The January 9th screening of How To Be at the Kinokuniya Jakarta Store, Plaza Senayan is full. A second screening has been added for January 16, 2009. Remember to RSVP if you plan to attend, as each screening will be limited to 50 people.

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Additional Information: We've received requests for information on how to R.S.V.P. for the latest screening. You may R.S.V.P. by calling Kinokuniya's Customer Service line at 021-57900055/75 extension 523 or 546.

Thank you very much for your support for this film! We are working on securing distribution partners around the world. Further news will be released asap via the news letter at www.howtobemovie.com. Thanks Justin (Producer)

Hi guys, sorry we haven't posted for a while. As you can imagine, the Twilight release has made us very busy! Hope you all enjoyed their movie! We humbly submit that ours has fewer action sequences but a better soundtrack : )

How To Be will certainly be available both to download and buy on DVD. We're still figuring out the details, but we hope to make an announcement soon.

We also have some festival screenings to announce and we'll post back here when we have locations and dates.

So sorry we have nothing concrete to report, but we do read your posts and are very grateful for all your support and enthusiasm!

• Become a fan of How To Be at their Official Facebook page.
• You can join the fan-created Support How To Be Facebook group.
• And you can friend our Support How To Be MySpace page as well.

The year 2009 looks to be a great one for the film. Stick around, more updates are sure to follow.

Now, let's have more of Oliver Irving as the Project requested a follow up interview with the filmmaker!

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Writing, directing and producing movies is certainly not for everyone. In your case, when was the first time that you really made the decision to pursue a career as a filmmaker?

It’s strange but there was never a moment where I made a conscious choice. I became obsessed with cinema from the kind of age where you can’t remember there being a time before. Perhaps it was when I was 4 and I saw Ghostbusters five times at the cinema – I kept dragging a parent along to go take me again.

How To Be has been named an official feature selection at this year's Anchorage International Film Festival and will be screened on Wednesday, 12/10 at 5:30 pm, as well as Friday, 12/12 at 7:30 pm.

The festival runs from December 5-14th and will be screening twenty feature films, as well as classics, documentaries, and shorts. Anchorage International Film Festival Passes are already on sale for $60.00 and can be purchased online here. Passes which cover both the festival events and films are also available for purchase.

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 We now have additional ticket information. General admission tickets will be available at the box office and are $7.00. General admission tickets will go on sale 45 minutes before movie time. Film passes can only be bought online through December 5th. Beginning December 6th passes will only be sold at the venues. Additional information can be found here.

Robert Pattinson sat down with Anne Thompson from Variety for an interview and had a chance to speak about How To Be, as well as his upcoming films Little Ashes and Parts Per Billion.

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The Gotham film festival was a happy success for our New York City fans. Not only did How To Be screen twice, but director Oliver Irving was able to attend and participate in a Q&A for both of those screenings.

Our friend Kelly was able to attend one of the screenings. She was kind enough to share with us her thoughts on the film... 

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Albert Camus wrote “You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of.” In other words, our efforts to find happiness keep it at a distance from us and ironically thwart us in our search. How to Be is Oliver Irving’s film about a depressed man on such a journey to find happiness. Through the film, Art tries everything he can think of to make himself happy. Art believes himself to be unhappy because he compares his situation to others and doesn’t live up their standards. It is only when he figures out his mistake that he takes his first step toward being happy. The film, which center’s around Art’s plight, is funny, heartbreaking, touching, and honest.

The How To Be filmmakers and the Lone Star International Film Festival have announced that actor Johnny White will be making an appearance at the festival.

Johnny White, who plays Ronny in the film, will be attending the Saturday, November 15th screening of the film at the Four Day Weekend Theater in Ft. Worth at 7pm. White will also participate in a question and answer session after the film.

How To Be will also be showing tonight at the AMC Sundance Square 2 at 5pm. Individual tickets cost $8.00 and are available to purchase online at the festival website. Festival passes and movie 10-packs are also available.