January 29, 2007

San Francisco, CA – Microcinema International has inked an exclusive five-picture home video distribution deal with newly launched label and distributor, Outcast Films. The deal includes five films by award-winning filmmaker, Su Friedrich: “The Ties That Bind,” “Damned if You Don’t,” “Sink or Swim,” “Hide and Seek,” and “The Odds of Recovery.” The five titles by avant-garde filmmaker, Su Friedrich are described as, “personal, experimental films that deal largely with issues of feminism, gender and lesbian sexuality,” and are scheduled for wide home video DVD release on March 27^th, 2007.

“Outcast Films is thrilled to form a partnership with Microcinema International who has been a long standing distributor and exhibitor of outstanding media by cutting edge filmmakers and we are very excited that they are making the films of Su Friedrich accessible to a broader and more mainstream audience,” said Vanessa Domico, President and Founder of Outcast Films based in New York City.

Microcinema International Founder, Joel S. Bachar states, “We have been looking to acquire important and relevant queer cinema titles for many years, and after careful consideration we are thrilled to establish this partnership with Outcast Films. Su Friedrich’s films will add significant value to our catalogue, as will future releases coming from the Outcast Films label.”

About Su Friedrich

From the onset of her career in the late 1970’s, Su Friedrich has been a leading figure in avant-garde filmmaking and a pivotal force in the establishment of Queer Cinema. Her work has radicalized film form and content by incorporating a feminist perspective and issues of lesbian identity and by creating a remarkable and innovative synthesis of experimental, narrative and documentary genres. Friedrich’s films are multi-lingual, moving fluidly between the personal and the political, from autobiographical films about family to the investigation of society’s notions of sexual identity. Her rich cinematic palette, which includes home movies, archival footage, interviews, and scripted narratives, has resulted in a thrilling body of work that continues to influence and inspire new generations of independent filmmakers.

About Microcinema International DVD

Microcinema International DVD is a retail and wholesale distributor of the moving image arts specializing in unique and diverse DVD titles created by international artists and labels. The Microcinema International DVD catalogue features short-film and animation compilations, documentaries, art and artist, fashion design, motion design, graphic design, political, LGBT, and experimental titles.

www.microcinemadvd.com

About Outcast Films

Newly launched Outcast Films is a film distribution company dedicated to the fair and equal representation of media made by or about the diverse Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender community. We are also educators and activists and want to be a vehicle for voices that may not otherwise be heard. Outcast Films outreaches to thousands of teachers, community leaders, activists, policy makers and breakers, institutions, and individuals. Through our efforts, we hope to foster critical discussions around social justice issues, as well as providing the public with a resource of cutting edge films and videos created by and impacting the LGBT community.

www.outcast-films.com