Wha Gwan?!

Friends, Romans, Bunny Chow fans; lend me your ears, and let’s make some stew…

It’s been a while, and we’ve certainly got plenty to report, the only problem being deciding where to start?

The beginning is normally the best place, but then how can we tell the beginning without reaching the end first? Big questions indeed, and big question no doubt deserve big answers to boot, but let’s drop all the faux intellectualism straight away and get on to the film right?

Right!

First up, for those of you who don’t know, we’ve got an award winning South African comedy called Bunny Chow: Know Thyself, directed by John Barker, that we’re releasing in the UK on 21st March. It’ll be hitting the screens in London at the ICA first up before being rolled out and featuring at select cinemas nationwide – if you don’t live in the London area and travelling ain’t your thing, petition your local picture palace and get them on the Bunny Chow: Know Thyself band wagon!! You know it makes sense.

By the way, you can book your tickets for the ICA now by following this link…

We’re also happy to announce the first winner of our CD soundtrack giveaway – Sean Sloan racked his brain before finally dropping science and getting back to us with the correct answer that, yes, Bunny Chow: Know Thyself was indeed made in South Africa. Good knowledge Shaun, respect to the brain. He was the first of 10 lucky winners to get back to us in time to win an exclusive CD soundtrack of the film and we’re pleased to be able to announce that the soundtrack comp is back by dope demand. To win a copy of the soundtrack, be one of the first 10 respondents to answer the following question and email your answer through to bunny-chow@hotmail.co.uk:

Question: Who directed Bunny Chow: Know Thyself?

If that one’s flummoxed you, try scanning up a couple of paragraphs, the road to enlightenment lies there Confucius… If South African dub/ funk and all-round good time vibe music is your thing, you’ve gotta get hold of a copy!!

We’re also still running our great DVD giveaway. Get 5 friends to email oli@dogwoofpictures.com quoting your name and email address, and you’ll stand the chance of winning a selection of DVDs from distributor Dogwoof Pictures mighty archives. To check out the great selection held by the guys at Dogwoof, take a look here . It’s a simple and very easy way to swell your collection with some very slept on titles; seriously, this place is like an undiscovered gem store!! Get your friends emailing in right now!!

Aside from the comps, remember to make sure you’ve signed up for the newsletter at the official site, and also check out our Myspace , Facebook Film , and Facebook Fan , sites along with the new Youtube Channel .

We also want to give out a lot of thanks to our new partners SA Times , and Rafikis who’ve seen the light and come on board the good ship Bunny Chow: Know Thyself offering loads of support to the project – there are some choppy waters ahead, but with such a solid crew on board, you know we’ll find dry land eventually. We also want to say a big thanks to Julia and the guys at SA Wines Online for their help. We’re still on the look out for partners and assistance in any get up or guise they may take, so if you think you can help, drop us a line at bunny-chow@hotmail.co.uk. If nothing else, it’ll be nice to hear from you I’m sure…

I also want to say a big personal thanks to Jenny from Bangor University who dropped us a line a couple of days ago about a project she’s working on. We were able to give her some info about independent film distribution and marketing and she’ll be using Bunny Chow: Know Thyself as an example when she gives a presentation to her class on the perils and pitfalls of such ventures and I’m sure you’ll want to join me in wishing Jenny all the luck she no doubt deserves!!

Good luck girl, knock ‘em dead!!

Other than that, things are continuing at a devilish pace over here. My man Steve is helping me with the Myspace page, so the next time we blog, we could have something sexy, new, and all things Myspace for you to take a gander at…

So, keep spreading the word, and remember “To Err Is Human, To Forgive Divine … but to “Know Thyself…”” Now you’re talking!!

I’m out like Bunny Chow: Know Thyself on March 21st!!

The Countdown Continues...

Here we are again…

…another week, another blog entry, and another set of news stories to bring you, hot off the presses from the Bunny Chow camp.

Things have continued at a frenzied pace over here, and I can promise you that we’re very pleased with the way things are going so far. We’ve rolled out two fan sites on Facebook here and here, a Myspace page, have updated our Youtube channel, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg…

You know how icebergs work right? There’s that point you can see, ‘harmlessly’ poking its head out above the water; you think you might just let it innocently slip by, but it’s what’s hidden under the surface that’ll really grab you and make you pay attention as it pulls you under.

An overly dramatic metaphor maybe, but we really feel that we’ve got some great stuff planned for all the fans of Bunny Chow who sign up at the Official Site. Just visit the site, take a look around if you haven’t already, and sign up for our mailing list. In the coming weeks we’ll be bringing you giveaways, prizes, exclusive content from the stars and director of the movie, as well as a few other surprises that I think I’ll leave hiding below the surface, just for the time being.



We’ve had a massively positive response from the South African ex-pat community in England who are getting very excited about the impending big screen release of our authentic, and grass roots South African comedy. I’ve got to say a big thank you to all the Saffas who’ve shown us such great support so far, and who’ve sent us all the kind messages of encouragement.

Thanks guys, you’ve been stars!!

In the coming weeks we’re hoping to broaden our audience targeting to take in all the fans of independent film, and comedy we can, and you can help us by spreading the word yourselves.

Come on guys, help us reach far and wide and really make Bunny Chow the hit it deserves to be!!

Don’t forget though, if you can’t make it to the ICA during the two week run Bunny Chow will enjoy there from the 21st March, sign up on our Official Site to receive details of our future plans to allow for streaming and downloading of the film.

Continue to support Bunny Chow, and we’ll continue to bring you all the news and information you need on this exciting future release from Dogwoof Pictures as soon as we get it.

Ps. don’t forget to tell all your friends…

Only 10 weeks to go...

So here we go then, I thought I better get the important bit out of the way early on so that's why the trailer takes such pride of place here. Now all I've got to do is try to contextualize it, and explain what me and it are doing here - or seeking to do.

Anyway...

I work for DogWoof pictures, a film distributor, and in the next couple on months we're going to be releasing "Bunny Chow". It's a low budget, independent South African feature and I for one am very excited about it. It's going to be quite a limited release at first, centred at the ICA London for two weeks from 21st March.

The film focuses on a few days in the lives of three stand up comedians (David Kibuuka, Kagiso Lediga, and Joey Yusuf Rasdien) and takes in details of their fraught relationships with their girlfriends, their progress in the even more fraught world of stand up comedy, and everything in between – and that’s a lot!!

The film has an amazing soundtrack, and real drive and impetus given by the characters themselves; they’re what drives the film forward and the dialogue and interaction between the characters is one of the films real achievements – did I mention it’s laugh out loud funny? Well take it from me, it is!!



In the coming weeks, we’re going to be doing all we can to publicise the release of Bunny Chow, and get as many people as we can to register at our official website:

http://www.dogwoof.com/bunnychow/

So why not visit us, take a look around, and register your email address – what have you got to lose? You stand the chance of winning a number of special prizes, and will also receive updates and exclusive content about the film in the coming weeks.

I’ll leave it at that for now – but check back in the next couple of days and we should have some more clips, information, and other wonderful things here to whet your appetite ahead of the film event of the century… you don’t think I’m over selling it do you?

Oh yeah, and come and find us on Facebook – just search for “Bunny Chow”, simple as that really.

And don’t forget to visit the site and to register your email address!!