Quick Updates
| Animation Coop Interview With Mike Blum August 01, 2007 The Animation Coop has an interview with director Mike Blum featured this month. |
| It’s Art Magazine profile on Mike Blum. June 08, 2007 The French Magazine, It’s Art, just published a 20 page profile on director, Mike Blum. You can download a free copy of the magazine from their website. |
| The Zit now streaming on-line at Atom Films. April 02, 2007 Check it out here. |
| The Zit wins 2 awards at the International Festival of Cinema and Technology! January 10, 2007 |
| The Zit wins best children’s animation award at the Lisbon International Independent Film Festival April 30, 2006 Mike Blum was on hand to receive the beautiful trophy and give thanks to the crowd of 700. The Zit beat out almost 30 films to win the best of the fest in the children’s category. The festival was incredibly well run and the hosts were most gracious. The film festival attracted almost 30,000 attendees in just its 3rd year! |
| “A Day In The Life” Feature! February 20, 2006 Check out the nice feature Animation Magazine is doing on me in the March issue! |
Press
Awards
| Best Comedic Animation Honorable Mention: Best Animation International Festival of Cinema and Technology January 10, 2007 Click here for more information |
| Finalist, Audience Award Best Short Film: Indianapolis International Film Festival May 04, 2006 |
| Winner: Indie Junior Award: Lisbon International Independent Film Festival April 30, 2006 The Zit beat out over 25 live action and animated films to win the best children’s film at the festival. |
| 2nd Place, Audience Award for Best Short Film: East Lansing Film Festival March 26, 2006 The Zit took 2nd Place in the audience poll for short films competing against more than 40 other short films: animation, live action and docs! |
| Finalist, Best Animated Film: Alice’s 3 Minute Film Festival March 25, 2006 |
| Audience Award, Best Animated Film: Delray Beach Film Festival March 12, 2006 |
| Winner: Cloud 9 Short Film Festival (January 2006) February 06, 2006 Winner of the January edition on the Cloud 9 Short Film Festival. |
| 4th Quarter Finalist: Golden Shorts Film Festival January 30, 2006 |
| 2006 Best Video/DVD: YALSA (Young Adult Library Association) January 24, 2006 The Zit was chosen as best DVD for young adults ages 12-18 by YALSA. |
| Finalist, Best Children’s Animation: Bradford Animation Festival October 01, 2005 |
| Audience Award, Best Animation: Orinda Film Festival September 25, 2005 |
| Best Animation Award: Great Lakes Film Festival September 25, 2005 |
| Audience Award: Filmstock International Film Festival June 05, 2005 Winning gives The Zit automatic entry into Filmstock Hungry 2006. |
| 1st Place: FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival |
| May 15, 2005 |
| 1st Place: Best Shorts Too |
| Best Short: Cleveland Film Festival March 20, 2005 The Zit was chosen as one of the best pre-feature shorts at the 29th Cleveland Film Festival. |
Distribution
| Italian DVD rights June 01, 2010 Exclusive DVD rights for all Italian territories went to the Future Film Festival. |
| Internet distribution with Atom Films April 01, 2007 We have a non-exclusive deal with Atom Films signed. |
| US TV: exclusive on PBS (for ITVS) December 26, 2006 This is an 18 month exclusive deal. Cable rights are available after this time. |
| Itialian TV: exclusive free television rights for RTI May 01, 2006 This is a 2 year distribution deal. |
| Swedish TV: exclusive free television rights for SVT May 01, 2006 This is a 3 year distribution deal. |
| Frontier Airlines for 1 month only! January 01, 2006 The Zit will be seen by tens of thousands who fly Fontier Airlines during January 2006. |
| Theatrical distribution deal with Spike & Mike December 15, 2005 The Zit screened for 2 years as part of the Spike & Mikes Sick and Twisted touring animation festival. |