IFC Nabs SXSW Prize-Winner Tiny Furniture

by Anne Thompson
April 23, 2010 2:59 AM
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IFC Films has acquired North American and multiple foreign rights to the critical hit of SXSW, writer-director-actress Lena Denham's Tiny Furniture, which marks the emergence of a fresh new voice in American indie film. Dunham not only won the narrative feature jury prize but also took home the festival’s breakout award for emerging narrative woman director. She stars in the semi-autobiographical DIY film, which she shot after graduating from Oberlin College, in familiar Manhattan locations on a miniscule budget.

IFC Films will release Tiny Furniture via its IFC in Theaters on-demand platform day-and-date with its theatrical run. Here's IFC's description of the film:

TINY FURNITURE tells the story of 22-year-old Aura (Dunham) who returns home after college to her artist mother’s loft with the following: a useless film theory degree, 357 hits on her YouTube page, and no shoulders to cry on. Starring Dunham’s real-life family in supporting roles and shot in her family home, TINY FURNITURE is a tragicomedy about what does and does not happen when you graduate with no skills, no love life, and a lot of free time.

A creative writing major, @lenadunham's first short film, Dealing, premiered at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival and her first feature, Creative Nonfiction, premiered at SXSW 2009 and played New York's Anthology Film Archives. Check out her two webseries, Tight Shots (at Nerve.com) and Delusional Downtown Divas.

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