FILM FESTIVAL world TOUR
World Premiere
Phoenix, AZ
April 4-14. WINNER: Best Short Documentary. Attended by Michael Bruce, Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith, Steven Gaddis, Chris Penn and countless friends and family of the band.
Michigan Premiere
Detroit, MI
April 10-14. Attended by Dennis & Cindy Dunaway, Steven Gaddis and Chris Penn.
Texas Premiere
Dallas, TX
April 11-18. WINNER: Audience Award, Best Documentary. Attended by Dennis & Cindy Dunaway, Steven Gaddis, Chris Penn, animators Aaron Thedford & Deanna Molinaro, countless film crew and fans featured in the film.
Georgia Premiere
June 14-16. WINNER: Best/Favorite film of the festival. Mini Snakes museum curated by Dwight McCain.
Alice Cooper Fan Day
Cleveland, OH
July 14, 2019 Astroturf was invited to screen all day at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with Dennis Dunaway’s rock cinema short, Cold Cold Coffin. Guests in attendance included Alice Cooper historian Paul Brenton, Rock Hall inductee Dennis Dunaway costumer Cindy Dunaway, director Steven Gaddis, reunion mastermind Chris Penn, plus former members of Blue Öyster Cult Albert and Joe Bouchard, and Tish & Snooky Bellomo. Alice Cooper performed at sold-out show at the Jacobs Pavilion that night.
South American Premiere
Bogotá, Colombia
July 23-27 Official Selection. Details here.
San Antonio Premiere
San Antonio, TX.
July 30-August 4 Official Selection. Special guests in attendance. Tickets and passes available here.
European Premiere
Madrid, Spain
August 10-17 Nominated for three awards. Details here.
New York Premiere
New York, NY
August 14, 2019 Featured alongside Dennis Dunaway’s Cold Cold Coffin as the first Cacophony Cinematic Aural Revue, a traveling music film festival. Live performance by Dennis Dunaway and special guests. Tickets available here.
New Jersey Premiere
Jersey City, NJ
September 17-22 Featured in the Band Together Program. Special guests in attendance. Festival benefits children on the Autism Spectrum. Tickets available here.
New Mexico Premiere
Albuquerque, NM
September 24-29 Screening at the historic KiMo Theatre in downtown Albuquerque with Three Chords and the Truth and Contemporary Woody Guthrie. Guests in attendance. Tickets and passes available here.
North Texas Screening
September 26-29, 2019 Astroturf returns to North Texas as the first annual NTXFF presents the best of DIFF, including Audience Award Winner, Live from the Astroturf, Alice Cooper. Special guests in attendance. Details here.
Bryan, TX Premiere
Cacophony! Presents an evening of Alice Cooper on the silver screen. The award-winning Live from the Astroturf, Alice Cooper will be presented alongside a classic Alice Cooper film. Also featuring the Dennis Dunaway rock cinema experience, Cold Cold Coffin. Guests in attendance. Tickets and info available soon.
Kentucky Premiere
Oct. 10-12 Louisville, KY Screening at the acclaimed Muhammad Ali Center. Full festival and day passes are on sale here, but Astroturf showtime has not yet been announced.
Oklahoma Premiere
Oct. 10-13 Oklahoma’s first opportunity to see Astroturf will happen at 2pm at the Woody Guthrie Center, accompanied by an assortment of short music docs. Special guest in attendance. Tickets available here. (TAFF Music Short Films program at the bottom)
Buffalo, NY Premiere
Oct. 10-14 Astroturf comes to Buffalo courtesy a film festival that thrives on the spirit of independent cinema. Details forthcoming.
To unleash the movie of the historic event, we went back to where it all started: Phoenix, Arizona, birthplace of the original Alice Cooper group. The Phoenix Film Festival honored the film its first award: The Copper Wing Award for Best Documentary Short. (The running time barely fell under their cutoff for a feature classification.) Dallas International Film Festival bestowed the Audience Award for Best Documentary to the film as well. The Film Festival World Tour continue to book premiere shows in new cities constantly. You’ll be able to see all the new festival dates here.
More announcements to follow soon. Check back frequently.