Despite collectively being placed under one reductive banner, “furries” (or men and women who have an affinity for animals to the point where they wear full body costumes and form characters that they believe to be either extensions or manifestations of their own existence) come in all shapes and sizes. More often than not, they are seen as sexual deviants who have sex while wearing the aforementioned anthropomorphic costumes. However, as with any subculture, the truth is far more mundane, with the debut documentary from filmmaker Dominic Rodriguez being a crystal clear exploration of just what makes this subsection of society tick.
Entitled Fursonas, Rodriguez introduces us to a collection of “furries,” ranging from a pirate radio show host who has become the focus of cartoonish news coverage to a leader in the movement known as Uncle Kage (who instead of wearing a furry costume seems to be glued to...
Entitled Fursonas, Rodriguez introduces us to a collection of “furries,” ranging from a pirate radio show host who has become the focus of cartoonish news coverage to a leader in the movement known as Uncle Kage (who instead of wearing a furry costume seems to be glued to...
- 5/24/2016
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Brian Golden Davis's The Million Dollar Duck has won the Audience Award and the Jury Award for Documentary Feature at Slamdance. Other winners include Alex Simmons's Honey Buddies, Paul Taylor's Driftwood, Mea de Jong's If Mama Ain't Happy, Nobody's Happy, Dusty Mancinelli's Winter Hymns, Aurèle Ferrier's Infrastructures, Dominic Rodriguez's Fursonas, Marcus Armitage's My Dad, Alice Waddington's Disco Inferno and more. We've got the full list, plus reviews and trailers as we wrap coverage of the 22nd edition. » - David Hudson...
- 1/29/2016
- Keyframe
Brian Golden Davis's The Million Dollar Duck has won the Audience Award and the Jury Award for Documentary Feature at Slamdance. Other winners include Alex Simmons's Honey Buddies, Paul Taylor's Driftwood, Mea de Jong's If Mama Ain't Happy, Nobody's Happy, Dusty Mancinelli's Winter Hymns, Aurèle Ferrier's Infrastructures, Dominic Rodriguez's Fursonas, Marcus Armitage's My Dad, Alice Waddington's Disco Inferno and more. We've got the full list, plus reviews and trailers as we wrap coverage of the 22nd edition. » - David Hudson...
- 1/29/2016
- Fandor: Keyframe
In the week that saw Brian Golden Davis’ documentary secure a distribution deal with Discovery Communications’ Animal Planet and Lionsgate, the film also left Park City with two top awards.
The Million Dollar Duck won the narrative jury and audience awards for best documentary feature on Thursday night.
Paul Taylor’s Driftwood claimed the juried narrative feature awards while Honey Buddies by Alex Simmons took the audience award.
“Congratulations to all of the filmmakers this year. Outside of winning a Sparky, as a collective they showed us the power of real independent film and how much it enriches our lives,” said Slamdance president and co-founder Peter Baxter.
Audience Awards
Narrative Feature
Honey Buddies, dir Alex Simmons
Documentary
The Million Dollar Duck, dir Brian Golden Davis
Jury Awards
Narrative Feature
Driftwood, dir Paul Taylor
Honourable Mention for Acting
Tomas Pais and Edouard Holdener in Hunky Dory, dir Michael Curtis Johnson
Documentary
The Million Dollar Duck, dir [link=nm...
The Million Dollar Duck won the narrative jury and audience awards for best documentary feature on Thursday night.
Paul Taylor’s Driftwood claimed the juried narrative feature awards while Honey Buddies by Alex Simmons took the audience award.
“Congratulations to all of the filmmakers this year. Outside of winning a Sparky, as a collective they showed us the power of real independent film and how much it enriches our lives,” said Slamdance president and co-founder Peter Baxter.
Audience Awards
Narrative Feature
Honey Buddies, dir Alex Simmons
Documentary
The Million Dollar Duck, dir Brian Golden Davis
Jury Awards
Narrative Feature
Driftwood, dir Paul Taylor
Honourable Mention for Acting
Tomas Pais and Edouard Holdener in Hunky Dory, dir Michael Curtis Johnson
Documentary
The Million Dollar Duck, dir [link=nm...
- 1/29/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
After a successful premiere over the weekend at Park City's Slamdance Film Festival, Dominic Rodriguez's eyebrow-raising documentary "Fursonas" has landed at Gravitas Ventures. The company has secured worldwide distribution rights to the movie, which centers around enthusiasts who enjoy dressing up in animal costumes." Read More: Gravitas Ventures Acquires Serial Killer Comedy 'Barney Thomson' "Gravitas is excited to work with this passionate filmmaking team on a truly unique documentary that skillfully treads the line between satirical jab and love-letter to the furries community," said Dan Fisher, the company's Senior Director of Acquisitions, in an official statement. "I’m ecstatic to be working with Gravitas," added Rodriguez. "The most important thing to me is that this film is able to get out there and be seen by anyone who's interested. Now that dream is finally becoming a reality!" The deal was...
- 1/25/2016
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Exclusive: One of the least understood modern cultural oddities is the Furry Fandom subculture, like-minded people who enjoy dressing up like cartoon animals, usually with intricately designed, self-made costumes. Yes, it’s a real thing, but something that exists for most people mainly as the object of mockery. The documentary Fursonas, director Dominic Rodriguez’s deep dive into Furry culture, aims to go beyond that perception and shine a light on the contained and…...
- 1/22/2016
- Deadline
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