Richard LeMay

So NAKED AS WE CAME is almost done! Here are some stills from the film after the colorist Alex Bickel got through with it. He’s a talented guy and he made this movie look amazing!

NAKED AS WE CAME is at picture lock! My editor Alex Hammer turned it out on this one. The film looks great. Now it’s off to sound and color correction. This has been a great process but I’m ready to finish it!

Not much more to say. Pretty cool though.

Wow! Friday night, CHILDREN OF GOD opened to a packed theater at the Quad Cinemas in New York City! It was a great night. The movie was warmly received and the after party at MARY QUEEN OF SCOTTS was insane. I still need time to recuperate.


With BET film critic Clay Cane (far right)


With actor Ben Weaver (Naked As We came)

Director Kareem Mortimer

With actor Ryan Vigilant (Gossip Girl, Naked As We Came)

With producer Trevite Willis

The TLA gang with actor Gerald McCullouch from CSI (center)

Acquired by TLA Releasing, CHILDREN OF GOD will open theatrically on May 20 at the Quad Cinemas in New York City. Opening night screenings will be hosted by BET and OUT magazine. Bahama’s based writer/director Kareem Mortimer as well as producers Richard LeMay and Trevite Willis will join the cast for the day long event. “This has been a long time in the making. We’re all just thrilled that the film has made it to theaters.” said LeMay. Having won 14 awards internationally and selling in 15 countries to date, a US theatrical release is the perfect culmination for a beautiful film. CHILDREN OF GOD will also premiere on SHOWTIME in June. For times, check out www.sho.com.

So tonight CHILDREN OF GOD opens at the Quad Cinemas here in NYC. This is my first film in an actual theater so I’m pretty excited. BET is hosting the 7:00 screening and OUT Magazine is hosting the 9:35 showing. If you haven’t seen it, please come down town and check it out.

My first review in the Times. Very Exciting. For the full review, click HERE.

So we finally got the release date for CHILDREN OF GOD. TLA Releasing will release the film on May 20, 2011 for a limited run. It will open in New York City at the Quad Theater. This is very exciting. It’s my first film in theaters. If anyone hasn’t seen it yet (or even if you have), please run down to the theater opening week and get a ticket.

This tense family drama follows siblings Elliot (Ryan Vigilant- Gossip Girl) and Laura (Karmine Alers- RENT) as they come home after 2 years, to find their estranged mother gravely ill, and living with a handsome young stranger. For more info, check out: www.nakedaswecamethemovie.com

Karmine Alers

Ryan Vigilant

Lue McWilliams

Ben Weaver

This is Producer Nia Hatsopoulos with Director of Photography Vitaly Bokser.

Shot in rural Massachusetts, this feature film was written, directed and executive produced by Richard LeMay. The film is currently in post production.

Here, LeMay works with the cast and crew to line up a shot.

Check out the trailer for CHILDREN OF GOD from our German distributor.  It looks so good I want to watch it again.  Watch it HERE.

Some more cool pics on set.

BET Network has chosen CHILDREN OF GOD as one of the top ten films of 2010.  This comes on the heels of the movie winning thirteen awards internationally and getting distribution in over eleven countries.  The film’s US and UK distributor TLA, is slated to release the movie this March in theaters.

I didn’t see this coming but it’s very cool.

Check out the article HERE!

BET has chosen CHILDREN OF GOD  as one of the top 10 movies of 2010.  An unexpected surprise!

Read the article HERE!

It has been officially announced by TLA Releasing, our US and UK distributor that Children of God will have a limited theatrical release and dvd release in 2011 via IndieWire.  We are so incredibly excited!  Children of God is a feature film I produced in the Bahamas two summers ago.  To date we have screened in over 70 international festivals since our International Premiere eight months ago.  We have won 13 awards and enjoyed a successful tour across the UK with the British Film Institute LLGF.

Check out the article HERE

TLA Releasing formally announces the theatrical release of CHILDREN OF GOD.

For the full article press HERE

Here’s another local Mass publication doing a story on NAKED AS WE CAME IN.

Read the article HERE.

This was a great ride. Truly one of the best times I’ve ever had.  An amazing cast and crew. Felt like family.  I hope the movie is as good as making it was.

The Concord Patch did a story on NAKED AS WE CAME IN filming locally.

Read the article HERE.

This is an article from one of the local papers.  Above is Ryan Vigilant, Karmine Alers and Sturgis Adams blocking a scene from NAKED AS WE CAME IN.

Read the article HERE.

It’s our last day shooting in Lincoln MA.  I’ll miss this amazing place.  Above is a still from the movie of actor Ben Weaver in the indoor pool/greenhouse.  This house is crazy!   This has been an exceptional experience working here.  Tomorrow we go back to New York to finish shooting.

This house is a work of art.  There are extensive gardens in and around the house.  There’s also 4 green houses and one has an indoor pool.  A great place to shoot.  Here are 2 of my lead actors, Lue’ Mcwilliams and Ryan Vigilant getting ready to shoot a scene… by t he indoor waterfall.  Have I mentioned how much I love my cast?

We have 2 days left here in Lincoln MA.  This has been one of the best experiences ever.  The entire cast and crew are all cool, talented people.  I don’t want it to end… Okay, maybe I do.  I could use a full night’s sleep.  Above is a production still of yet another dolly shot.  This scene is one of my favorites because the movement is great but the cast delivers an outrageous performance.

Check out Vitaly’s video blog HERE.

I just became present to the fact that our DP is actually god.  Every religion has a name for him but I have to preach that my god is called Vitaly.  Not to mention he takes pretty pictures.  This movie is gorgeous!  Okay, Vitaly may not be a deity but who cares?  He’s a great cinematographer.

This is a still from the movie.  I have to say that DP Vitaly Bokser is working it out on this flick.  Every shot is amazing (and I’m not just saying that.).  The RED camera is pretty great technology.  I would recommend anyone making a low budget indie to seriously consider using it.  This is actor Ryan Vigilant in a scene where he finds a dead body in the green house.

This is some of the crew setting up a dolly shot.  We’re using the dolly a lot.  So far so good and no disasters.  Cross your fingers.

Watch the video blog HERE.

Day 4 and we’re really moving.  The actors are really delivering some great performances.  I wrote these parts for the leads and we also had a month of rehearsals which I have to say is really paying off. Here we are lining up a shot on actors Ben Weaver and Ryan Vigilant.

Check out the video blog HERE.

Third day of shooting was incredible.  Performances were great and the photography is CRAZY!  Here is the crew lining up a dolly shot on the incredibly talented Karmine Alers.

Moving into day three, and so far so good.  The cast and crew of this film are all great.  We’re shooting on the RED camera and the photography is gorgeous.  This is Actor Ryan Vigilant blocking a shot with DP Vitaly Bokser and 1st AC David Kruta.

I’ve been in pre-production for a few weeks on my newest feature NAKED AS WE CAME IN.  This is something I wrote and will be directing.  We begin shooting tomorrow.  I’m nervous as hell.

CHILDREN OF GOD  screened at this years Out On Film in Atlanta this week, winning the jury award for Best Feature, Best Director (Kareem Mortimer) and Best Actor (Johnny Ferro).  A great moment!

CHILDREN OF GOD sold out 2 screenings at this years OUTFEST in LA.  The screening on Friday sparked a heated debate with the audience leading the moderator to say in all his years at OUTFEST, he never saw anything like it.  Pretty crazy but cool when your film makes people talk…or yell.

Richard LeMay & director Kareem Mortimer

After 2 sold out screenings, we won the audience award for best feature.  This is exciting to say the least. It’s the film”s 4th award but it’s New York City!  This is the Children of God team at the Q&A.

After two sold out screenings at this years NEWFEST Film Festival, CHILDREN OF GOD won the audience award for Best Narrative Feature Film.  This is the fourth award the movie has garnered in the past two months.  Next stop is Frameline in San Francisco and then off to OUTFEST in LA.

The second screening of CHILDREN OF GOD here in New York sold out on Thursday.  The audience loved it and we all headed to Highlands for the after party.  Things got a little crazy. That’s editor Maria Cataldo, director Kareem Mortimer and actor Johnny Ferro at the reception before the screening.

Monday night CHILDREN OF GOD screened at Harlem Stage on Screen as a part of this years NEWFEST.  The screening was sold out and the crowd loved it.  About 95% of the audience stayed for the Q & A afterward.  After that, they threw a party for the film.  We had a blast.

Sunday, May 16, 2010 CHILDREN OF GOD screened at the Museum of Fine Art in conjunction with the Boston LGBT Film Festival.  The house was packed and the crowd seemed to love it.

Sunday I went to Boston for the 2010 Boston GLBT Film Festival screening of CHILDREN OF GOD.  It screened at the Museum of Fine Art which in itself is kind of cool.  Really great screening room!  I’m from Mass so my family and friends were there. The crowd really loved it.  A very cool night.

Kim and me

Me and Cheif of operations Amit Dixit

Margaret Kemp, me and Trevite Willis during the Q & A

Wednesday night Streetwise Pictures partnered with Sawyer Studios, The Circuit and Variety Magazine to throw a post Tribeca/pre Cannes party.  500 people showed up at the swanky club Arena and danced their asses off.  The open bar helped.  It was a great night with some cool people.

Doug Weiser, Alex Emanuel, Kim Jackson and me

Meghan Mahoney

Thakur Wint, Deidre Johnson & me

Writer Douglas Day Stewart (OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, BLUE LAGOON), Judy Stewart & Shady Day Stewart

Gustavo Camelot & Kim

Actor Ben Weaver (LOVE POSSIBLY)

We just found out that TUB got accepted to the Cannes Film Festival.  Very Exciting.  I don’t know if I’ll be going but it’s cool either way.

Check out the full review HERE.

I was asked to be a judge for the 21st Annual Dusty Film Festival yesterday.  I spent a cold, rainy, New York day watching tons of movies by students from the school of Visual Arts.  What a great day.  There are some very talented young film makers coming up and it was exciting to see their work.  The festival itself is in May so if you’re curious, check it out.

2010 Festival Schedule
Sunday, May 2 – Wednesday, May 5: Screenings*
SVA Theatre
333 West 23rd Street – Time TBA

Monday, May 3: Screenwriters Night
SVA Theatre, 6:30pm

Tuesday, May 4: Animation Screenings*
SVA Theatre – Time TBA

Thursday, May 6: Awards Ceremony and Gala
Awards Ceremony: SVA Theatre 6:30PM
Gala: 9 – 11pm – Location TBA

Friday, May 7: Winner’s Circle*
SVA Theatre, 6 – 10pm

CHILDREN OF GOD  has been chosen as the closing night film for the BFI London Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.  Over 850 attended the screening and the gala afterward.  This prestigious honor follows the screening at the Miami International Film Festival.  Next is Torino Italy followed by many more festivals around the world including New York, Boston, Melbourne and Toronto.

Last week, CHILDREN OF GOD screened as the closing night film for the London Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.  The screening sold out with 850 people in attendance.  Check out the video of the closing night gala here.

Last night CHILDREN OF GOD had it’s US premiere at the Miami International Film Festival.  The screening was amazing.  Next, it has been chosen as the closing night film at the London Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.  Very exciting.  If you haven’t seen the trailer, check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjFWLiPs0Wo

Last Night CHILDREN OF GOD had it’s US premiere at the Miami International Film Festival.  It is a great festival and we are all proud to be a part of it.  Next CHILDREN OF GOD  is scheduled to be the closing night film at the London Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.

The other night Streetwise Pictures co-hosted a post Sundance/ pre South by Southwest party with Sawyer Studios, the Circuit and The Observer.  About 400 people came and drank Mojitos at The Gates all night.  All in all a pretty cool event.

Adrienne Stern, Zac Soreff & Kim Jackson

FL Jones, Ilyana Kadushin & James Harell

Producer Trevite Willis

Cinematographer Ian Bloom, Kim & actor Ryan Vigilant

DJ Mostbanginest!

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TUB premiered on Saturday, January 23, 2010 to a packed house.  By the sound of the audiences laughs and gasps, the screening was a success.

From the second we got here, it’s been non stop.  Lot’s of cool people, cool films and really cool parties.

Me and Kim Jackson at the Getty Image studio at the Lift in Park City

Me and Kim leaving an interview with EInsiders.com

At the Jigsaw Global party at the New Frontier Lounge 

Kim hanging out with the locals.

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More coverage of the 2009 BIFF screening of CHILDREN OF GOD.  Check out the link below for more.

http://www.trinidadandtobagofilmfestival.com/blog/2009/12/children-of-god-premieres-at-biff.html

The Bahamas Weekly covered the opening night of Bahamas International Film Festival with the screening of CHILDREN OF GOD.  Check out the link below for more details.

http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/bahamas-international-film-festival/Children_of_God_opens_Bahamas_International_Film_Festival8844.shtml

Fest21.com announces line up for the 2009 Bahamas International Film Festival.  Check out the article below:

http://www.awardswatch.fest21.com/en/blog/editor/precious_and_children_of_god_will_bookend_the_bahamas_int_l_film_festival_as_opening_and_closing_night_films

Friday December 11, 2009: The Bahamas International Film Festival screened CHILDREN OF GOD as it’s opening night film.  The honor itself is prestigious enough but Prime Minister Brent Symonette introduced the movie to a packed house followed by a Q & A from an ecstatic crowd.  The screening was followed by a black tie gala.

The Bahamas International Film Festival chose CHILDREN OF GOD as the opening night film to kick off their 2009 festival.  The screening was a huge success with deputy Prime Minister of the Bahamas Brent Symonette introducing the movie.  The film screened to a packed house followed by 2 parties that took us all into the wee hours of the morning.  Great night all around.

Acclaimed Director Kareem Mortimer

Prime Minister Brent Symonette

The cast of Children of God

Actor Jonny Ferro

Me and Cinematographer Ian Bloom

Johnny Depp

Me and actor Mark Ford

Me and Bahama pop star TaDa

Me and producer Nia Hatsopoulos

Sean Connery & Johnny Depp

Late night…

Even later.

I am so pleased to announce that The Streetwise Production TUB has been chosen as an official selection in the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.  TUB was produced by Streetwise founder Kim Jackson and directed by the talented Bobby Miller.  This means I get to go to Sundance!  

Streetwise Pictures Entertainment is pleased to announce that The Streetwise Production TUB has been chosen as an official selection in the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.  TUB was produced by Streetwise founder Kim Jackson and directed by the talented Bobby Miller.  

I’m psyched that Children of God has been chosen as the opening night film for the Bahamas International Film Festival.  The screening is Friday, Dec 11 with a party afterward.  It’s pretty prestigious but I honestly just want to get out of New York.  Should be a great night.

CHILDREN OF GOD has been chosen as the opening night film for the Bahamas International Film Festival.  The film which will have it’s world premiere on Friday Dec 11 will be followed by a post screening gala.

“Filmmaker Richard LeMay shows a lot of promise here, and his lively cast is engaging while the film insightfully touches on some surprisingly complex issues.”

-Jack Leger
QX International

“200 AMERICAN is sexy, funny and touching.”

-PINK PAPER

“Richard LeMay’s low-budget indie (200 AMERICAN) is a brave attempt to highlight the commodification of sex and sexuality.”

-Andrew Copestake
GAY TIME

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