13TH GEN

13th Gen is the San Francisco-based company of multi-award winning independent filmmaker Marc Smolowitz. 13th Gen believes strongly in the power and potential of beautifully produced social issue films to speak to every generation. We welcome pitches from both established and emerging talents.

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Our multi-award winning film NARROW PATH TO HAPPINESS has screened at 18 festivals across the globe and we finally welcomed director Kata Olah to San Francisco from Budapest for the hometown premiere of the film in Marc Smolowitz’s city!! Thank you to the wonderful team at S.F. DocFest for embracing the film. It was a delightful and memorable evening!!

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Looking back on some fabulous Spring 2023 milestones, one of Marc Smolowitz’s latest as Executive Producer — FINDING THE MONEY — went into wide release in May through Giant Pictures and Kanopy, which included some 15 cities of theatrical screenings across the country!! The film is available On Demand everywhere you can buy or rent your movies. Watch it today!!

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We’ve been quieter than usual on some of our social channels recently because our company CEO Marc Smolowitz has been deep into prep and is now filming a new scripted independent feature film in San Francisco. The project still has some opportunities for paid and unpaid background performers and extras. If interested, email [email protected] to submit. Interested volunteers can also submit this form: https://forms.gle/yVV7xwFtZTeaQwag8

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Hot off the heels of a truly magical screening at the QDoc Film Festival in Portland, Oregon, NARROW PATH TO HAPPINESS continues its festival journey this fall and into 2024. 

Congratulations to filmmakers Kata Oláh and Borbála Csukás, and to film subjects Gergő Gagyi and Lénárd Váradi!

Upcoming screenings:

Merlinka International Queer Film Festival: 👉 https://bit.ly/3uIF2xu Budapest International Documentary Festival: 👉 https://bit.ly/41dkLg5

Follow the film's festival journey at narrowpathtohappiness.com and for more fall news from Marc Smolowitz and 13th Gen, check out our latest newsletter: 👉 https://bit.ly/4779wYE ❤️🎬

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This past October, COMING AROUND took home the audience award at NewFest for Best Documentary Feature, and the Director's Choice Award at Cinema Diverse, Palm Springs' LGBTQ Film Festival.

Congratulations to our team, director/producer/editor Sandra Itäinen, producer Chelsi Bullard, EPs Fawz Mirza and Andria Wilson, and to our most amazing centerpiece stars, Eman Abdelhadi and her mother Fatten!

Catch a virtual encore for award winners, running Nov. 24th-30th: 👉 https://newfest.org/nf35-encores

Follow the film's festival journey into 2024 at comingaroundfilm.com and for more fall news from Marc Smolowitz and 13th Gen, check out our latest newsletter: 👉 https://bit.ly/4779wYE ❤️🎬

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With screenings logged at over 60 film festivals around the world, 10+ festival award wins and prizes, including being short-listed for the European Film Awards, WHO I AM NOT shows no signs of slowing down.

In fact, we just announced that the film has has landed a distribution deal with Greenwich Entertainment - one of the nation's strongest indie film distributors.

Congratulations to director Tünde Skovrán, producer Andrei Zincã, executive producer Patricia Arquette, centerpiece characters Sharon-Rose Khumalo and Dimakatso, and to the entire filmmaking team!

Follow whoiamnotdocumentary.com for updates, and watch for the film's broader release in the coming weeks and months!

And for more fall news from Marc Smolowitz and 13th Gen, check out our latest newsletter: 👉 https://bit.ly/4779wYE ❤️🎬

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A new short documentary carved out of the DIAMOND DIPLOMACY feature enterprise, BASEBALL BEHIND BARBED WIRE tells the inspiring story of baseball being played inside the internment camps during the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans.

This film celebrated FIVE MAJOR PREMIERES last month, including its world premiere at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, followed by the Hawai‘i International Film Festival, The Newport Beach Film Festival, and a very special screening in the San Francisco Bay Area at the 26th UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival).

Congratulations to our long-time filmmaking collaborator, director Yuriko Gamo Romer, and our entire team! ⚾❤️

Follow the project's adventures into 2024 at diamonddiplomacy.com and for more fall news from Marc Smolowitz and 13th Gen, check out our latest newsletter: 👉 https://bit.ly/4779wYE

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Taking a deep dive into a revolutionary new theory called Modern Monetary Theory or #MMT, our documentary FINDING THE MONEY has found much success this fall, including packed houses and memorable Q&As at our World Premiere at the Woodstock Film Festival, Boston GlobeDocs, and the Bend Film Festival in Oregon.

We also won the audience award at the San Francisco Green Film Festival, where the film was the festival's closing night selection and even made it onto the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle Datebook!

Huge congratulations to Maren Poitras, our amazing director, and our entire filmmaking team.

Next up: We’re participating in the IDFA Docs For Sale market this week, and we are actively confirming the film for many more festivals as we gear up for the film's wide release in May 2024.

Follow the film's adventures at findingmoneyfilm.com and for more of 13th Gen's fall news, check out our latest newsletter: 👉 https://bit.ly/4779wYE

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Catch up on all of 13th Gen's latest news in our fall newsletter, including updates on five of our films: FINDING THE MONEY, BASEBALL BEHIND BARBED WIRE, WHO I AM NOT, COMING AROUND, and NARROW PATH TO HAPPINESS.

Read it here: 👉 https://bit.ly/4779wYE ... and to recieve periodic updates from Marc Smolowitz and 13th Gen in your inbox, look for the subscribe button, top left. ❤️🎬

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This Friday Barry Gelston, M. Ed. welcomes director/producer Marc Smolowitz to Experts! They'll discuss, among other things, the evolving state of gifted and neurodiversity awareness and understanding, and how efforts, such as THE G WORD, have impacted perception and change. This is also a very special episode, because it is the last to be hosted by our beloved Barry Gelston - come bid him a fond farewell and bring questions for Q&A at the end of the session!

⏰ Friday, October 20th, 12:30pm PT, LIVE & FREE in the GHF Forum: 👉 https://lnkd.in/etUzUBeZ

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FINDING THE MONEY takes center stage as Closing Night Film at the Green Film Fest of San Francisco this Thursday!

🎟️ Tickets: 👉 https://bit.ly/3M57Gis

See you at the Roxie Theater this Thursday - director Maren Poitras and executive producer Marc Smolowitz will be there! 🎬

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** WORLD PREMIERE TODAY! ** Directed by Yuriko Gamo Romer and produced by 13th Gen's Marc Smolowitz, a new short film carved out of the DIAMOND DIPLOMACY documentary project — "Baseball Behind Barbed Wire" — has its world premere in Arkansas today! ⚾🎬

BASEBALL BEHIND BARBED WIRE WORLD PREMIERE at Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Sunday, October 8 at 1:30 PM

🎟️ Ticket details: 👉 https://diamonddiplomacy.com/watch-bbbw

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📣 Featuring Stephanie Kelton, FINDING THE MONEY screens in competition at the Bend Film Festival on Oct 13, 14 & 15. Director Maren Poitras will be in attendance with subjects and experts L. Randall Wray and Rohan Grey.

Tickets: 👉 https://bit.ly/FTMatBENDFF2023

Stay close, we're coming to a city near you!

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** WORLD PREMIERE ANNOUNCEMENT! ** Produced by 13th Gen's Marc Smolowitz, a new short film carved out of the DIAMOND DIPLOMACY documentary project — "Baseball Behind Barbed Wire" — will have FIVE MAJOR PREMIERES this October! ⚾🎬

WORLD PREMIERE @ 32nd Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Sunday, October 8, 2023, at 1:30 PM

HAWAI'I PREMIERE @ 43rd Hawai‘i International Film Festival Saturday, October 14, 2023, at 10:00 AM

WEST COAST PREMIERE @ 24th The Newport Beach Film Festival Thursday, October 19, 2023, at 6:00 PM

EAST COAST PREMIERE @ Immigration Film Festival 2023 Sunday, October 22, 2023, at 7:00 PM

BAY AREA PREMIERE @ 26th UNAFF * Sunday, October 29, 2023, at 1:00 PM * Director Yuriko Gamo Romer, producer Marc Smolowitz, and co-producer Loi Almeron wil be in attendance.

🎟️ Ticket details: https://diamonddiplomacy.com/watch-bbbw

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📣 There's still time to grab tickets to come celebrate the world premiere of FINDING THE MONEY at the Woodstock Film Festival this weekend, screening on Sat, Sept 30th and Sun, Oct 1st.

🎟️ Tickets: 👉 https://tinyurl.com/FTMlink

Director Maren Poitras and executive producer Marc Smolowitz will be in attendance for a Q&A at both screenings, in addition to many other experts from the film including Stephanie Kelton, L. Randall Wray, Pavlina R. Tcherneva and more.

We hope to see you at a screening this weekend … and if not there, stay close for more festival announcements - we’re coming to a city near you soon!

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We have two films screening at this year's Cinema Diverse Film Festival in Palm Springs this weekend!

COMING AROUND - centerpiece feature directed by Sandra Itäinen Friday, September 29th, 7:45pm

NARROW PATH TO HAPPINESS - U.S. Premiere directed by Kata Oláh Saturday, September 30th, 5pm

🎟️ Tickets & details: https://psculturalcenter.org/filmfest

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Can you believe that just a handful of weeks of summer remain? As the transition to autumn approaches, bringing cooler days, fall projects, and the return to school for many, we extend our warm wishes for a safe and serene rest of summer. Hugs from Marc and all of us at 13th Gen. ❤️☀️