The Meme Machine, made in collaboration with Rooster Teeth, has been invited as an Official Selection of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival in March 2020. The film traces the early history of the first ‘accidentally famous’ personalities on the internet, and charts the rise of meme culture resulting in the place we find ourselves now. Featuring interviews with Linguists, Scientists and behavior psychologists - as well as some of the human memes themselves, “The Meme Machine” reveals how memes have taken over modern culture.
Tune in Or Stream "The Art of Home: A Wind River Story" on PBS
Directed and Produced by Mat Hames. "The Art of Home: A Wind River Story” is a portrait of two native artists from the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, and will be airing nationally on PBS. Check your local stations for times/dates. The film is also available to stream free right now at pbs.org. Stream the film now.
UPDATE: As of December, the film will have aired over 281 times in 82 markets in 30 states including New York, Boston, Washington, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, Denver, Charlotte and Atlanta. Check local listings.
“The Art of Home” :30 TV PBS Spot. Directed by Mat Hames, Cinematography Brian Nelligan, Edited by Ginny Patrick, Produced by Jordan Dresser, Beth Hames, Audrey Long, Terry Dugas, Featuring Sarah Ortegon and Kenneth Williams. Tune in or stream at pbs.org
Artist Sarah Ortegon explains her work in “The Art of Home”, Behind the scenes image Courtesy of Alpheus Media
Watch 'What Was Ours' (Independent Lens) on Amazon Prime Video
The award-winning Independent Lens film What Was Ours directed by Mat Hames is now available to watch free on Amazon Prime Video, for subscribers to Amazon Prime. It is also available to rent or purchase on Amazon, and educational copies for screenings are available from Vision Maker Media..
Click anywhere on the image above to watch on Prime Video now.
Ireland Premiere of "A Light from the Shannon" Short
My latest short documentary recounts Ireland's largest public works project and its impact particularly on women, and premiers in Ireland at Fastnet Film Festival!
LOTS OF FESTIVAL NEWS!
The past 18 months have been busy with multiple documentary projects filming across the world, and now in 2019, two feature documentaries are finished and simultaneously making the festival rounds before wider release. ‘Thirst for Power’, based on the book by Michael Webber, has screenings in Washington D.C. at the DC Environmental Film Festival (DCEFF), an international premiere in Toronto (Water Docs) and at Earth X Film in Dallas, among others. And the new documentary made with Rooster Teeth, ‘Waiting for the Punchline’ is screening at DocFest San Francisco, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival , and Cleveland International Film Festival in the Nesnadny + Schwartz Portrait Documentary Competition. Follow the links to purchase tickets and watch the trailers — and watch this space for news about future broadcast and digital release.
Grab tickets to the screenings or get a pass to the festival below:
Earth X Film - Dallas - with Q&A Thirst for Power
DocFest - San Francisco - with Q&A Waiting for the Punchline
Cleveland International Film Festival - Cleveland - Waiting for the Punchline
DC Environmental Film Festival - Washington D.C. - with Q&A Thirst for Power
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival - Montana - with Q&A Waiting for the Punchline
Water Docs - Toronto - Thirst for Power
Cinema Verde - Gainsville, Florida - Thirst for Power
‘Waiting for the Punchline’ - Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, 2019
'Waiting for the Punchline' @ Big Sky Documentary Festival
The Rooster Teeth documentary about podcaster Nick Scarpino’s attempt to become a stand up comedian in San Francisco is premiering at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. on Friday, February 22nd, 8:30PM at the historic Wilma Theater. Austin Chronicle did a nice blurb about it. Purchase Tickets.
