Cinemad Wipe Themselves in ‘Shit Year’

Micro-distributor Cinemad Presents have added what I imagine is their first Cannes title to their humble slate. Cam Archer’s 2010 Cannes preemed Shit Year (Directors’ Fortnight) will be brought to market next month with a booking at the IFC in NYC with other venues/cities to follow. Here’s coverage of what the world premiere screening looked like back in May of ’10. 

Gist: Colleen West (Ellen Barkin), a once renowned actress, comes unhinged as she confronts retirement and life at the twilight of her career. Haunted, she plummets into a hallucinatory affair with Harvey (Luke Grimes), a much younger actor who she met doing a small play.

Worth Noting: This is Cinemad’s second time working with Archer – before getting into the distribution business, the decade old blog previously showcased his short film, above below in the short film compilation called, Cinemad: 2009 Short Film Almanac.

Do We Care?: I called this a cross “Jim Jarmusch’s early days and Anton Corbijn videos from the late 80’s but with a tone that is slightly surreal, slightly candid in the notion of retirement and slightly distilled with the use of B&W containing a dreamy, docu-like quality”. Definitely worth checking out if you’re into the avant-garde.