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Sebastopol Film Festival screening of LOUDER SELLS OUT!!

Sebastopol Film Festival screening of LOUDER SELLS OUT!!

LOUDER THAN LOVE-The Grande Ballroom Story has a amazing week with 2 SOLD OUT Screenings.The first one at the Gasparilla Film Festival in Tampa Bay,FLA on March 20th and then Sebastopol CA on March 24th.

http://www.sebastopolfilmfestival.org/film.php?id=186

Thanks for all the support at both festivals and looking forward to more dates to be added very soon…

 

Next Stop for LOUDER THAN LOVE-Sebastopol Documentary Festival March 24th

Next Stop for LOUDER THAN LOVE-Sebastopol Documentary Festival March 24th

LOUDER THAN LOVE-The Grande Ballroom Story will have its California premiere at the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival in Sebastopol California on MARCH 24th SUNDAY at 330p

http://www.sebastopolfilmfestival.org/film.php?id=186

The Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival has been rated “One of the Top Ten Coolest” Festivals by Moviemaker Magazine. It will definitely live up to its reputation again this year with many amazing docs in its lineup.

http://www.sebastopolfilmfestival.org/film_list.php

To learn more about Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival check out the link:

http://sebastopolfilmfestival.org/index.php/about

Mission

The mission of the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival is to bring strong, independent documentary films and their filmmakers to West Sonoma County.

Festival Presenter

The Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival is presented by Sebastopol Center for the Arts.
Sebastopol Center for the Arts is a grassroots, nonprofit arts center created in 1988 by a coalition of art, business and community members to provide art programs and services for all sectors of the community. For more information about SCA Click Here.

Film Festival Staff

Linda Galletta, Executive Director

Jason Perdue, Program Director

Tommie Dell Smith, Co-Artistic Director

Teresa Book Webster, Co-Artistic Director
Kathy Douglas, Festival Coordinator

Cynthi Stefenoni, Volunteer Coordinator

Film Festival Founder

ELIZA HEMENWAY founded the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival in 2007 with a vision to showcase strong, independent documentary films in West Sonoma County, and to network the local film community.

Festival Steering Committee

JASON PERDUE, Program Director, has been a member of the San Francisco Film Society for 20 years and has traveled to film festivals around the country, seeing first-hand how successful festivals are run. He served on the selection committee of the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival in 2007, and has taken on the role of program director for SDFF 2009. He brings a true film fan’s perspective to programming this year’s festival.

LOUDER THAN LOVE ROCKS TAMPA BAY/GASPARILLA FILM FESTIVAL !!!

LOUDER THAN LOVE ROCKS TAMPA BAY/GASPARILLA FILM FESTIVAL !!!

Tampa Bay was ready and waiting for LOUDER THAN LOVE-the Grande Ballroom Story. We were welcomed with another SOLD OUT SCREENING and a very lively Q & A session that followed the film. Check out what Creative Loafing had to say about LOUDER THAN LOVE-the Grande Ballroom Story.

http://cltampa.com/tampa/giffs-documentaries-music-for-your-eyes/Content?oid=3664154#.UUxgvjeRfbg

My vote for the best doc in competition went to Louder Than Love: The Story of the Grande Ballroom (Wednesday, 10:45 p.m., CineBistro Hyde Park). A eulogy for a building that has long since fallen into complete disrepair, Louder Than Love is actually a celebration of the music of the late 1960s, a time when rock was coming of age and the British invasion was in full effect. Detroit’s Grande (pronounced “Grand-E”) Ballroom served hard-charging Rock ’n’ Roll to ravenous crowds. Sex was everywhere (there were mattresses hidden on catwalks and below the stage in case the mood stuck — which it often did), as was the spirit of freedom and a “we’re all in this together vibe” that still comes across as special all these years later. (If I had a time machine, I would spend years at the Grande.) Featuring extensive interviews with The MC5 (who basically called the place home), Alice Cooper, Roger Daltrey (The Who debuted Tommy at the Grande) and many more, Louder Than Love is endlessly fascinating, expertly made and completely enjoyable.”

A very big THANK YOU to the entire Gasparilla Film Festival Staff & Board of Directors for such a well organized and wonderfully entertaining festival!! It was a real pleasure to be part of it and to be included with such other great films was truly an amazing experience!!

http://gasparillafilmfestival.com/

Good Luck with the rest of the festival!!!

Tampa Bay Times firmly recommends LOUDER THAN LOVE at Gasparilla Film Festival 2013

Tampa Bay Times firmly recommends LOUDER THAN LOVE at Gasparilla Film Festival 2013

http://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/movies/gasparilla-international-film-festival-opens-with-empire-state/2108638

Full disclosure: I’m serving as a judge for Gasparilla’s documentary competition and firmly recommend Wednesday’s 10:35 p.m. Florida premiere of Louder Than Love. Tony D’Annunzio’s movie chronicles the historic Grande ballroom in Detroit where rock and roll royalty kicked out the jams in the late 1960’s. Plus you get the chance to hear Ted Nugent making sense for a change.

 

Tampa NEWS 10 is getting LOUDER THAN LOVE March 20th

Tampa WTSPNEWS 10 is getting LOUDER THAN LOVE March 20th

Tampa’s WTSP/NEWS 10-Tampa’s News Leader is anxiously waiting for LOUDER THAN LOVE-The Grande Ballroom Story ro screen on March 20th Wednesday at the Gasparilla Film Festival 

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LOUDER THAN LOVE to premiere in California & Florida in the month of March!

“LOUDER THAN LOVE-The Grande Ballroom Story” to premiere in California & Florida in March


Well the anticipation is over!
It is with great pleasure to announce the California AND Florida premiere of “LOUDER THAN LOVE-The Grande Ballroom Story”
LOUDER THAN LOVE has been invited to screen in Tampa Florida at the Gasparilla International Film Festival on March 20th 2013.Screening times and Tickets are available at the following link:
http://gasparilla.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/louderthanlovethegrandeballroomstory_tonydannunzio_gasparilla2013

The great news doesn’t stop there!
LOUDER THAN LOVE has also been invited to the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival in Sebastopol California on March 24,2013
Screening times and tickets are available at the following link:
http://www.sebastopolfilmfestival.org/film.php?screen=342

More festival and exhibition dates to be announced shortly….

I can‘t thank all the LOUDER FB fans enough for the ongoing support for my film!

A very big THANK YOU to Lauren Avinoam/LA Publicity for continuing to bring the award winning documentary LOUDER THAN LOVE-The Grande Ballroom Story to festivals across the country and around the globe !!!

LOUDER invited to Tampa for a March 20th screening!

LOUDER THAN LOVE has been invited to the 2013 Gasparilla International Film Festival in Tampa,Florida

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We welcome you to the 7th Annual Gasparila International Film Festival. 2012 proved to be an incredible year for GIFF as we proudly took our place among proven, recognizable and internationally renowned festivals in the independent film circuit.

LOUDER will be screening March 20th 10:35pm. For more ticket info click on this link:

http://gasparilla.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/louderthanlovethegrandeballroomstory_tonydannunzio_gasparilla2013

It looks like March will be a busy month for LOUDER THAN LOVE-The Grande Ballroom Story with this screening as well as the west coast premiere at the  2013 SEBASTOPOL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL on MARCH 24th

http://www.sebastopolfilmfestival.org/film.php?screen=342

Thanks for all the love and support both coasts are giving LOUDER THAN LOVE for the month of March!

more festival dates to be announced during the upcoming weeks…

Sebastopol Film Festival

West Coast R U Ready for LOUDER THAN LOVE?

It is with great pleasure and excitement that we are announcing the first of many California screenings of LOUDER THAN LOVE-The Grande Ballroom Story !!!!
First off for all the extremely patient and rabid San Fran/Bay area LOUDER FB fans!
I’m pleased to tell you that LOUDER has been invited to the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival March 21st-24th 2013
Sebastopol Documentary Festival was selected as “One of the Top Ten COOLEST Film Festivals” according to Movie Maker Magazine !

Here is a link to dates, times and tickets for the LOUDER Screening
http://www.sebastopolfilmfestival.org/film.php?id=186

Thank you Jason & the entire Sebastopol Film Festival staff for wanting LOUDER to be part of your incredible festival!  Check out Sebastapol Film Festival on Facebook.

More festival and exhibit screenings of LOUDER for the SoCal area will be announced in the upcoming weeks …

Thanks for all the ongoing support and love everyone has been giving!

cheers,

Tony D’Annunzio
producer/director
LOUDER THAN LOVE-The Grande Ballroom Story

LOUDER THAN LOVE review at the 2013 VFF

LOUDER THAN LOVE review

Check out all the LOVE that we got from the 2013 Victoria Film Festival!

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University of Victoria Public Radio station CFUV FM not only interviewed producer/director Tony D’Annunzio but the even sponsored the film for the 2013 VFF!

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Thank you CFUV FM especially Justin Lanoue and Phoenix Bain for all the support and love!

Here is the link to the interview:

http://soundcloud.com/cfuvposteverything-1/2013-victoria-film-festival-1

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Interviews 100.3 FM The Q Islands ROCK-Ryan Awram interviewed Tony D’Annunzio

http://www.theq.fm/ryan/rock-n-roll-documentary/

Listen to the interview at this link!

http://www.mixcloud.com/ryanawram/louder-than-love-grande-ballroom-story-tony-dannunzio-feb-2013/

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LOUDER THAN LOVE is a Homage to a Rock Fable

3 out of 4 Stars

http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/film-festival/louder-than-love-an-homage-to-a-rock-fable-1.64727

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Check out the interview with EfilmCritic.com that they did with Tony D’Annunzio

http://www.efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=3504