Sintel official premiere
on August 16th, 2010, by Ton
Just had it confirmed from the Festival committee:
Official premiere Sintel: Monday 27 september, 19:30h, in Rembrandt theatre, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
This screening is part of the normal festival, for which tickets have to be reserved or purchased via the theatre or via the festival itself.
Netherlands Film Festival website. (program will only be available sept 9)
The DVD production has also started (slowly!), we plan to have this ready for print at the festival. I’m uncertain if we can have the DVDs available then already though… we’ll do our best!
In order to prevent crappy bootlegs to be posted, we’ll release the film a few days after the premiere as well, with sufficient mirrors for everyone to enjoy with us this milestone in Blender history!
-Ton-
August 16th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
uoooooohoooooho!
August 16th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Ah that’s really cool!!
Props Ton and the gang!!
August 16th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Hip Hip Hooray
August 16th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
ALRIGHT!!! 8)
August 16th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Use the Torrent. So we (individuals lazy users) can help to spread it.
August 16th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
So the DVD will be released after the premiere? Our Sintel Game Team better start getting a move on!
August 16th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Cool.
Is the making-of also going to be shown?
August 16th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
Congratulations 🙂
August 16th, 2010 at 4:12 pm
I second AR in the “use torrent” so that we can all seed!
August 16th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
I forgot: at the entrance we need screaming girls and fanbois, with flashing cameras!
August 16th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
You mean ”gillende bakvissen”? 😛
I bet a lot of girls will be yelling for Colin! (Is he present then?)
What’s the price for the tickets? 😛 (greedy Dutch question, I know :p)
August 16th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Congratulations to all the team and the many people around the world that are contributing to Blender.
You guys and girls have changed more lives, and help realise more dreams than you could ever imagine 🙂
August 16th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
great news!
August 16th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Excelent.. finally its all reaching boiling point now!
August 16th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Excellent !!!
We will be cheering, screaming and flashing cameras from the other side of the world (Mexico) …. =D
Good job guys, take some cold beers !
August 16th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
Fantastic news!!!
Only, if I look at the site of the Dutch Film Festival, I can´t find Sintel. Am I looking wrong?
August 16th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
Look what Ton wrote. (something with sept 9 😉 )
August 16th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
Congrats to all the gang. I’m really impressed by every progress that you make, and i’m really excited to get soon my Sintel’s DVD… i’m far enough to go to see the premiere!! 😉
ps: and glad of having a couple of argentinean people there doing a great job!
August 16th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
am waiting for the CAM version, the one that someone used a mobile camera in the theater :p
August 16th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
@Ton:
Will the people who ordered the DVD (especially in The Netherlands) get their DVD before the online release?
August 16th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
I am so looking forward to that day! I have been following the progress of Durian since the very first day and right now I’m so anxious to see it. I really hope I can be there in the theatre 🙂
August 16th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
Could anybody enlighten me about the price of the ticket?
August 16th, 2010 at 11:16 pm
ouch, a monday…
August 17th, 2010 at 2:52 am
Congratulations!!!!!
August 17th, 2010 at 6:01 am
Well, a great feast is prepared! There will he a 3d version planned for the future?
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Et bien, une grande fête se prépare! Il y aura t-il une version 3d de prévu à l’avenir?
August 17th, 2010 at 6:12 am
Oh my god, it’s fabulous!
August 17th, 2010 at 6:15 am
I’ll help with the seeding. 🙂
August 17th, 2010 at 7:25 am
Super!
August 17th, 2010 at 7:30 am
I do not believe my eyes, thank you so much!
August 17th, 2010 at 7:31 am
Well, a great feast is prepared! There will he a 3d version planned for the future?
August 17th, 2010 at 7:32 am
Yes, use the torrents Luke! Forget about mirrors, distributed download is a lot better & faster.
August 17th, 2010 at 7:40 am
Oh yes Franck Zippo good idea, there will he a 3d version (Avatar) planned at the future?
August 17th, 2010 at 11:18 am
Just cant wait to watch the movie…
August 17th, 2010 at 11:49 am
Re-release the trailer with the new renders
August 17th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
Plus d’un moi a attendre encors :'( vivement !
August 17th, 2010 at 12:21 pm
Yay 😀
Can’t wait to see the movie 😀
August 17th, 2010 at 12:46 pm
You should add a Sintel premier countdown on the blog.
August 17th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Wow that’s on my birthday. LOL
August 17th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Can’t wait to see the dragons in all details! Great job on the modelling, sculpting and animation!
August 17th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
+1, for the countdown
August 17th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
I guess if fanbois are needed I should come.
Its just a rather long trip for 10 minutes movie.
The ambiance should be nice though, I remember when I went to the movie where I did my bit. Maybe somebody can bring the red carpet and the pole-and-ropes. 🙂
August 17th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
This will be a grand premiere =)
Can’t wait and the Team has my full respect!
August 17th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
I don’t read very good stories about Pathé Rembrandt regarding picture and sound quality…
August 17th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
Can’t wait to see this! I would love to help with Spanish subtitles by the way! Can I?
August 17th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
44th ^^ i guess everybodys getting exciting
August 17th, 2010 at 11:42 pm
espectacular!!!!!!!!!
estoy constantemente revisando este blog y por fin una buena noticia. acá en chile debe promocionarse este tipo de cine de una buena vez, y los argentinos que ayudaron en la produccion deberian de darles a los chilenos un buen zamarreo de oreja.
estamos muy atrás en sofware free!!!!!!!!!!
August 17th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
@mutze & Steven : Good idea 😉
Countdown badge added upon the menu in the sidebar, thanks to this simple code :
http://lab.artlung.com/countdown/
August 18th, 2010 at 12:08 am
34 euros is expensive for a short film 6 to 8 minutes…
August 18th, 2010 at 1:07 am
+2 for the countdown 🙂
Sintel is SOOOO cool!
August 18th, 2010 at 1:41 am
@ Andreo101: It’s ~ 11 minutes, IIRC. And the cost isn’t just for the film alone; the DVD set includes NTSC and PAL discs, the film in HD, and all the production files. Add to that that the cost was originally used to directly finance Sintel so it could actually be made and it’s not that bad a deal, IMO. 😉
August 18th, 2010 at 7:15 am
Good luck guys! I followed you from the start. I am very happy for the blender community and all the hard work that the team did. Excitement! 🙂
August 18th, 2010 at 8:32 am
wow. i can’t wait to see this, is crazy, this is killing my brain. i love blender and i think that the durian team have made an excellent work and process. thank you a lot.
August 18th, 2010 at 8:54 am
Can’t wait! You guys really rock!!!
August 18th, 2010 at 9:22 am
“34 euros is expensive for a short film 6 to 8 minutes…”
34 euros is rather cheap for having 18 people working a half year fulltime+the_extras on improving free software and developing fully open content.
Far less than my yearly maya subscription, and I don’t get a free cool dvd with that.
August 18th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
It’s much money for just a DVD, it’s really cheap for a good software product.
Plus, the attendance at the premiere was an evening to never forget!
I would not buy just a Blu-ray or DVD for that amount of money, but in this situation it’s different.
August 18th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
34 euros for a single film is so much money, a DVD or Blu-Ray will not reach that price.
it is no longer open source looks like the bad bizness
August 18th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Frank Zippo
34 euros for the current version Special “Collector” is true is always expensive, except for fans
everybody can not afford this amount for this 11 minutes of film. It would be nice to release a version with
only the film 11 minutes, 11 euros.
August 18th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
It is open source, you’ll be able to download the film and program if you think it’s too expensive. Buy a book or something from blender shop instead if you still want to contribute but think that the film is too expensive.
August 18th, 2010 at 7:52 pm
Funny some think it’s to expensive or bad business for a free product, including all source material AND the ability for people to use it any way they want, even commercially. It’s like sponsoring Blender development and get a free DVD with an 12 minute movie + all source material. Erm, 4 DVD’s I meant. Some might consider giving away the movie for free bad business, hehe. Anyway, let me see you do better and give it away for free 🙂
August 18th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
It’s nothing more than natural to receive reactions like ”you’re nuts” when you deviate from established practices.
But why would say such things when at the same time you’re familar with the goals of the Blender Foundation?
And:
Look, even while Sintel gets released for free, everything behind that file on you harddrive costs a damn big amount of money.
So when you’re getting good feelings by seeing the Blender logo and you can miss a few bucks, you know what to do! 😉
August 18th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
ik hoop dat ik de dvd een paar dagen erna binnen heb. 🙂
August 18th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
Ik denk niet dat de meesten hier Nederlands begrijpen. 😛
But I hope the same!
August 19th, 2010 at 2:51 am
I’m happy with blender and that what count for now.
August 19th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Yeah!! 🙂
August 19th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
I’ve seen on twitter pablo and soenke still at work on improving quality for final release and wanted to say “hi guys!” to this last part of the team still at work and cheers them 🙂
August 19th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
The movie will be released for free on the internet.
Download it and burn it on a dvd and you’ll have your $2,= version.
August 19th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Wooow!!! Increibleee!!!! FELILCIDADEEES!!!! estaré al pendiente de este gran éxito en el mundo Blender!! Abrazos!!! y mucha suerteeee!!!!!
August 20th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
I’m really looking froward to the delivery of my 2 DVDs – will make a nice present for another person! You guys are still doing work according to SVN twitter feed, thank you! -> http://twitter.com/blenduriansvn 🙂
August 20th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
I’m so looking forward to this release!
August 29th, 2010 at 6:17 am
We’re routing for you! Way to go! Thank You for all you hard work and generosity!
September 1st, 2010 at 6:24 pm
When will be available on youtube?
September 8th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
18 days!!!! AHHHHH!!!! SO EXCITED!!!! I’m not sure if I will buy the DVD, but I am thinking that I probably will!!! I am going crazy about this thing! I think that on the 26th, I will wake up, scream, and then die of excitement LOL… 🙂 going crazy about this! (Oh wait, I already said that!)
September 13th, 2010 at 6:29 am
“34 euros is expensive for a short film 6 to 8 minutes…”
That’s a very short-sighted viewpoint. It’s much, much more than simply being about the film. And 34 EU isn’t much (support) to ask.
September 21st, 2010 at 4:14 am
6 days left!
when you guys say 19:30h in the Netherlands, does that mean 2:30 pm hear in the US?
September 21st, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Hmm, according to the website of the Film Festival, Sintel will also be showed on the 26th of september (16.00h), is this correct?
http://www.filmfestival.nl/nl/films/sintel
September 22nd, 2010 at 9:24 am
I am excited about Sintel movie, looks great !
Congratulations to all Blender artists who made it possible, thank you very much !
Long life to Blender and its artists, still working few centuries please!
September 24th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
I like the torrent idea mentioned in one of the first comments…
September 27th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
But you can’t download the blend files?
when yes I’ll buy it!
juhi!
ps. greeting from Germany 😉
September 27th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
I have been waiting for, thanks!
September 27th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
Just 8:00 hours left…. XD.
September 28th, 2010 at 1:59 am
Congratulations for this work, the blender today took a step that will change history!
September 28th, 2010 at 2:54 am
HOOTHOOTHOOT!!!
September 28th, 2010 at 11:05 am
we will show the world what’s possible with opensource and free software.
September 28th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
i don’t have words to appreciate the durian team. cheers guys.
great work !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we always support you