"Riveting and
heartbreaking... filled with important truths about humanity in all its
denominations" - Los Angeles
Times
"Unforgettable...personalizes
the priest abuse scandal so vividly that you can't forget just how
profoundly it lays siege to its victims' lives." - Boston Globe
"Poignant...a level of intimacy so unsettling and deep one wonders how
it could have possibly been achieved" - NY Newsday
TWIST OF FAITH, the powerful story of a firefighter who confronts the trauma
of boyhood sexual abuse by a Catholic priest, was nominated for Best
Documentary Feature at the 77th Annual Academy Awards.
The film premiered in the documentary competition at the 2005 Sundance Film
Festival to great critical acclaim, and was featured in many
other prestigious North American festivals, including Los Angeles, Hot Docs,
Hot Springs, Chicago Docs, Provincetown, Maryland, Newport, Seattle and Vancouver,
as well as international festivals such as London, Stockholm, Leeds, Gijon,
Amsterdam, Rio de Janeiro, Vancouver, Melbourne and New Zealand.
In the U.S., TWIST OF FAITH was released theatrically by Artistic License in
over a dozen major cities including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago,
and Seattle. The film made its television debut on HBO where it continues
to air in encore presentations.
On February 21, 2006, HBO Home Video released TWIST OF FAITH on DVD with
an array of bonus features including:
- Feature
commentary with Director Kirby Dick, Producer Eddie
Schmidt, and subjects Tony and Wendy Comes
- 6
Deleted Scenes
- Q&A
from the premiere
- A
new interview with director Kirby Dick
- And
much more
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TWIST
OF FAITH also continues to play in international festivals
around the globe. Upcoming dates include:
- March
17-19
Festival De Cinema
Independant Americain
Paris,
France
- March
24-31
Guadalajara
International Film Festival
Guadalajara, Mexico
- April
11-23
Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine
Independiente
Buenos Aires, Argentina
- May
13-22
Planete Doc Review
Warsaw,
Poland
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more information.
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