Films We Like alongside Drafthouse Films is pleased to announce its acquisition of Ben Wheatley’s horror pic A FIELD IN ENGLAND.

A FIELD IN ENGLAND is a psychedelic trip into magic and madness from Ben Wheatley, award-winning director of DOWN TERRACE, KILL LIST and SIGHTSEERS.

In the war-torn England countryside in 1648, a small group of deserters flee the raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured and forced to help one of their captors in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field.

The group defends into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they gradually become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.

Publicity inquires, please contact Jasmine Pauk (Publicist)

Tags: Aquisition, Drafthouse

Films We Like presents GRACELAND, a disquieting and unpredictable dramatic thriller that had its world premiere at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival and was selected for the 2012 Reel Asian Film Festival.

Certain to induce shivers, Graceland offers a frank depiction of political corruption and child sex slavery in the Philippines. The film will now have its Canadian public opening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox on May 10, 2013.

Synopsis: Family man Marlon Villar is the long-time driver of Manuel Chango, a corrupt Filipino congressman. One afternoon, while driving his and Chango’s preteen daughters home from school, the three are violently ambushed in a kidnapping attempt. When the
attempt goes horribly awry, the wrong girl is taken, and the driver's life takes a sudden, terrifying turn. Left as the only witness to the crime, Marlon’s loyalty is called into question. As events unravel further, he, Chango, and their families become ensnared in a downward spiral of betrayal and deceit that will ultimately leave no one innocent.

Download high-rez images and press kit.

Publicity inquires, please contact Jasmine Pauk (Publicist)

GRACELAND [Trailer] – On iTunes/VOD 3/28 & in Theaters 4/26 from Drafthouse Films on Vimeo.

Tags: Press Release, TIFF Bell Lightbox

Films We Like is pleased to announce its acquisition of Matt Porterfield’s critically acclaimed indie drama I Used To Be Darker. Following its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, this film was officially selected for the Berlin Film Festival. I Used To Be Darker recently won the Best Narrative Feature at The Atlanta Film Festival.

I Used To Be Darker will be released across Canada this fall.

Summary: When Taryn, a Northern Irish runaway, finds herself in trouble in Ocean City, MD, she seeks refuge with her aunt and uncle in Baltimore. But Kim and Bill have problems of their own: they’re trying to handle the end of their marriagegracefully for the sake of their daughter Abby, just home from her first year of college. A story of family revelations, people finding each other and letting each other go, looking for love where they’ve found it before and, when that doesn’t work, figuring out where they might find it next.

Matt Porterfield is a filmmaker living and working in Baltimore. He participated in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s 2012 Biennial with Putty Hill (2010), which was recently acquired, along with his first feature, Hamilton (2006), by New York’s Museum of Modern Art. His new film, I Used to Be Darker, will soon be screened in Canada.

For further information, please contact:

Jasmine Pauk
Publicist
Films We Like

I USED TO BE DARKER // TRAILER from Marc Vives on Vimeo.

Tags: Press Release, Acquistion

Protopunk legends, Death from Detroit rock Edmonton at the Pawnshop Live and a one-time screening of the rockumentary: A Band Called Death which chronicles the bands pioneering attitude and endurance.

(Film) - A premiere screening of A Band Called Death will be showing at The Metro Cinema at the Garneau (8712 109 St) April 20 at 4:30 pm. Directors Mark Covino & Jeff Howlett (98 min) film tells the unprecedented story of the world’s first black punk band, Death From Detroit. Tickets are available at the door -- $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and students. For additional information please visit:
http://www.metrocinema.org/film_view/4051/

(Concert) – Live and in person at The Pawnshop -- Death From Detroit’s one of two intimate performances in Canada. The exclusive event begins with locals Morals, Panik Attak, and The Allovers opening on Saturday, April 20, 2013. Tickets for the concert can be bought from yeglive.ca or at Blackbyrd Myoozik (10442 – 82 Ave NW) for $20 starting March 15, 2013. Tickets can also be purchased at the door the night of the show.

Death from Detroit started in 1974 when brothers Bobby and Dannis Hackney paired with Bobbie Duncan. They are all part of the original lineup and have embodied rock n’ roll. Originally an R & B group the band attended an Alice Cooper concert and made the switch to rock n’ roll.

A Band Called Death Movie Trailer
Listen to Death From Detroit
Death from Detroit Biography

Film tickets can be purchased at the doors the night of the screening for (list prices). Tickets for the concert can be purchased after March 15, 2013 from Yeglive.ca, Blackbyrd Myoozik, and at the doors the night of the show. The film begins at 4:30 pm and the concert doors open at 8:00 pm on April 20, 2013. These events are sponsored by CJSR 88.5 FM, Edmonton.


Tickets are available at the door 45 minutes before the one-time 4:30pm Apr.20 screening.

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For interviews with Death from Detroit, Morals, Panik Attak, or The Allovers or for access to the film for “Capsule” reviews, please contact Cara Ashbey at 587.989.1741.

Tags: Metro Cinema, Edmonton, Death from Detroit, Live Event

Filmswelike is thrilled to have four titles appearing at this years edition of the CALGARY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL.

Titles include!




BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO
April 15 @ 9:30pm
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A BAND CALLED DEATH
April 19 @ 7pm.
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*There will be a live concert following the screening featuring the band DEATH FROM DETROIT, at The Palomino Smokehouse located at 109 - 7 Ave SW. Tickets for concert are separate ($20) and can be purchased in advance at Sloth Records 736b 17th Ave SW.

THE ACT OF KILLING
April 20 @ 6:45pm
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COMPUTER CHESS
April 21 @ 7:15pm
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Tags: Calgary Underground Film Festival