Thank you Jamhouse Design for the site update!

Gina made some tweaks to make southbounders.com an easier site to explore. Jamhouse knows what they're doing - check them out if you need help on the web!

AT Trail Fest 2011 Friday March 18

See Southbouners at the AT Trail Fest in Dahlonega, GA, The film will screen March 18th at 5:30, but check out the rest of the fest March 18-20, 2011!

Dan Karcher's Southbounders Experience

Thank you Dan Karcher for the tremendous "Southbounders Experience." If you haven't "experienced" it yet, do it now!

Southbounders at the American Conservation Film Festival!

Southbounders will screen on the opening night of the American Conservation Film Festival in Shepherdstown, WV - 12 miles from ATC Headquarters! The film will screen at 9:00 pm on Thursday, November 1st, 2007 at the Shepherdstown Opera House ($7 Admission). Make sure to check out some of the other films throughout the weekend!

Download Southbounders NOW!

Southbounders is now available for download on bittorrent.com!

See Southbounders at the D.O.C.

The Dartmouth Outing Club in Hanover New Hampshire is having a Film Festival this weekend, and will be playing Southbounders May 20th at 7:30!

Check out our Awol on the Appalachian Trail Packages!

David Miller's terrific memoir of his hike on the Appalachian Trail is now available in packages with other AT products.

Ben Wagner and Charlotte Pai selected for the 2006 FIND Producers Lab!

From The Hollywood Reporter, October 6, 2006

Film Independent's annual Producers Lab will run in Los Angeles for seven consecutive weeks beginning Oct. 16. Participants selected this year include Greg Corbin, Sarah DiLeo, Scott Foster, Jasmine Jaisinghani, Susan West, the team of Charlotte Pai and Ben Wagner and the team of Sean Shodahl and Maryam Keshavarz. Sponsored by Technicolor, the lab is designed to help producers working in independent film. Gina Kwon will teach this year's edition, with guest speakers including entertainment attorney Craig Emanuel, producer Ram Bergman, producer Effie T. Brown, Joe Pichirallo of Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment, producer Jocelyn Hayes and business plan expert Louise Levison.

See also the announcement on Indiewire!

Southbounders will screen at the ALDHA Gathering!

Southbounders will screen at the 25th ALDHA Gathering October 13-15 at Concord University in Pipestem, West Virginia. Writer-Director Ben Wagner will be there!

Southbounders Screening Saturday August 26th in Dover-Foxcroft Maine

Southbounders will be the first film screened in Dover-Foxcroft's Center Theatre in over 30 years! Saturday August 26th at 8:00pm.

Gwendolyn "Joliet" Edwards to be Honored

Gwendolyn Edwards, who's brief scene in Southbounders is often considered one of the most pleasing surprises in the film, will be honored at the 2006 LA Indies Awards for her performance in Strike the Tent. Congratulations, Gwendolyn!

Southbounders Screening at the Little Church Theater, Holderness NH

Southbounders will screen Saturday, July 22nd, 2006 at the Little Church Theater in Holderness. Director Ben Wagner will be in attendance. Hope to see you there!

Southbounders at Trail Days 2006

Southbounders screened at the new Bingo Center at Trail Days! Backpacker Magazine provided cookies and soda for an audience of over 100 AT hikers past and present. The fun continued as we met hikers enjoying the celebration throughout Tent City. Even Friday night's thunderstorm couldn't dampen the spirits. Ben had a great time marshalling the hiker parade on Saturday, but he was jealous he wasn't in the middle of the water fight action (although he still managed to get soaked!) Good luck 2006 thru-hikers! Keep on!

Southbounders Trail Tour a Great Success!

We toured from North Carolina to Maine, meeting thru-hikers past and future along the way! Thank you everyone who came out to watch the film and watch Jay Nash perform.

DATE	TIME	VENUE	CITY	SPONSOR
April 1	8:00 pm	Edward C Smith Civic Center	Lexington, NC
April 2	3:00 pm	Buchanan Theatre	Roanoke, VA
April 2	6:30 pm	Virginia Western Community College Natural Science	Roanoke, VA	Blue Ridge Outdoors (540) 777-2110
April 3	7:00 pm	Waynesboro High School	Waynesboro, VA
April 4	6:00 pm	WildWare Backcountry	Harrisburg, PA	WildWare Backcountry
April 5	7:30 pm	Higher Ground	Burlington, VT
April 6	7:00 pm	Water Street Bookstore*	Exeter, NH	Water Street Bookstore
April 8	9:00 pm	IOKA Theater	Exeter, NH
April 9	7:00 pm	Williams College Brooks Rogers Recital Hall	Williamstown, MA	Williams Outing Club
April 11	8:00 pm	Dartmouth College Dartmouth 105	Hanover, NH	Dartmouth Outing Club
April 12	8:30 pm	Village Picture Shows**	Manchester Center, VT
April 14		Greenville High School	Greenville, ME
May 19	2:30 pm	Trail Days**	Damascus, VA	Backpacker Magazine

*meet the filmmaker only. No screening or performance by Jay Nash
**screening and Q&A only
***Jay Nash performance only

Soundtrack available now!

Southbounders to screen at the Ashland Independent Film Festival

Southbounders will screen at the 5th annual festival held April 6th-10th in Ashland, Oregon!

More Grey's Anatomy? Amy Cale Peterson is on this Sunday!

First John Elliott's music, and now our star! Amy will have a role on this week's Grey's Anatomy (Sunday, January 29th, 2006).

Southbounders at SoRuck 2006!

Southbounders will be screening at the SoRuck AT get-together Friday January 13th at the Nantahala Outdoors Center in Wesser, NC. Check it out if you're in the area!

Southbounders in Whistler

Southbounders screened in Whistler in the inaugural Mountain Culture section. Here's a photo of Ben Wagner pointing out the screening time on the schedule. The festival featured over 90 films and celebrated the Canadian film industry... and it was nice and snowy!

Southbounders at the 2005 Puerto Vallarta Film Festival

Southbounders had its international premiere last week in the beautiful resort town of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. This was the festival's second year. It was hosted by the legendary Huston family and honored filmmaker Roger Corman. Southbounders screened to enthusiastic crowds with Ben Wagner in attendance.

John Elliott's music on Grey's Anatomy

Composer John Elliott, whose song "The Words We Could Not Say" was written for Southbounders, recently had his song "Back Where I Was" in a pivotal scene in ABC's hit drama "Grey's Anatomy" (October 30)!

A SMMASHing Good Time for Southbounders

Southbounders played at the SMMASH Film Festival in Excelsior MN, conveniently close to Amy Cale Peterson's hometown of Edina. Amy was joined by Ben Wagner and Scott Speiser for the sell out screening filled with her childhood friends and family!

Southbounders goes to Big Bear

Southbounders screened at the Big Bear Lake Film Festival up near Lake Arrowhead, California. Ben Wagner, Charlotte Pai, Jeff Visco, and Amy Cale Peterson made the trip up from Los Angeles for the day.

Global Change Music Screens Southbounders

Hot off the successful premiere of SOUTHBOUNDERS at LAFF, we were invited to screen as part of Global Change Music's Future Studios series in Sedona Arizona!

Southbounders Premieres at the 2005 Los Angeles Film Festival

Southbounders screened before a capacity crowd in Hollywood's Laemmle Sunset 5 theater as part of the 2005 LA Film Festival. In attendance were director Ben Wagner, producer Charlotte Pai, stars Amy Cale Peterson, Scott Speiser, and Christopher McCutchen, editor David A. Herr, co-producer Jeff Visco, and sound mixer Justin Bradshaw. Many family and friends were also in attendance. The audience cheered as the end credits rolled. Wagner, Peterson, Speiser, and McCutchen participated in a lively Q&A afterwards.