Topp Twins

The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls screened in Seattle on the 30 & 31 May with the twins and the film’s producer Arani Cuthbert in attendance. See the pics below for proof!

Jools, Arani & Lynda at SIFF | Photo credit: SIFF

Arani Cuthbert, the film’s producer, says, “The screening on Sunday night went down very well… about 600 people in a lovely old theatre, very much like a KIWI audience. This part of the US is so like NZ. Lovely to hear people laughing at all the right places, lots of wonderful comments afterwards.”

Watch the interview with Lynda & Jools on the SIFF website

SIFF Banner | Photo credit: Diva Films

Lynda & Jools Topp perform at Q&A | Photo credit: SIFF

Jools Topp performing at Q&A | Photo credit: SIFF

SIFF audience | Photo credit: Diva Films

Lining up for merchandise | Photo credit: Diva Films

Lynda & Jools Topp signing merchandise | Photo credit: SIFF

Lynda & Jools Topp | Photo credit: SIFF

View more pics on the SIFF Flickr stream.

UPDATE: Listen to the audio from an interview with Movie Critic Tom Tangney

Read the reviews from SIFF:
May 30 at SIFF, The Seattle Times, Michael Upchurch
SIFF “Face the Music” preview: The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls, KEXP.org, Leigh Bezezekoff
SIFF report #2, Playback stl, Sarah Boslaugh
SIFF Review: The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls, film.com, Christine Champ
SIFF Sighting: The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls, Cinebanter
SIFF Spotlight: The untouchable Topp Twins, Art by Zee
SIFF Take: The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls, Three Imaginary Girls
SIFF Week 2: Picks & Pans, Seattle Weekly, Gavin Borchert
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls, The Stranger, Dominc Holden
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls, Seattle Gay News
What to see this week at the Seattle Film Festival, HeraldNet, Robert Horton
Your Daily SIFF: Oops! Here’s the info on Topp Twins and Joan Rivers, Seattle Gay Scene, Michael Strangeways

The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls has won the Best Documentary Award at the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. The MGLFF jury chose the film as their favourite documentary of the 2010 lineup.

Read the article written by Steve Rothaus on the Miami Herald blog.

The River Run Film Festival organised for The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls director Leanne Pooley to attend the festival. The film had four screenings, two of which Leanne attended for Q&As and . . . today we heard that the film has won the Audience Award for Best Documentary!!!

Leanne Pooley having her photo taken by Tim Klein at the River Run Film Festival | Credit: River Run Film Festival

Leanne Pooley on the red carpet at the River Run Film Festival | Credit: River Run Film Festival

Leanne Pooley with Andrew Rodgers, the Executive Director of the River Run Film Festival | Credit: River Run Film Festival

The happy audience at the River Run Film Festival screening with Leanne | Credit: Leanne Pooley

Reviews from River Run Film Festival:

River Run Film Reviews, Winston-Salem Journal
Film Festival Offers Awesome and Awful, Matthew Lucas – The Dispatch.com

We blogged about winning a Prize at Nashville a couple of days ago and the votes are now in for the Audience Award which sees The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls tie for The Documentary Channel Audience Award for Best Documentary. Wahoo!

Excerpt from the press release:

Two documentary films already awarded prizes at the 2010 Nashville Film Festival (NaFF) tied for The Documentary Channel Audience Award for Best Documentary when the awards were announced last night at the Festival’s closing night party at the Cannery Ballroom. “For Once in My Life,” director Jim Bigham’s documentary profile of Miami’s Spirit of Goodwill Band, and “The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls,” director Leanne Pooley’s hysterical profile of the world’s only comedic, singing, dancing, lesbian, twin-sister country music duo, were both rated too high and too close to pick a clear winner. “For Once in My Life” had earlier won the Gibson Impact of Music Award for best music film; “The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls” was the Best GLBT film.

Thanks to everyone who saw the film in Nashville.

UPDATED: Just to prove she was there! A couple of pics of Leanne in Nashville:

Leanne by the Nashville Guitar Bus

Leanne on the Nashville Guitar Bus

Leanne Pooley and Nashville Film Festival Artistic Director Brian Owens

Following the screening of The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls at the Minneapolis/St Paul Film Festival on the 28 April 2010, there will be a party at the Red Stag Supperclub to honor the spirit of the film and the Minneapolis GLBT community.

Guests may dine on delectable complimentary hors d’oeuvres created from the Red Stag’s slew of local organic and sustainable ingredients, as well as partaking in specially discounted libations for festival ticket holders. Mmmmm.

Stay connected at Red Stag Supperclub for special to-be-announced entertainment for this event.

Wednesday 28 April 2010 | 10.00 PM – Close

The Red Stag Supperclub
509 1st Ave.

Minneapolis (612-767-7766)

Entry is FREE!

Leanne Pooley | Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin Film Festival

Leanne Pooley | Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin Film Festival

Leanne Pooley | Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin Film Festival

Leanne Pooley | Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin Film Festival

Leanne Pooley | Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin Film Festival

Leanne Pooley | Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin Film Festival

And what did they think of the film? Read the reviews from Rob Thomas (The Capital Times) and blogger Das Binky.

The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls has just been given the prize for Best Film with GLBT Content at the Nashville Film Festival.

Thank you Nashville!