Lil Bub & Friendz | |
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Directed by |
Andy Capper Juliette Eisner |
Produced by | Juliette Eisner |
Cinematography | Danilo Parra |
Edited by | Devin Yuceil |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Lil Bub & Friendz is a 2013 documentary directed by Andy Capper and Juliette Eisner. [1] It stars Lil Bub and her owner Mike Bridavsky and looks at cats on the Internet, Internet memes and viral videos. [1] Lil Bub & Friendz premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 18, 2013 and won the Tribeca Online Festival Best Feature Film. [1] [2] [3]
The film follows Lil Bub and Bridavsky as they visit other "cat-lebrities" and go to the first Internet Cat Video Film Festival in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [1] [4] The film has appearances of Keyboard Cat, Nyan Cat and Grumpy Cat and an interview with their self-described "meme manager" Ben Lashes. [2] [5] [6] [7]
Eisner's original pitch was a video short about "crazy cat people" at the first Internet Cat Video Film Festival. [8] Eisner contacted Lil Bub and Bridavsky because Vice worked with them on an earlier video. [8] Capper and Eisner knew that Lil Bub would be the star as soon as they met her. [7] [8] They decided to make a full-length film after seeing the turnout of 10,000 people at the festival in Minneapolis including travelers from New York City, China and Seattle. [5] [9] Filming took five months. [8]
During filming Lil Bub had a serious health episode but recovered. [6] [9] Bridavsky called it "a very scary week" [6] and Capper said "this is going to be the most depressing cat movie ever." [9]
Vice created three movie posters including a parody of Jaws with Lil Bub looking up at a swimming woman and a shot from her photoshoot with Bullett Magazine. [10] [11] Complex ran "Lil BUB Week" leading up to the premiere. [12]
Lil Bub & Friendz premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 18, 2013. [1] [2] It was also screened at the Tribeca Drive-In and Tribeca Online Festival. [1] Lil Bub, Bridavsky, Capper and Eisner attended the Tribeca Drive-In outdoor screening at the World Financial Center Plaza on April 20. [1] [9] [13] Lil Bub did a petting and photo session. [9] [13] Festival co-head Robert De Niro met Lil Bub at the Director's Brunch on April 23 after co-head Jane Rosenthal quipped to The Hollywood Reporter "I keep saying Little Bub needs to meet Big Bob." [14] [15] Lil Bub & Friendz won the Tribeca Online Festival Best Feature Film. [3]
Lil Bub & Friendz was screened at the Seattle International Film Festival. [16] It was shown at Metro Chicago on October 10 raising $1,800 for Tree House Humane Society. [17] [18] [19]
The movie was released online on the VICE website on September 6, 2013. [20] [21]
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Lil Bub & Friendz | |
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Directed by |
Andy Capper Juliette Eisner |
Produced by | Juliette Eisner |
Cinematography | Danilo Parra |
Edited by | Devin Yuceil |
Production company | |
Release date |
|
Running time | 65 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Lil Bub & Friendz is a 2013 documentary directed by Andy Capper and Juliette Eisner. [1] It stars Lil Bub and her owner Mike Bridavsky and looks at cats on the Internet, Internet memes and viral videos. [1] Lil Bub & Friendz premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 18, 2013 and won the Tribeca Online Festival Best Feature Film. [1] [2] [3]
The film follows Lil Bub and Bridavsky as they visit other "cat-lebrities" and go to the first Internet Cat Video Film Festival in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [1] [4] The film has appearances of Keyboard Cat, Nyan Cat and Grumpy Cat and an interview with their self-described "meme manager" Ben Lashes. [2] [5] [6] [7]
Eisner's original pitch was a video short about "crazy cat people" at the first Internet Cat Video Film Festival. [8] Eisner contacted Lil Bub and Bridavsky because Vice worked with them on an earlier video. [8] Capper and Eisner knew that Lil Bub would be the star as soon as they met her. [7] [8] They decided to make a full-length film after seeing the turnout of 10,000 people at the festival in Minneapolis including travelers from New York City, China and Seattle. [5] [9] Filming took five months. [8]
During filming Lil Bub had a serious health episode but recovered. [6] [9] Bridavsky called it "a very scary week" [6] and Capper said "this is going to be the most depressing cat movie ever." [9]
Vice created three movie posters including a parody of Jaws with Lil Bub looking up at a swimming woman and a shot from her photoshoot with Bullett Magazine. [10] [11] Complex ran "Lil BUB Week" leading up to the premiere. [12]
Lil Bub & Friendz premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 18, 2013. [1] [2] It was also screened at the Tribeca Drive-In and Tribeca Online Festival. [1] Lil Bub, Bridavsky, Capper and Eisner attended the Tribeca Drive-In outdoor screening at the World Financial Center Plaza on April 20. [1] [9] [13] Lil Bub did a petting and photo session. [9] [13] Festival co-head Robert De Niro met Lil Bub at the Director's Brunch on April 23 after co-head Jane Rosenthal quipped to The Hollywood Reporter "I keep saying Little Bub needs to meet Big Bob." [14] [15] Lil Bub & Friendz won the Tribeca Online Festival Best Feature Film. [3]
Lil Bub & Friendz was screened at the Seattle International Film Festival. [16] It was shown at Metro Chicago on October 10 raising $1,800 for Tree House Humane Society. [17] [18] [19]
The movie was released online on the VICE website on September 6, 2013. [20] [21]
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