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After a global festival tour, various international awards, an Amazon Prime Release, and numerous theatrical releases, we are pleased to announce the German TV premiere of our feature film WHEN GOD SLEEPS on WDR. The film will be available in Germany until February 13. You can also watch it on Amazon Prime now.  

This July we had the honor of sharing WHEN GOD SLEEPS in the square of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Our hosts, Roberto Ruta and Lisa Chiari at the FILM Middle East NOW were incredible and we want to thank them for an unforgettable location, a packed screening and a thoroughly engaged Q&A that lasted well after midnight on a Thursday, gotta love the Italians! Missed us? No worries, catch a clip of the Q&A here and be sure to follow us on Facebook to be up to date on Partner Pictures latest screenings and news.

REGGAE BOYZ will have its broadcast television premiere on 8 June at 21:45 on the ARTE network. Check your local listings in case your region’s broadcast time is different, and visit the REGGAE BOYZ Facebook page and the link above for more details about the movie. We’re excited to share our latest film with the world and hope that you tune in for the premiere!

REGGAE BOYZ is heading to Poland! Our latest documentary will have its European premiere at the 58th Krakow Film Festival. This is an especially great honor because our previous film, WHEN GOD SLEEPS, screened at last year’s festival and won the Golden Heynal Award in the International DocFilmMusic Competition. It’s thrilling to be able to come full circle and kick off REGGAE BOYZ’s European journey at KFF. Ticket are available online and at the box office for our screenings on 30 May and 1 June (the second of which will be followed by a Q&A). Be sure to check out our festival page for additional info. We hope to see you there!

We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that our latest documentary, Reggae Boyz, is coming to theaters in Germany starting May 3! Watch the film’s trailer and take a look below for upcoming showtimes. The German screening schedule can also be found here, but don’t worry if you don’t see your city as more dates will be added throughout the spring and summer. Check back here and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for all your Partner Pictures updates!

It’s a very exciting day for Partner Pictures! That’s because our film WHEN GOD SLEEPS has its TV premiere TONIGHT on the PBS series Independent Lens at 10 PM EST. It’s been almost a year since the film first screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, and we’re thrilled to now be able to share it with the entire US. Be sure to tune in tonight and to check your local listings for exact times!

April is shaping out to be a very exciting month for Partner Pictures and our latest feature, WHEN GOD SLEEPS. Aside from the film’s television premiere on April 2, we’re pleased to announce that its Russian premiere will be at DOKer 2018! The festival, also known as the Moscow International Documentary Film Festival, runs from April 12 to 17 and will showcase independent documentaries from around the world. Check back at the WGS official website, on our festival page, and on the DOKer Facebook page for screening and ticket announcements. In the meantime, get excited for April!

This Thursday, March 22, WHEN GOD SLEEPS will be screened at New York University’s School of Law as part of “an evening of discussion addressing the world’s current struggle over immigration, the commonalities that unite immigrant communities in our nation, and the importance of free expression”. Tickets can be purchased here. Taking part in the event’s discussion will be “Sara Nodjoumi, producer of When God Sleeps; Hadi Ghaemi, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI); Reza Mazaheri, immigration attorney and the Deputy Executive Director of Resettlement & Legal Services of Artistic Freedom Initiative (AFI); – Farnaz Fasihi, senior writer for the Wall Street Journal”. Make sure to head over to the event page for details and tickets. We’re thrilled to once again share WHEN GOD SLEEPS with our fellow New Yorkers, and we hope to see many of…

WHEN GOD SLEEPS will have its Romanian premiere at the One World Romania International Human Rights and Documentary Festival, now in its 11th year. Our screenings will take place on Saturday, March 17 and Sunday, March 18. Director Till Schauder will be in attendance for a Q&A. Visit the One World Romania link above for details and tickets. We hope those of you in the Bucharest area can join us for this fantastic film festival!

We have yet another exciting premiere to announce, this time in Norway! WHEN GOD SLEEPS will have to screenings at the HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival in Oslo, Norway. Visit our festival page for details and to purchase tickets for our March 10 and March 12 screenings. The HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival runs from March 7 – 10 and showcases work that focuses on human rights issues.