Chat with Beasts producer Michael Gottwald!

You're invited to participate in a live Facebook Q&A with Michael Gottwald, one of the Oscar-nominated producers of Beasts of the Southern Wild.

This Wednesday, January 30th, beginning at 2:00pm EST, Michael will log on to answer all your burning Beasts questions.

All you have to do is find us on Facebook, log on at 2:00pm EST, and look for our post inviting you to comment with questions. Michael will address as many questions as he can until 3:00pm.

So, whether you have yet to watch the film or need a refresher, now’s a good time to catch it at your local cinema or preferred home video rental service.

See you Wednesday!

Producers at Cannes

Feast of the Southern Wild!

Join us on Friday, November 23rd for an evening of food, friends and film! In celebration of the Beasts of the Southern Wild on demand release, we're asking you to host a post-Thanksgiving Day Beasts watch party in your home! Get creative with leftovers, or if you want, we can send you our Bathtub inspired, community sourced recipe book for fun food fare! Need decorations? We'll send you flyers and buttons to get everyone in the party the spirit!

It doesn't stop there.  The Beasts team wants to join your Feast of the Southern Wild!

On Friday, Nov 23rd, between the hours of 9pm EST and 12am EST, director Benh Zeitlin, producers Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey and Josh Penn and our New Orleans based crew will join your party online!

Beyond our wildest expectations, Beasts has traveled the globe and now it's coming to your home.  Help us share the film and continue the conversation with others!

Beasts will be available on the following platforms, Comcast, iTunes, DirecTv, AT&T UVerse, Verizon FiOS, Amazon, XBOX, Playstation, Vudu, and many more!

If you'd like to host a Beasts watch party, send us an email at beasts@beastsofthesouthernwild.com!

Design by Sierra Urich

Beasts of the Northern Wild

Four years ago, in a lull between working the Democratic primaries of 2008 as a field organizer and before the general election really commenced, and a few months since Glory at Sea had first hit the festival circuit, I was on a vacation with my family, on a National Geographic boat that cut through the floating ice of the Arctic Circle, giant fjords on either side of us. Occasionally the boat would pull ashore onto one of these little strips of land so we could hike around and look at wildlife, and even more rarely, come across manmade structures that had been there since the Viking days. One modern structure I remember was the cultural house on the most "populous" island, Longyearben. Back on the boat, I snapped photos of the crazy ice floats in this otherworldly feeling place. I sent them back to my friend Benh Zeitlin, knowing his affinity for worlds like this. He replied enthusiastically.

Cut to today, November 13, 2012. Another election over with, and the global expansion of Beasts reaches new frontiers. That same environment that stoked Benh's imagination will now play host to Beasts of the Southern Wild, in that very same cultural house in Longyearben -- which is part of Svalbard, an island in the Arctic Circle that is the province of Norway -- making this the northern-most screening of Beasts ever. Having been there, I can honestly say it blows my mind (in a joyful way of course) that we are playing in such a far off place as Longyearben. From ice age like visuals to the steamy Southern Wild and back again, our film just keeps beasting it across the globe. Next stop: let's play Antarctica!

- Michael Gottwald, Beasts Producer

Beasts of the Southern Wild plays at the The Culture House of Longyearbyen in Norway for one night only, Wednesday, Nov 14th.

One more chance to see Beasts on the big screen!

One upside to rolling out of cinemas in the US is that we now get to screen at schools, museums and non-theatrical venues across the country. We're so appreciative of our hosts, many of whom saw the film over the summer and wanted to share it with their community!

We're excited to give you one more opportunity to check out the film for the first or last time on the big screen, often for free or at a super discounted price.  Check back frequently for updated listings and let us know if you plan on attending any of the one-night-only screenings below.

If you are interested in hosting a screening of Beasts in your hometown, email us at beasts@beastsofthesouthernwild.com for more details!

Thursday, 11/1

INTERLOCHEN, MI *Q&A with Director Benh Zeitlin!

MINERAL POINT, WI

PULLMAN, WA

Friday, 11/2

MECHANICSBURG, PA  *Q&A with Producer Michael Gottwald!

HOUGHTON, MI *Q&A with Special Effects Director Ray Tintori!

Saturday, 11/3

MECHANICSBURG, PA

ASTORIA, NY *Special appearances by Benh Zeitlin & Quvenzhané Wallis

Friday, 11/9

ST. PETERSBURG, FL

Monday, 11/12

ABINGDON, VA

Friday, 11/16

STONYBROOK, NY

ELYRIA, OH

Saturday, 11/17

ROCHESTER, NY

Wednesday, 11/28

CHICAGO, IL

Friday, 11/30

ITHACA, NY

Benh Zeitlin wins the Louisiana Film Society's Celluloid Hero Award

We're proud to announce that on September 27th, Director Benh Zeitlin had the honor of receiving the New Orleans Film Society's Celluloid Hero Award.  Gina Montana a.k.a Ms. Bathsheba was on the scene at the gala to document Benh, Dwight, and Quvenzhané accepting the award.