraising campaign will receive “pre-release” copies. 

The film’s website ( www.accordionsrising.com)  is now set up to receive additional donations ($50.00 in exchange for one of  the CDs that  were not taken during the campaign) as well as donations of any amount  (very much needed, especially to help with festival fees and marketing). If others would like to receive pre-release copies, they can email me at the address noted on the website ( rcantow@originaldigital.net) to arrange for that with a payment of $35.00.

Once the film is eligible for sales from my website, I will provide a notice to that effect here. Depending on what occurs with distribution, I will be looking to partner with accordion shop owners, manufacturers and others who might be interested in selling copies for Video on Demand and digital download from their websites.