Of the 15 roller-skaters circling the Olympic Community Centre, almost every one has fallen down at least once. The guy in racquetball goggles and a red tie-dye tank top might be the most adventurous, but the newly formd Halifax Roller Derby Girls are clearly the most skilled; there’s a white-and-blue afro wig, a heavy-set gentleman […]
Roller Town
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Help Roller Town help you
Picnicface has received Telefilm funding to go ahead with Roller Town, but movies are expensive shit. So big spender, if you donate to the cause, you’ll receive a gift. For a full list of donation prizes, visit rollertownthemovie.com. Who wouldn’t want to be part of this?
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Picnicface’s Roller Town gets distribution
Yesterday we received word that one of our favourite trailers for a non-existent movie may soon get the big screen that it deserves. D Films, a Toronto-based indie distributor, has acquired Canadian rights to Picnicface’s first feature-length film, Roller Town. While the comedy troupe is still patiently waiting to hear back about funding from Telefilm, getting a distribution deal for a Canadian movie that doesn’t star Paul Gross is huge news. According to director Andrew Bush, the script was actually born at Bearly’s. Inspired by Bush’s copy of Roller Boogie (starring Linda Blair!), Bush, Mark Little and Scott Vrooman ate