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Syndicado Film Sales and Distribution is led by Greg Rubidge out of Toronto. The company has picked up the rights for several Makin’ Movies films across a variety of territories.
The films include In My Parents’ Basement, My Millennial Life and 17 And Life Doesn’t Wait.
SYNDICADO DISTRIBUTION is Makin’ Movies new digital distributor for IN MY PARENTS BASEMENT
The feature film is available to stream on hoopla and on google play / youtube for rent.
With the current housing crisis, more and more young people are continuing to live with their parents or are moving back into their childhood homes. The film is an urgent reminder emotionally strong and often tangled bonds between parents and adult children.
by Maggie Knapp
Aug 03, 2021 | Filed in News & Features
17 and Life Doesn’t Wait. Distribution – Good Docs. 2019. 80 min. and 58 min. DVD UPC unavail. $129, schools/public libraries. ¬Streaming options avail.
“Audrey, Kiki, and Mich don’t seem to mind cameras following them around, sharing their senior year in different parts of the United States and Canada. Kiki hopes for a basketball scholarship; driven Audrey plans on Harvard; and Mich goes to an alternative school, loves art, and wonders if smoking weed would be a problem if she were president. The girls are likeable, occasionally mugging for the camera, and viewers will likely identify with aspects of messy rooms, pets, video games, and Instagram angst, as well as weightier issues such as a suicidal sibling, sexual identity, and feeling safe at school. This film is perhaps most useful for professional development, as it gives a window into the concerns and responsibilities of those coming of age in 2020. VERDICT Reassuring to high school seniors, who may wonder if everyone else has it more figured out, and a useful prompt for pre-service teachers to remind them that under an “I’ve got this” attitude, teens still benefit from sensitive adult support.”
I’m excited to share that my Canadian Screen Award winning doc, MY MILLENNIAL LIFE, was just renewed by TVO.
It is once again available for streaming in Canada!
Watch the captivating stories of five amazing young adults, as they discover their place in today’s world with humour, resilience and sensitivity.
My Millennial Life is invited to the Portland Film Festival as part of the alumni stream. After having its Portland Festival premiere in 2016, it’s again part of the festival, streaming with a diverse array of new and compelling films. The Portland Film Festival runs from October 6 – November 8 and tickets for streaming the films are available.
Maureen is participating on an alumni panel, which you can you can tune into beginning November 6, 10am PT on. The panel participants will discuss what they are doing now and what happened distribution-wise to their films now screening at the festival.
With thanks to impact distributor Good Docs, the 2021 Oklahoma Children’s Behavioral Health Conference has invited 17 And Life Doesn’t Wait to their virtual gathering focused on the mental, emotional, social, physical and behavioral health of infants, youth, young adults and their families.
The Children’s conference is hosted and sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and attracts over 800 behavioral health professionals, clinicians, therapists, counselors, educators, treatment service providers, administrators, juvenile justice, child welfare, child and youth serving community organizations, in addition to youth and families annually.
In My Parents’ Basement is now available worldwide online on CMF’s ENCORE PLUS YouTube Channel.
Encore Plus YouTube Channel has been set up by the Canada Media Fund to showcase classic Canadian Stories, including a relevant, thoughtful and entertaining selection of Makin’ Movies documentary stories.
In My Parents’ Basement is an intense, humorous, and revealing documentary that explores the stories of three adult children who have returned to their parents’ home to live. Through unpredictable emotional highs and lows, we watch the families grapple with their future dreams, past failures and present struggles.
Family Secrets episodes are also now available worldwide on the CMF’s (Canada Media Fund) ENCORE PLUS YouTube Channel.
The television series which takes viewers on an intensely personal, humorously nervous and emotionally moving journey into the private world of family relationships. Each episode focuses on an individual family whose members have been affected by a life-changing event.
We’re really excited the film’s been nominated by the Canadian Academy of Cinema & Television for a CSA Award. A special congratulations to our editor, Cathy Gulkin. The Awards will be announced mid-May.
After its premiere screening and TVO broadcast in 2019, 17 And Life Doesn’t Wait continues to entertain and engage audiences at festivals and events:
Yorkton Film Festival 2020 Awards Announcement: Nominated for Gold Sheaf Best Documentary – Mental Health
Columbus International Film & Animation Festival: Official screening, panel discussion with filmmaker, and nomination for Best Feature Documentary
Sheridan College Women In Film: Feature screening and filmmaker interview (March 2020)
Belleville 2020 DocFest: Official screening and special guest panelist
La Femme International Film Festival 2020 : Official screening and virtual filmmaker interview
Toronto International Women Film Festival 2021: Official selection
Stay tuned for more news.
GIRLS ON THE BUS is a new documentary that explores the challenges feminist girls face in their senior year of high school. It looks at their attitudes, social identity, and place in the world.
Please email us for more information if you or anyone you know might be interested in taking part.
