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Many upcoming screenings of both Bananas!* and Big Boys Gone Bananas!* this May and June!

The 16th Edition of DocsBarcelona International Documentary Film Festival will take place from the 28th of May to the 2nd of June, and will include two screenings each of both Bananas!* and Big Boys Gone Bananas!*. Fredrik will be there for question and answer sessions after each screening and will also teach a special master class, From Bananas! to Big Boys Gone Bananas!

The first screening will take place on Thursday, the 30th of May and the master class will take place on the 31st of May.

Read more about the festival and screenings here

Big Boys Gone Bananas!* will be screened at this years San Francisco Green Festival on the 4th of June and will be followed by a discussion on media censorship. The conversation will be led by Stephen Talbot, Senior Producer of iFiles Channel at the Center for Investigative Reporting. The festival, which explores the relationship between people and the planet, will run from the 30th of May to the 5th of June.

Details for the screening here

And for UK fans, there will be two chances in June to see Big Boys Gone Bananas!* on the big screen. The first on the 6th of June in London and the second on the 8th of June in Cardiff. Both will be shown during the UK Green Film Festival, which runs from the 1st to the 8th of June in fifteen cities around the UK.

A list of all the screenings can be found here

In January, Big Boys Gone Bananas was the Documentary of the Month with screenings all over Spain. Now the tour continues to Chile! The first screening will be held in Santiago the 16th of April followed by a Q&A with director Fredrik Gertten. The tour continues for two weeks with screenings also in Valparaíso, Panguipulli, Puerto Montt and Valdívia.

Read more about the Santiago premiere HERE!

We proudly present our new North American version of Big Boys.
With special introduction from Alex Gibney!
The DVD also includes a 10 minutes interview with Fredrik Gertten.

With format NTSC and DVD region 1 the DVD works perfectly on any Canadian or US equipment.

Buy it now in our WEBSHOP!

Help us make Big Boys Gone Bananas!* the 20th festival favorite to screen at HOT DOCS 20th anniversary in Toronto in April. Vote and share with all your friends! 

VOTE HERE! 

BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!* and BANANAS!* on russian television 24Doc tomorrow January 19.

Bananas    8pm

Big Boys   10pm

Listen to Fredrik Gertten interviewed on Spanish National Radio. 

Hoy empieza todo con Marta Echeverría-Fredrik Gertten, director de 'Big Boys Gone Bananas' - 08/01/13

The interview starts at ~1hs 12min. 

In January Big Boys Gone Bananas!* will be a part of the screening network The Documentary of the Month (www.eldocumentaldelmes.com), a network consisting of approximately 40 venues all around Spain, Chile and Argentina. It was initiated by production and distribution company Parallel40, with the aim of bringing documentary films closer to the people.

This month Big Boys Gone Bananas!* will be screening as The Documentary of the Month in 27 venues throughout Spain, starting the 8th. Some of the screenings are for free! Check out the schedule here.    

Screening cities:

Talking bout Big Boys!* Listen to the panel discussion after the screening of the film at West End Cinema, Monday night, November 26 here.

Ken Silverstein, 
journalist and PR expert, interviewed in the film. 
Theodore Frank, 
Senior Counsel at Arnold & Porter 
Diana Jean Schemo, 
executive editor 100 Reporters

Big Boys Gone Bananas!* first US broadcast on December 1.
20 million americans can watch the movie on DirecTV AUDIENCE Network™.
The show also includes an exclusive interview with director Fredrik Gertten.

Broadcast dates:

12/1/12:           DirecTV initial airdate @9:00pm PST
12/2/12:           DirecTV Broadcast @12:00am PST
12/2/12:           DirecTV Broadcast @3:00pm PST
12/2/12:           DirecTV Broadcast @6:00pm PST
12/3/12:           DirecTV Broadcast @4:00pm PST
12/5/12:           DirecTV Broadcast @3:00pm PST
12/8/12:           DirecTV Broadcast @1:00pm PST
12/9/12:           DirecTV Broadcast @12:30pm PST

The film already screened in San Francisco and Seattle in the series. Today it continues around the US. Filmmaker Alex Gibney presents the film and a special interview with Fredrik Gertten.

November 26 

In Washington DC 100 Reporters organize a panel with Ken Silverstein, journalist and PR expert, interviewed in the film. Theodore Frank, Senior Counsel at Arnold & Porter and Diana Jean Schemo, executive editor 100 Reporters:

Screening w/ Panel at West End, DC @7:30pm local time

More screenings November 26:

Screening at Zeitgeist, New Orleans @7:30pm local time

Screening at Indiescreen, Brooklyn, New York @7:00pm local time

Screening at Vidiots, Santa Monica, California @7:30pm local time

December 1

Screening at Pickford, Bellingham, WA @4:30pm

December 3

Screening at Studio Movie Grille, Dallas, Texas @7:30pm local time

December 14^th (one week only)     

NYC Premiere at Cinema Village