The Man Who Would Be Polka King

Sacramento Premiere Sunday April 18!

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:34:55 -0400

Hey Sacramento! We’re coming to your town to screen THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING at the super-cool micro-cinema series Movies on a Big Screen at the historic Guild Theater! Catch Polka King Fever on Sunday April 18 at 7:30 PM! Tickets are only $5! Let’s Polka Northern Cali-style!

THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING
Sunday April 18
7:30 PM

Movies on a Big Screen
Guild Theater
2828 35th Street
Sacramento, CA

UK Premiere This Saturday!

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:27:03 -0400

What’s up UK polka people? A happy-tappy polka reminder that our UK premiere of THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING is this Saturday March 20 at 2:45 PM at the Pictureville Cinema at the Bradford International Film Festival! UK polka fans you won’t want to miss this! And on a very different tip, stick around afterwards for a screening of Zach Clark’s amazing Modern Love is Automatic!

UK Premiere of Polka King!

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:55:20 -0500

Hello United Kingdom! We’re excited to announce that THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING will be premiering at the 2010 Bradford International Film Festival this month! This is an incredible festival with an amazing lineup, particularly deep with American independents (hello to our favorite, Modern Love is Automatic, screening right after us!)— so we’re very proud to be a part of it.

Our film screens Saturday March 20 at 2:45 PM at the Pictureville Cinema in Bradford. For more information, please visit our page on the festival site. We hope to see you there!

Add Polka King to your Netflix Queue!

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:03:00 -0500

Happy 2010, fans of THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING! Sorry we’ve been away for so long, but we’ve been in a series of pierogi-filled backroom negotiations.

We are pleased to announce that worldwide digital rights for THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING will be handled exclusively by Cinetic Rights Management! They rep some amazing films and we are thrilled to be in such good company. Stay tuned here to find out where and when you should be able to watch THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING from the comfort of your living room!

But first… we need your help. Please put THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING in your Netflix queue! The more interest we can generate on Netflix, the quicker we can get the movie to you, polka fans.

That’s right, you can do a good polka deed today— it’ll only take a couple of clicks…

Put THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING in your Netflix Queue!

Yours in polka,

Stan

PS—for those who have seen and liked the movie, you can rate the movie on Netflix too!

Chicago Premiere Announced!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:49:00 -0500

We’re very excited to announce our Chicago premiere this month at the Polish Film Festival in America!

PFFA is the largest film festival of Polish film outside of Poland and we are honored to be a part of it.

Chicago! Please join us on Friday November 20 at 7 PM at the Gallery Theatre/Society for Arts for our screening. John will be in attendance and possibly Josh as well. Hope to see you there!

Visit our PFFA page here for all the details!

Hot Springs Doc FF tickets here

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:35:04 -0400

Reminder: POLKA KING screens this Saturday night at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. Online tickets are available here!

Hot Springs Doc FF announced!

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:04:53 -0400

We’re excited to be a part of the 2009 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival! Hot Springs is a wonderful documentary festival in Arkansas, and this year they are showing a ton of fantastic documentaries from the world festival circuit.

Tell all your Arkansas friends!

THE MAN WHO WILL BE POLKA KING will be screening on Saturday October 24 at 6:00 PM in theater 1 of the Downtown Historic Malco Theater in Hot Springs.

More information about the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival can be found on their official website.

Thanks! Another festival screening to announce soon, as well as exciting information about how you might be able to see POLKA KING right from your living room!

PS

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:41:24 -0400

More exciting announcements about where you can see the Polka King documentary coming very soon!

Polka King at Notre Dame

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:22:36 -0400

Irish eyes are sure to be smiling this week for the Indiana premiere of The Man Who Would Be Polka King at the University of Notre Dame! If you’re near South Bend, IN or happen to be coming in a little early for some Fightin’ Irish football this weekend…stop on by the INDustry Alliance Documentary Film Festival, Thursday October 1st at 6:30 p.m. at the Browning Cinema. John will be visiting his alma mater for the screening. For more info check out http://performingarts.nd.edu/index.php?page=detail&event=1120

Atlanta Premiere This Wednesday!

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:54:05 -0400

Just a reminder… Our Atlanta premiere of THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING is this Wednesday August 26 at 6:30 PM! Please join us on opening night at the fantastically programmed Atlanta Underground Film Festival, we’ll be screening at Young Blood.

Be there or miss out on the New Polka Explosion that’s bubbling up from the underground. See check it out, we even made the cover of the AUFF program!

Atlanta Premiere Announced!

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:17:21 -0400

Hello Polka King fans…

Stan, your host here. It’s been a while since you’ve heard from me, hasn’t it?

Well, I’m here to tell you that we are happy-tappy-happy to announce that THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING will be screening opening night of the Atlanta Underground Film Festival! That’s Wednesday August 26th at 6:30 PM at Youngblood. We are flattered to be part of this festival that always has some great Georgia premieres, this year Modern Love is Automatic and Zombie Girl are can’t miss events.

Please join us at the screening!

Yours in Polka,

Stan

This post is long overdue… a photo of Jan Lewan, the Polka...

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:01:31 -0400

This post is long overdue… a photo of Jan Lewan, the Polka King himself, just released from prison and attending our Brooklyn International Film Festival premiere.

As you can see, he looks proverbially tanned, rested and ready to re-conquer the world of polka.

How do you feel about this? Is all forgiven with Jan Lewan? Has he paid his dues to society? We know this is a very controversial topic and we invite your comments below.

PS— An exciting new Polka King film festival screening to be announced within the next couple of days!

Krakow Post reviews Polka King!

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:50:07 -0400

Krakow Post reviews Polka King!:

Great wrap-up of our screening at the Krakow Film Festival last month. More news and pictures from our Brooklyn screening (including the live appearance of the Polka King himself!) coming shortly…

Breaking News: Jan and Rhonda Lewan LIVE at Thursday's Brooklyn screening!

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:29:52 -0400

We have received word that Jan Lewan, the Polka King himself, and his wife Rhonda will attend this Thursday’s repeat screening of THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING at the Brooklyn International Film Festival.

Jan is recently released from 5 years in state and federal prison, and is apparently anxious to see our film about his life and his illegal investment scheme. We assume he is prepared to answer a few questions after the screening, along with co-director Joshua von Brown.

Please join us at the screening and help spread the word about this very unique event!

THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING

Thursday June 11 at 5 PM, Brooklyn Heights Cinema, 70 Henry Street, Brooklyn

Get your advance tickets HERE. We hope to see you!

NY Times writes about tonight's Brooklyn premiere!

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:56:44 -0400

We’re very excited for tonight’s US premiere at the Brooklyn International Film Festival… and so is the New York Times!

READ THE FULL NYTIMES.COM POST HERE!

To update, online ticketing is now up on the Brooklyn International Film Festival website if you want to buy tickets in advance (which we recommend, as we are not sure how large the theater is).

And please join us at ReBar in Dumbo from 8 PM on for the Polka King Afterparty!

The Playlist plugs our Brooklyn screening

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:30:19 -0400

The Playlist plugs our Brooklyn screening:

From one of our favorite film websites, The Playlist!

Festival HQ at the Krakow Film Festival. Our International...

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:09:07 -0400

Festival HQ at the Krakow Film Festival. Our International Premiere was a polka-tastic success! More details soon…

Polka King Int'l Premiere Tomorrow Night in Krakow!

Sun, 31 May 2009 12:44:14 -0400

Just 24 hours until our big big big International Premiere at the amazing Krakow Film Festival. It’s 8 PM on Monday June 1. John is apparently doing an interview tonight for Polish TV. Anyone in Poland reading this? Please join us at the screening! All of the details are here.

Screening times for Brooklyn announced!

Sun, 24 May 2009 09:40:40 -0400

We now have our screening times for our U.S. Premiere at the BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL:

Saturday June 6 at 6 PM at the Brooklyn Heights Cinema (with a repeat screening Thursday June 11 at 5 PM, at the same location).

For those of you in or near New York City, we need your help in spreading the word. We’re hoping for a big hometown turnout for our premiere (much of our film was produced from our office just a few blocks from where the film will be screening)!

More exciting details to announce soon!

For those of you in Poland, a reminder that our World Premiere is Monday June 1 at 8 PM at the KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL. We can’t wait.

Polka King: Two Big Premieres to Announce!

Sun, 17 May 2009 22:28:54 -0400

We promised to announce the exciting premiere of THE MAN WHO WOULD BE POLKA KING. A special surprise… how about two?!

We are excited to announce that on June 1, we will world premiere our film at the prestigious KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL in Krakow, Poland. It is the oldest film festival in Poland and one of the best documentary festivals in Europe. What better way to launch the film than where the story of the Polka King all began— Poland.

Then, just a few days later we will be making our U.S. Premiere right at home: at the BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. This is a wonderful film festival in its 12th year and we are super-stoked that we can screen it here.

More details very soon, including the exact screening date and time of our Brooklyn screening, as well as more possible surprises!