Inside Cinequest have posted the video from an interview with director Oliver Irving. Oliver was in town for the San Jose screenings of How To Be.

We are pleased to announce that the How To Be soundtrack is getting a wider worldwide release than we had originally planned. Unfortunately this means that we’ve had to move the release back a little, but the good news is that you wont have to wait very long. The record will be available to pre-order on the Dreamboat Records website soon; we’ll be announcing the exact date in the next few days. Sign up the the mailing list and Facebook group for updates.

We’re excited to announce the much-anticipated U.S. release of How To Be! The film has been picked up for distribution by IFC Films and will premiere on IFC Festival Direct in April. To coincide with IFC’s spring release, the How To Be soundtrack will be available on iTunes and on CD through Dreamboat Records. Full details of the release to come soon, and if you’re not in the U.S. or Italy then rest assured that we are hard at work setting up distribution elsewhere!

Leading up to the release, How To Be is going on a U.S. tour! Oliver Irving (Writer/Director), Joe Hastings (Composer), Mike Pearce (Nikki), and Johnny White (Ronny) will be bringing the film to select cities, hitting states along the East coast from Florida to Massachusetts. April tour dates are still being finalized, but stay tuned for updates!

In the meantime, How To Be has confirmed an Australian premiere and joined the rosters of several U.S. film festivals, many of which Writer/Director Oliver Irving will be attending. See below for dates and links to information and ticket sales for upcoming festival screenings.

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Upcoming Festivals and Screenings

• Cinequest Film Festival
  Satuday, February 28 & Monday, March 2
  San Jose, California
  Writer/Director Oliver Irving attending
• Durango Film Festival
  March 4-8
  Durango, Colorado
• George Lindsey UNA Film Festival
  March 5-8
  Florence, Alabama
• Chicago International Movie and Music Festival
  Sunday, March 8
  Chicago, Illinois
• DC Independent Film Festival
  Sunday, March 8
  Washington, DC
• Burbank International Film Festival
  Saturday, March 28, 6:45pm
  Burbank, California
  Writer/Director Oliver Irving attending
• Australia Premiere!
  University Hall, University of Technology Sydney
  Saturday, 28 March, 7:00pm
  Sydney, Australia
• Las Vegas International Film Festival
  Friday, April 10, 7:20pm
  Las Vegas, Nevada
  Writer/Director Oliver Irving and Composer Joe Hastings attending

• California Independent Film Festival in Livermore
  Opening Night! Thursday, April 16
  
  Livermore, California
  Writer/Director Oliver Irving and Composer Joe Hastings attending
• First Glance Hollywood Film Festival
  May 1-3
  Los Angeles, California

And coming soon … the East Coast Tour, from Florida to Massachusetts!

How To Be now has a Twitter feed, which you can use to keep up to date.

Don’t forget this site, our Facebook page and mailing list too!

If you are planning to attend the screenings of How To Be at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, California then we can now announce times:

• Saturday, Feb 28 at 7:15pm at the California Theatre
• Monday, March 2 at 7:00pm at the California Theatre

Tickets go on sales on January 28. See the Cinequest website for details.

We don’t yet know if any of the cast and crew will be attending, but we’ll be sure to let you know if that changes.

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!

We are happy to announce the screening of How To Be at the Lone Star Film Festival tonight (November 13) at 5pm and Saturday November 15 at 7pm. Johnny White, who plays Ronny in the film, will attend the Saturday screening! We hope you can attend.

For those of you who were unable to attend Austin Film Festival, fear not! We have loads of stills, the transcript and video footage:

• Exclusive Behind The Scenes footage of the Q&A from director Oliver Irving!
• Q&A in its entirety
• stills from the festival
• Rob interacting with the Q&A participants
• Rob and Oliver signing autographs after the screening

Rob also recently discussed How To Be in his interview with Variety.

Thank you for your ongoing support and we look forward to
letting you know about further screenings and distribution. If you have any questions or seek information about our current release plans then please take a look at the FAQ.

We are pleased to announce that the recent screenings of How To Be have been a great success! How To Be won the Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature at the New Orleans Film Festival (NOFF). Thank you very much for your support!

Mike Pearce, who plays Nikki, attended NOFF and participated in a Q&A Session with a phone-in from Robert Pattinson. Our friends at Twilight News have a transcript and some pictures.

We are also very excited to announce that How To Be has been selected by The Anchorage International Film Festival and The Lone Star Festival (Fort Worth, Tex.). We will confirm screening dates and locations as soon as possible.

Don’t forget that How To Be will be screening at the Gotham Film Festival in New York tomorrow, 30st October at 6:30pm and again on Saturday, 1st November at 9pm. Oliver Irving (Director) will be attending both screenings. Both screenings are completely sold out, so get there early for a good seat!

If you have any questions or seek information about our current release plans then please take a look at the FAQ.

We are very pleased to confirm that, in addition to the director Oliver Irving, Robert Pattinson will be attending the 7:15pm Saturday 18 October 2008 screening and Q&A of How To Be at the Austin Film Festival!

We hope to see you there!

The Derby City Film Festival in Louisville, Kentucky will be screening How To Be at 7pm on October 11. They have a large theater, but encourage anyone planning to make the trip to read their special How To Be ticket information. In particular, if there is enough interest then they will consider adding a second screening of the film.