THE STARFISH THROWERS

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A film by Jesse Roesler Runtime: 83 minutes

USA/India HD, English !

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Synopsis Worlds apart, a five-star chef,"a twelve year-old girl, and"a retired schoolteacher discover how their individual efforts to feed the poor ignite a movement in the fight against hunger.

Award-winning chef Narayanan Krishnan, fighting against the caste system in India, quits his job to begin a life of cooking and hand-delivering fresh meals to hundreds of people in his hometown. Katie Stagliano’s planting of a single cabbage seedling when she was nine years old blossoms into Katie’s Krops, a non-profit with 73 gardens dedicated to ending hunger. Retired middle school teacher Mr. Law battles personal health issues as he hand delivers more than a thousand sandwiches nightly to the hungry in Minneapolis.

This documentary tells tale of these remarkable individuals and the unexpected challenges they face. Despite being constantly reminded that hunger is far too big for one person to solve, they persevere and see their impact ripple further than their individual actions.

Trailer " vimeo.com/44292667

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Awards 1. Global Health Competition Audience Award, 2014 Cleveland International Film Festival 2. Human Spirit Award, 2014 Nashville Film Festival 3. Best Feature Documentary, MN-Made Program, 2014 Minneapolis St. Paul Int’l Film Festival 4. Best Feature Documentary, Audience Award, 2014 Minneapolis St. Paul Int’l Film Festival 5. Best Documentary, 2014 Myrtle Beach Film Festival 6. Best Overall Film, 2014 Myrtle Beach Film Festival 7. Big Cheese Award, 2014 Port Townsend Film Festival 8. Best Feature, 2014 Awareness Festival (Santa Monica, CA) 9. Most Uplifting Feature, 2014 Awareness Festival (Santa Monica, CA) 10. Best Feature Documentary, 2014 Washington West Film Festival (Washington, D.C.) 11. Best Documentary, 2014 Big Water Film Festival (Ashland, WI) 12. Spirit of Activism Award, 2015 Wild & Scenic Film Festival (Nevada City, CA) 13. Special Mention Feature Documentary, 2015 Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA) 14. Best Environmental Film, Audience Award, 2015 Sedona International Film Festival 15. Honorable Mention, 2015 Tasmanian Eco Film Festival (Hobart, Tasmania, Australia) 16. Best Documentary, 2016 James Beard Foundation Book, Broadcast & Journalism Awards

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Reviews “The most heartwarming film of 2014.”

-The Huffington Post ��“The Starfish Throwers shows the power of one on a global scale…an important documentary….”

-Examiner.com 5/5✭ ���"Local filmmaker Jesse Roesler raised funds...to make this uplifting documentary about three disparate optimists, and he skillfully weaves their tales together for a powerful impact greater than the sum of its parts.”

-The Star Tribune 3.5/4✭

��“The imagery in this!film is so heartwarmingly authentic, I was on the verge of happy tears the entire time. The amount of genuine!non-judgment, gratitude!and compassion is enough to make an entire yoga class cry simultaneously.”

- Shedoesthecity.com “A luminous window into the lives of true local heroes, this documentary is sure to leave the spectator with the feeling that they too can make a change in the lives of those around them.”

- The Arts Guild: 4/5✭ “Jesse Roesler’s awe-inspiring, beautifully shot documentary…is humble in its own right, letting the compassion on screen speak for itself.”

- Joyless Creatures: 4.5/5✭ “The Starfish Throwers will likely do two things to you: 1) inspire you to do more to make a difference in the world, and 2) make you reevaluate your priorities in life.”

- Documentary Talk: 4/5✭ !“...an inspiring, reaffirming, and uplifting film that reminds us that we can all do great things and can have a positive impact on this world.”

- The Roaming Life

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Film Festivals 2014 1. World Premiere—Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival (March 16, 18) 2. Sofia International Film Festival (March 21) 3. North American Premiere—Cleveland International Film Festival (March 27, 29, 30) 4. Sonoma International Film Festival (April 4, 6) 5. Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (April 10, 12, *24—“Best of Fest”) 6. Nashville Film Festival (April 19, 20) 7. Canadian Premiere—Hot Docs Canadian Int’l Documentary Festival (April 26, 28, May 4) 8. Myrtle Beach International Film Festival (April 26) 9. Independent Film Festival Boston (April 26) 10. Mendocino Film Festival (May 31) 11. Duluth Superior Film Festival (June 1) 12. Best of Hot Docs at Vancouver International Film Festival (June 25) 13. San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (July 25) 14. Midwest Independent Film Festival (August 5) 15. FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival (August 7) 16. Port Townsend Film Festival (September 19, 20) 17. Awareness Film Festival (September 21) 18. Aspen Film Festival (September 26, October 1) 19. Marine Documentary Festival (October 2) 20. Milwaukee Film Festival (October 2, 4, 6) 21. CineDOC-Tbilisi International Documentary Festival (October 16) 22. Hollywood Film Festival (October 17, 19) 23. Dallas Videofest (October 18) 24. Carmel International Film Festival (October 19) 25. South American Premiere—Anima Film Festival (October 23, 26, 29) 26. Flyway Film Festival (October 25) 27. Barrie Film Festival (October 25) 28. Sofia Independent Film Festival (October 27) 29. Brattleboro Film Festival (November 1) 30. Windsor International Film Festival (November 1, 3) 31. Naples Film Festival (November 7, 8) 32. Big Water Film Festival (November 8) 33. Evolution, Mallorca International Film Festival (November 9) 34. Devour! The Food Film Fest (November 14) 35. Marda Loop Justice Film Festival (November 18)

Film Festivals 2015 1. Wild & Scenic Film Festival (January 16, 18) 2. Reframe Peterborough International Film Festival (January 24) 3. Sedona International Film Festival (February 25, 28) 4. Aspen Film - Encore Screening (February 25) 5. Beloit International Film Festival (February 21, 28, March 1) 6. Belleville Downtown International Documentary Festival (February 27, 28) 7. Durango Film Festival (March 4, 5) 8. Southern Circuit of Independent Filmmakers (March 4, 15, 17, 19) 9. Salt Spring Film Festival (March 8) 10. Vera Film Festival (March 12) 11. Project Native Film Festival (March 15) 12. Detroit Jewish Film Festival (May 13, 14) 13. Human Rights Nights Film Festival, Italy (May 15) 14. Prescott Film Festival (July 26) 15. Tasmanian Eco Film Festival, Teaser Night Screening (August 28) 16. Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival, Ireland (October 1, 4)

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Official Selection2014

!Director’s Statement I began this documentary three and a half years ago when I first heard about a retired teacher who drove around Minneapolis 365 nights a year, giving sandwiches to homeless people out of a van with the words “Love One Another”"and his cell phone number stenciled on the door.

Once I began filming with Allan Law, I became instantly amazed and humbled by his dedication to a cause many say is lost. Why was he giving everything to a battle he could never win?

I began to look for other individuals who were fighting that same fight. This search ultimately brought me to Narayanan Krishnan in India and young Katie Stagliano in South Carolina. The intimate access they granted allowed me to witness their intense struggles and beautiful triumphs these last three years. While these three had never met each other prior to my making this film, their selfless efforts for people in need had connected their journeys all along.

The experience has been both humbling and unforgettable. Seeing them reject cynicism and transcend mass apathy with every act of kindness they committed reminded me of the lost idealism of youth. While many of us have put aside some of those innocent dreams of changing the world and making a difference, I believe that sharing these stories will help us all to rediscover our own potential to affect positive change."

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Filmmakers Jesse Roesler Director + Producer + Cinematographer

Jesse is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker whose work has been screened internationally in venues such as South By Southwest Film Festival and on Current TV. Jesse’s approach to filmmaking is best described as Cinematic Authenticity. By fusing narrative cinematic technique with the authenticity found in documentary style filmmaking, his work blurs the lines between fiction and non-fiction by capturing the truth in a conceptually thoughtful manner. You can see more of Jesse’s work at www.jesseroesler.com.

Bill Kersey Editor + Co-Executive Producer

A resident of St. Paul,!Bill!Kersey holds a BFA in Media Arts from the University of Arizona. He has edited several documentary features, including the award-winning Thicker Than Water and American Heart, and!also worked as editor on!the Independent Lens documentary Precious Knowledge. He has been an Editing Fellow at the NALIP Latino Producers Academy and!a selected participant in the Telluride Film Festival Student Symposium, and his award-winning short films have screened at dozens of festivals nationally and internationally.

Melody Gilbert Producer

Melody Gilbert is an award-winning independent documentary filmmaker who has directed and produced non-judgmental, character-driven stories for film and television for more than 20 years. The Documentary Channel calls her "one of the most fearless filmmakers in contemporary documentary cinema." She has made five independent feature-length documentaries in the past seven years: Fritz: The Walter Mondale Story (2008), Urban Explorers: Into the Darkness (2007), A Life Without Pain (2005), Whole (2003) and Married at the Mall (2002). All of her films have screened at major film festivals, in theaters and on television worldwide, including the Sundance Channel and on dozens of television networks internationally such as TF5 (France), YLE (Finland), RTL (Germany) and more. You can see more of Melody’s work at www.frozenfeetfilms.com.

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Dan Satorius Executive Producer

Dan Satorius is a producer and lawyer. His firm is Satorius Law Firm, PC. He has represented clients in independent film and TV for over 25 years. His clients include Academy Award, Emmy Award, Independent Spirit, and Sundance award winners. He frequently writes and speaks about entertainment law, was an adjunct professor of law, and is the Motion Picture and Television Vice-Chair of the ABA’s Forum on the Entertainment Industry. Dan is on the Super Lawyers®!list in the area of Intellectual Property/Entertainment. He is rated by American Lawyer as a ‘Top Rated Lawyer in Intellectual Property’!in 2013 and received the AV Preeminent®!peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell. ! Dan has a Masters of Arts in Film and is a producer of award-winning films. In 2011 he released!Twelve Thirty, a feature film he produced, and Jeff Lipsky wrote and directed. He is currently in development with a fictional feature and several documentary features. ! You can find out more about Dan at his website:!www.SatoriusLawFirm.com!and at IMDb:!http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2655735/.

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Tech Specs Running Time 83min Languages English Format 1.78:1, HD Video (Canon 5D Mark II) 23.98fps

Exhibition Formats DCP HD Cam ProRes 422 BluRay Sound Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround!

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Full Credits Featuring Narayanan Krishnan Allan Law Katie Stagliano Matt Damon Bill Clinton Director Jesse Roesler Editor Bill Kersey Producers Melody Gilbert Jesse Roesler Cinematographer Jesse Roesler Executive Producer Dan Satorius Co-Executive Producer Bill Kersey Additional Cinematography by Victor Rukavina Patrick Meehan Associate Producers Victor Rukavina Keri & Todd Mangis Annie Dee !

Colorist Dave Sweet Post Production Services Pixel Farm Audio Post Production Services Undertone Music Music by Startle the Heavens Tony Anderson Balmorhea Lowercase Noises

Editorial Assistants Jay Rudeen Allie Young Tom Schmidt Transcription Sandi Roesler Impact Producer Pete Tedrow Publicity Assistance Golden Sun Marketing Branding/Design/Production Support Bolster With Support from The Jerome Foundation Minnesota State Arts Board!

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