CANADA
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UNITED KINGDOM
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Streaming - Kanopy
DVD/Blu-ray purchase - The U.S. Blu-ray on Amazon.com is all-regions; the Benelux DVD through Dalton Distribution is PAL - just turn off the subtitles for the original version.
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Rental - Big Pond Movies
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UNITED STATES
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MARWENCOL is a feature documentary about the fantasy world of Mark Hogancamp.
After being beaten into a brain-damaging coma by five men outside a bar, Mark builds a 1/6th scale World War II-era town in his backyard. Mark populates the town he dubs "Marwencol" with dolls representing his friends and family and creates life-like photographs detailing the town's many relationships and dramas. Playing in the town and photographing the action helps Mark to recover his hand-eye coordination and deal with the psychic wounds of the attack. When Mark and his photographs are discovered, a prestigious New York gallery sets up an art show. Suddenly Mark's homemade therapy is deemed "art", forcing him to choose between the safety of his fantasy life in Marwencol and the real world that he's avoided since the attack.
MARWENCOL was released theatrically by the Cinema Guild and aired on PBS. It has won over 25 awards, including two Independent Spirit Awards, Best Documentary of the Year from the Boston Society of Film Critics and Rotten Tomatoes, and the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary at the South by Southwest Film Festival. The Los Angeles Times calls the film “an exhilarating, utterly unique experience” while the Village Voice says that it's “exactly the sort of mysterious and almost holy experience you hope to get from documentaries and rarely do.”
Jeff Malmberg is a documentary filmmaker based in California. His film "Marwencol" has won over 25 international awards, including two Independent Spirit Awards and Best Documentary of the Year from the Boston Society of Film Critics. In 2017, Malmberg directed the award-winning documentary "Spettacolo" with his partner Chris Shellen. The film is a portrait of a small Italian hill town that deals with conflict by turning its life into a play. It was supported by a Guggenheim Fellowship and grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Creative Capital, Sundance Documentary Fund, and the Tribeca Film Institute. In 2018, Malmberg edited the acclaimed documentary "Won't You Be My Neighbor" about the life of Fred Rogers for director Morgan Neville. He is currently working on a new project through Tremolo Productions and working as a creative advisor for the Sundance and Film Independent documentary labs.
South by Southwest Film Festival - Grand Jury Award - Best Documentary
Cleveland International Film Festival - Grand Jury Award - Best Documentary
IFFBoston - Special Jury Award - Best Documentary
Hot Docs - HBO Emerging Artist Award
Seattle International Film Festival - Grand Jury Award - Best Documentary
Silverdocs - Cinematic Vision Award
Comic-Con - Judges' Choice Award (Best Overall Film)
Fantasia International Film Festival - Best Documentary
Woodstock Film Festival - Maverick Award - Best Documentary
Vienna International Film Festival - DER STANDARD Readers' Jury Award
Whistler Film Festival - Grand Jury Award - Best Documentary
Mendocino Film Festival - Best Film on the Arts
Belfast Film Festival - Maysles Brothers Award - Best Documentary
Docville Belgium - Best International Documentary
Biografilm Festival Italy - Best Life Award
Independent Spirit Award - Truer Than Fiction Award
Independent Spirit Award - Find Your Audience Award
Independent Spirit Award - Best Documentary (nominee)
Independent Spirit Award - Truer Than Fiction Award
Independent Spirit Award - Find Your Audience Award
Independent Spirit Award - Best Documentary (nominee)
Boston Society of Film Critics - Best Documentary
Boston Society of Film Critics - Best New Filmmaker
Toronto Film Critics Association - Best Documentary (runner-up)
Detroit Film Critics Association - Best Documentary (nominee)
Dallas/Ft. Worth Film Critics Association - Best Documentary (nominee)
Rotten Tomatoes - Golden Tomato - Best Documentary of the Year
International Documentary Association - Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Filmmaker Award
Cinema Eye Honors - Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
Chlotrudis Society - Best Documentary of the Year
American Library Association - Notable Video For Adults - 2011
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Poster available for purchase at the Cinema Guild online store. Poster design by Scott Meola of SIMPLISSIMUS.