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
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:
The mission of the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival is to bring strong, independent documentary films and their filmmakers to West Sonoma County.
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.
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
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.
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 !!!
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
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 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
20thhttp://events.wtsp.com/Louder_Than_Love_The_Grande_Ballroom_Story/270888848.html
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
The Concert Database is a website devoted to recording performances at various venues around the world. Take a minute to check out the Grande Ballroom shows!
LOUDER THAN LOVE-The Grande Ballroom Story wows the 2012 TCFF with 2 SOLD SCREENINGS
LOUDER THAN LOVE-the Grande Ballroom Story sells out the State Theater at the 2012 Traverse City Film Festival
Tickets for the 2012 TCFF screenings of LOUDER THAN LOVE-The Grande Ballroom Story SOLD OUT!!!!
Micheal Moore handpicks ” LOUDER THAN LOVE” for the 2012 TCFF
Micheal Moore,Tony D’Annunzio and Sharri D’Annunzio at the 2012 TCFF
Check out the interview with Michael Moore on WDET 101.9 FM
http://www.wdetfm.org/shows/craig-fahle-show/episode/rob-reinhart-michael-moore-traverse-city-film/
Director achieves TCFF Dreams
http://record-eagle.com/local/x614302245/Director-achieves-TCFF-dreams
“I’m kind of overwhelmed at the success of this,” said D’Annunzio, who believes interest in the film is fueled in part by Detroit’s recent renaissance, which has produced a vibrancy he hadn’t seen in years, and in part by music lovers like him who remember or have heard of the Grande.
Producer/Director Tony D’Annunzio leads a film panel at 2012 TCFF for “Docs That Rock”
Get an inside look at what it takes to make a music documentary. Director Tony D’Annunzio will discuss the tasks and obstacles faced by an independent documentary filmmaker, from securing interviews with legendary musicians to the nitty-gritty of rights research and securing music licensing while working within a limited budget. With an eye on new media, discover how to make your film and get it out for the world to see. Instructor: Tony D’Annunzio (“Louder Than Love: The Grande Ballroom Story”).
Check out the photos from 2012 TCFF-LOUDER THAN LOVE The Grande Ballroom Story
Reviews of LOUDER THAN LOVE-The Grande Ballroom Story
Deborah Stambler/Huffington Post “On the night you see the film, plan to go listen to some live music afterward. Make sure it’s loud. Hopefully it’ll be good. This is what Louder Than Love does best. It makes you want to get out, hear some music and be part of a gritty, happening, once in a lifetime scene.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deborah-stambler/the-grande-ballroom-detroit_b_1729743.html
WRIF 101.1 FM Drew & Mike interview Tony D’Annunzio
http://www.wrif.com/drewmike/Story.aspx?ID=1720378
DeadlineDetroit.com Bill McGraw-“Grande Films WOWS Festivals crowds!!”
http://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/715/detroiter_s_grande_film_wows_festival_crowds
Allmovies gives LOUDER THAN LOVE a 4.5 stars out of 5
http://www.allmovie.com/movie/louder-than-love-the-grande-ballroom-story-v562692
NewReviews says “ A film that needed to be made !”
http://www.newreviewsite.com/articles/Louder-Than-Love—The-Grande-Ballroom-Story/1000
IMDB.com “8.4 out of 10”
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2255869/
Metro Times/Brett Callwood “The Ballroom that rocked the world, now rocks a Documentary”
http://metrotimes.com/music/ain-t-love-grande-1.1291093
Briterevolution.com-“For those not fortunate enough to have lived during that era, D’Annunzio effectively shares that experience with viewers of his film, making “LOUDER THAN LOVE” a true success as a documentary.
http://www.briterevolution.com/features/reviews/louder-love-grande-ballroom-story/
Oakland Press-Gary Graff “D’Annunzio puts flesh on the legend with a smooth-running, 74-minute documentary that gives both the Grande and the scene inside it their due.”
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2012/03/30/entertainment/doc4f74d8e7aba96773218475.txt?viewmode=fullstory
MusicFilmWeb-Andy Markowitz “A high volume tribute to DETROIT Rock and Roll”
http://www.musicfilmweb.com/2012/04/detroit-grande-ballroom-tony-dannunzio-music-documentary/
Detroit Free Press-Brian McCollum “For the Grande Ballroom and its patrons, six years of rock ‘n’ roll glory turned into four decades of enduring mythology For Tony D’Annunzio, it turned into the project of a lifetime.”
http://news.morningstar.com/all/acquire-news/ff808081367c8958013681c2dbb46ec1/filmmaker-spent-4-years-on-grande-ballroom-documentary-that-premieres-locally-thursday-detroit-free-press.aspx
LOUDER THAN LOVE-The Grande Ballroom Story wins ” BEST DOCUMENTARY” award at 2012 Las Vegas Film Festival
Tony D’Annunzio and Karl Rausch win “Best Documentary” at 2012 Las Vegas Film Festival for LOUDER THAN LOVE-The Grande Ballroom Story
The Las Vegas Film Festival proudly congratulates the winners of the 2012 Film Competition.
http://www.lvfilmfest.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=80
LOUDER THAN LOVE comes back from Las Vegas a winner
The festival offers a variety of film screenings from Oscar-winning films to world premieres, exclusive celebrity tributes and interviews, interactive panel discussions, a screenplay competition, red carpet parties, a filmmaker reception, as well as a closing night ceremony and awards.
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