Joe Seo wins Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance!!!

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to our very own Joe Seo for winning the Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance as David Cho in Spa Night!!!

Joe is a brave, daring, gentle actor, who put his all in this movie and we could not be happier for him! Hoping that this means many more great roles for him and the beginning of a wonderful career - it was an honor working with you through the laughter and pain and long nights and love. 

Congratulations Joe!!!

Check out the full list of winners on Variety, and Joe on Vulture as one of the "Best Performances of Sundance 2016"! So proud to be among these great films!!!

Reviews of Spa Night out of Sundance!

We are honored and humbled by all the great reviews and mentions that keep coming in, so we decided to share some of our favorite ones here. For the latest news and press, please follow our SPA NIGHT FACEBOOK PAGE and TWITTER, where we will keep you posted in real time!

Here is the first review of our film, that we woke up to the morning after the premiere, on Rogertebert.com, by Nick Allen:

"A new and necessary voice in indie cinema, he is a gay Korean-American filmmaker, two aspects of identity that inspire an anxious, shattering search for peace of place and identity within this incredible movie competing in Sundance’s U.S. Dramatic Competition."

On Twitch Film, by Jeremy O. Harris:

"Much like its lead, articulation has failed me in the days since watching and processing Andrew Ahn's glorious Spa Night. The film presents itself with such ease and confidence that its easy to miss its complexities at first glance. A friend of mine who saw the movie with me said it in another way, "It's like a masterpiece painting that you could miss in a museum if you weren't looking close enough. It's not showy in it's honesty." 

On IonCinema, by Nicholas Bell:

"...we can’t escape Ahn’s accomplished and beautifully human portrait of a family forced to flounder from one dream deferred to another."

On the Hollywood Reporter, by Boyd van Hoeij:

"...for those willing to fully invest themselves, Spa Night offers a carefully considered story about identity or rather identities, with David having to figure out a way to accommodate his orientation and his position as the only child of Korean immigrants in L.A."

On Variety, by Peter Debruge:

“Spa Night” serves as an homage to the sacrifices first-generation immigrants made in order that their children could achieve their full potential in the States, expanding the concept of “pride” far beyond its protagonist’s gay identity.

Sundance Channel acquires international TV rights for Spa Night

Excited to announce that Sundance Channel has acquired TV rights for Spa Night out of Sundance for the following territories: Dutch Benelux, Central and Eastern Europe, Iberia and Latin America.

See the press release on Variety and follow us on Facebook for updates on domestic distribution, other sales, and upcoming festival screenings!

Spa Night Premiere at Sundance!

Spa Night premiered on January 24th, 2016 at the Library Theatre in Park City to a full house. It was a beautiful, moving, overwhelming, exciting, stressful, exciting, amazing moment to share the film for the first time with an audience. To hear them laugh, see them tear up.

To all the Sundance programmers who believed in our movie: THANK YOU!!! (Special thanks to Kim Yutani who introduced the Premiere!)

Sundance programmer Kim Yutani and director Andrew Ahn at the premiere of Spa Night.

To everybody who was there in the audience, thank you for being part of this moment. To all of our cast & crew who made it all the way to Park City and through the snow: we could not have done this without you, your talent, your hard hard work.

Special thanks to Kickstarter for hosting our crazy Karaoke party, to Dan, Jessica, Alex, Brady and the whole staff who made this THE BEST PARTY EVER. 
See the full calendar of their events at the Kickstarter lounge HERE.

Here are some photos!!!

L-R: Joe Seo (David Cho), Haerry Kim (Soyoung Cho), director Andrew Ahn

And party-time!!!

Cast&Crew of Spa Night at our Premiere Karaoke Party at the Kickstarter lounge!

Andrew (and many friends) singing the night away!!! So much fun!!!

Elijah Wood shaking it off at our Karaoke party!!! 

Deer Flower by Kangmin Kim premieres at Sundance 2016!

The Sundance shorts lineup was released today and we are thrilled to announce that Deer Flower, the latest short film by super-talented director Kangmin Kim, who recently joined our director roster at Nonetheless, will premiere at the festival!!!

Honored to have been part of the creation of this gorgeous, haunting, moving animated short film. Watch the trailer HERE. We can't wait to work together on Kangmin next project!!!

Full Short Films Lineup - 72 shorts selected from more than 8,000 submissions!
DEER FLOWER BOTTOM LEFT.

See the full lineup HERE.

SPA NIGHT TO PREMIERE AT SUNDANCE 2016!!!

We are beyond excited to announce that our film Spa Night, Andrew Ahn's debut feature that we produced and shot last June, will premiere at Sundance in January in U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION!!!

With the risk of sounding repetitive, we would like to thank once more all the people out there who made this possible, who believed in us. Our amazing cast, our hardworking super-talented crew, our investors, our Kickstarter backers, the places that donated food, opened their house for us to shoot in, let us borrow their cars... THANK YOU, to each one of you.

A special thank you to our director, Andrew Ahn, who decided to go on this journey with us, and the producing team: Giulia Caruso, Ki Jin Kim, David Ariniello and Kelly Thomas - for never giving up. We have been working on this film for a long time now, since it was just an idea... we laughed, we cried, we laughed, we yelled, we sweated... Sometimes it was fun, sometimes it was tough, sometimes it was brutal, something exhilarating. We can't say how proud and humbled we are to be taking Spa Night to Sundance and we can't wait to share the movie with you all!!!

See the Sundance press release HERE.

For any inquiries related to Spa Night, please email us at: giulia.caruso@nonethelessproductions.com

SPA NIGHT - week 1!!!!

Not really sure where to start, so many things we want to share, so many emotions... On June 14th we started shooting Andrew Ahn's debut feature, Spa Night. We started working with Andrew on the story at the very beginning of Nonetheless, two years ago, and we have been together ever since through the development and fundraising process, through the Sundance Screenwriting Lab, the Film Independent Screenwriting and Directing Lab, our Kickstarter campaign. Wonderful producers Kelly Thomas and David Ariniello joined our producing team and we put everything together and... here we are!!! IT'S HAPPENING!!! It's suddenly so real.

We couldn't be more grateful to all the amazing humans (and non-humans) who made this possible and supported us in many different ways. Our investors, our backers, our crew, our cast, our interns, all the organizations who gave us grants and all the brands that donated to the project... We wouldn't be here right now if it wasn't for you.

We can't wait to share Spa Night with you.

Follow our Instagram @spanightfilm and our Facebook Page through the shoot for BTS photos and more!

If you have any questions email:

spanightfilm@gmail.com or giulia.caruso@nonethelessproductions.com

Our lead actor, Joe Seo, alias David Cho

Myrna the Monster is "a great treat" according to Indiewire!

Just back from Sundance, here is a great review of Myrna the Monster on Indiewire by Peter Belsito:

MYRNA INDIEWIRE REVIEW

And a live TV interview with director Ian Samuels and Nonetheless Producers Giulia Caruso and Ki Jin Kim for Park City TV:

PCTV INTERVIEW

With more news coming soon, follow Myrna on Instagram @myrnathemonster and like our Facebook page at facebook.com/MyrnaTheMonster!

"Follow your Dreams!" SUNDANCE 2015 with Myrna the Monster

Hello from Park City!

We haven't really been able to update because we've been running around everywhere, but Myrna the Monster is doing spectacularly well! We have two more screenings (one tonight and the other on Thursday), after selling out the first two. The first screening is at 11:30AM today (the 27th of Jan) at the Prospector Square Theater, the final screening is at the Yarrow Hotel on Thursday at 9 PM. If you're in town, come check it out!

OTHER NEWS! Myrna took over the Sundance Institute's Instagram account yesterday! Check out the pics: 

Always swipe right. 😍💃📲💯👌 -@myrnathemonster #bb #cangetit #myrnathemonster @tinder #Sundance

A photo posted by Sundance Institute (@sundanceinstitute) on Jan 26, 2015 at 11:20pm PST

Just announced: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 3 is confirmed. Tig and Myrna to Star. 👭👖👖👖 -@myrnathemonster #callouragents #womenrulesundance #travelingpants #bookedit #ambertamblyn #americaferrera #blakelively #alexisbledel #tignotaro #myrnathemonster @tignotaro

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Staying warm with my bestie.🙌👯😂 -@myrnathemonster #kathleenhanna #myrnathemonster @mskathleenhanna

A photo posted by Sundance Institute (@sundanceinstitute) on Jan 26, 2015 at 6:03pm PST

💰 #Networking 😎 #richkidsofinstagam -@myrnathemonster #myrnathemonster

A photo posted by Sundance Institute (@sundanceinstitute) on Jan 26, 2015 at 5:03pm PST

🙎👙 Ready for the hot tub wit #bae 💑💏 -@myrnathemonster #jasonsegel #myrnathemonster @jasonsegel

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Exit through the gift shop. 🎨🎥🌼-@myrnathemonster #myrnathemonster like #spikelee #banksy @banksy

A photo posted by Sundance Institute (@sundanceinstitute) on Jan 26, 2015 at 3:25pm PST

Direct hit!❄️💥⛄️ -@myrnathemonster #Sundance #myrnathemonster @dappertoad

A photo posted by Sundance Institute (@sundanceinstitute) on Jan 26, 2015 at 2:07pm PST

Ugh-- Can't escape #Sundance stalkers. We hooked up once only Johnny. 🙈🙉🙊 -@myrnathemonster #letitgo #JohnnyKnoxville #frozen

A photo posted by Sundance Institute (@sundanceinstitute) on Jan 26, 2015 at 12:45pm PST

Late to a screening... because last night. 🍕🍸😜 #turnt #sundance #boutthatlife #myrnathemonster -@myrnathemonster

A photo posted by Sundance Institute (@sundanceinstitute) on Jan 26, 2015 at 10:30am PST

Myrna the Monster is MTV's new Breakout Star!

Myrna sat down with the folks at MTV to talk some things over.

http://www.mtv.com/news/2057096/myrna-the-monster-sundance-short-interview/?fb_ref=fbshare_web

Myrna the Monster on Pitchfork!

Myrna is on Pitchfork! Check it out. 

http://pitchfork.com/news/58166-kathleen-hanna-voices-animated-alien-in-short-film-myrna-the-monster/