Welcome to the many thousands of you who have signed up to the How To Be mailing list since the release of Twilight! How To Be is a British indie comedy about a struggling musician, played by Robert Pattinson, who shot the movie just before making Twilight. How To Be had its world premiere last January and has been screening in film festivals all over the world ever since. We’re now hard at work getting ready for a release during 2009. This mailing list, the news section of our website and our Facebook group are the best places to keep up to date. (And we do read every post on our Facebook page, even if we don’t have time to reply to them all!)

It has been an amazing year for How To Be. But first, let’s start with some announcements for 2009!

• We have sold distribution rights for Italy to Just Us Films! Details of the release are being worked out right now, and further news on the Italian release of How To Be will follow in the New Year.
• For all you American Fans, How To Be is very close to securing a distribution deal for the US! We are also looking forward to UK and other international releases. We will do all we can to keep you up to date!
• We are also very happy to announce we have been accepted to CineQuest Film Festival in San Jose, California. We’ll pass on dates, locations and times as soon as we have them. This will be the first California screening of How To Be!
• Official film posters, which we debuted at the Austin Film Festival, are now on our website. Please download them, send them to friends, and print them out!

And now, to wrap up 2008, here’s a short update on what the cast and crew have been up to since our last newsletter.

In October, Director Oliver Irving attended the Gotham Screen Film Festival in New York and participated in a Q&A after the film. Our friends at Twilight News have a few pictures here. In November Johnny White (who plays Ronny in How To Be) attended the Lone Star International Film Festival and participated in a Q&A after the screening. You can view footage of the Q&A here and photos here. How To Be also recently screened at the Anchorage Film Festival on December 10th.

Thank you all for your support and interest in the film. It has been a fantastic year and we are very much looking forward to 2009. The How To Be team wish you all Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year and look forward to bringing you lots of exciting news come January!