WHEN GOD SLEEPS will take part in The Next Stage Arts Project’s [framed] Documentary Film Series, to take place Thursday, October 26, in Putney, Vermont. From Next Stage’s official website: “[framed] is a presentation by Next Stage Arts Project, in collaboration with Nancy Schafer, former director of the Tribeca Film Festival, of a brand new series of feature length documentary films, each presented by the filmmaker in an intimate setting at Next Stage, 15 Kimball Hill, in Putney, Vermont. [framed] completed its highly successful first series of 6 films in the fall of 2016, and returns by popular acclaim! The current series of films will run on the last Thursday of each month through March 2018.” Tickets for WGS’s 7:30 PM screening on the 26th are now available online. Visit the link above to purchase your discounted advance tickets now, or buy them at…

Next stop, Barcelona! WHEN GOD SLEEPS will screen as an International Official Selection at the 2017 In-Edit Film Festival later this month. In-Edit is an International Music Documentary Film Festival that takes place in Barcelona and is celebrating its 15th year. We’re very pleased to have our Spanish premiere at In-Edit, alongside this season’s exciting crop of international docs, and look forward to sharing our film with those of you in the region! Tickets will go on sale through the In-Edit website starting mid-October, and will also be available at the box office during the festival. Keep checking their website for ticket updates, and visit our festival page for more info about WGS!

We’re very pleased to announce that WHEN GOD SLEEPS will have eight (!) screenings at the 2017 UNHCR Refugee Film Festival in Japan, starting October 6 in Tokyo. Other cities we’re going to are Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka, Sapporo, and Hiroshima. “UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency, is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.” The UNHCR Refugee Film Festival is now in its twelfth year of bringing powerful refugee stories to the people of Japan, and we couldn’t think of a better place to share Shahin Najafi’s story. For tickets and a full list of screening dates/times, visit our festival page. Pre-order tickets in several cities are already sold out (leaving same-day tickets that can be purchased at the box office on a first come, first serve basis), so hurry!

Till Schauder recently spoke with WDR Radio about WHEN GOD SLEEPS’s upcoming German theatrical run, which will officially begin on October 12. WHEN GOD SLEEPS will kick off its German Kino-Tour at the Cologne Film Festival, starting with a special preview screening on October 1 that will be followed by a Q&A with director Till Schauder, as well as a live concert by Shahin Najafi himself. There will be a second screening on October 2 (though Till and Shahin won’t be at this one), which you can still buy tickets for by going here. We hope to see you at one of these screenings, or on our Kino-Tour!

WHEN GOD SLEEPS will have its Canadian premiere at the Calgary International Film Festival as part of the Music on Screen Series! We’re excited to be sharing the film with our Canadian neighbors and hope that those in the Calgary area can join us for our September 29 or October 1 screenings. Tickets and details are available on our festival page.

WHEN GOD SLEEPS is taking part in this year’s South Arts Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers, alongside some of this year’s most powerful indie films. We’re excited to be taking the film to a number of southern locations, and to be a part of this incredible endeavor by the people at South Arts. Our upcoming screening in Winder, GA has been written about in a very nice piece in OnlineAthens, which also provides some background information on WGS’s production hurdles. Here’s a list of our upcoming South Arts screenings: September 18 — Cullowhee, NC September 19 — Winder, GA September 20 — Oxford, GA September 21 — Clinton, SC September 25 — Johnson City, TN September 27 — Maryville, TN September 28 — Auburn, AL We hope to see you at one (or more!) of these screenings, which will include Q&As with WGS director,…

Partner Pictures is very excited to announce our fourth screening this summer, WHEN GOD SLEEPS is coming to Korea! We will be screening at the Jechoen Film Festival on August 10th & 12th at 12:30m EST. Tickets are available online and at the box office. We are excited to see you there! Watch the films trailer and be the first to know about upcoming screenings on Facebook and Twitter!

WHEN GOD SLEEPS will screen at Filmfestival Kitzbühel on August 25th and 26th, 2017. We’re excited to have our Austrian premiere in the heart of the Alps, and hope that those of you in the region can come enjoy FFKB later this month! Tickets and details are available here.

WHEN GOD SLEEPS will have its Irish premiere at the Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival this Saturday, 5 August. Now in its 11th year, Guth Gafa showcases the most thought-provoking Irish and international documentaries of the year, and we’re proud to be a part of this event! The festival takes place in Kells, County Meath, and tickets can still be purchased online or at the box office at Headfort House. More details can be found on the WGS Guth Gafa festival page, link above. We hope to see you there!

WHEN GOD SLEEPS had its German premiere on July 23 at the Munich Film Festival where it screened alongside some of the year’s most prominent international documentaries. The opening night screening was followed by a Q&A with director Till Schauder and a live acoustic performance by the film’s star, Shahin Najafi. Visit our Facebook page to view more photos of the event, and to get the latest news about WGS.