PRESS

Writing by patrick on Sunday, 8 of April , 2007 at 2:13 pm

AWARDS
Berlinale Talent Campus - Berlin Film Festival 2005
Best Short Film - “DEAD BROKE” Silverlake Film Festival 2004
Honored as one of the “Filmmakers of Tomorrow” - VSDA Convention / Las Vegas 2001
Audience Award for Best Feature - “WAITING” San Francisco IndieFest 2000
Audience Award for Best Feature - “WAITING” Brooklyn International Film Festival 2000
Best Actor Award - “Will Keenan in WAITING” Brooklyn International Film Festival 2000
Audience Award for Best Feature - “WAITING” NoDance Film Festival / Park City 2000




REVIEWS
DEAD BROKE

“Wildly inventive and hilarious…’Dead Broke’ is a tightly wound tale of cruelty and revenge.” - FILM THREAT

“A nasty little thriller…hits with rapid-fire gusto.” - PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER

“Patrick Hasson’s droll ‘Dead Broke’…a Shining-esque tale of a man menaced by kitties” - CHICAGO READER




WAITING

“Delivers solid laughs!” - NEW YORK TIMES

“First time writer/director Patrick Hasson whips up a surprising amount of fun given his modest ingredients.” - NEW YORK POST

“Writer/director Patrick Hasson’s debut effort, WAITING, is a sex comedy from the AMERICAN PIE school of filmmaking.” - AMAZON.UK

“Waiting has the potential to be the ‘Office Space’ of restaurant comedies” - BOSTON GLOBE

“Smart and cleverly designed…Hasson could easily parlay this picture into a future directing gig for any of the numerous Indiewood distributors.” - INDIEWIRE

“Waiting is a raunchy, rude look at the world of the waiting and the waited upon that goes behind those swinging kitchen doors” - DALLAS MORNING NEWS

“A picaresque comedy approaching the surreal” - CHICAGO READER

“Comic chaos” - SAN FRANCISCO WEEKLY




THE SPEED OF MIND

“The tone of this film reminds me a bit of Richard Linklater’s ‘Slacker,’ through there’s a desolation more akin to James Mangold’s underrated ‘Heavy’…but the best comparison, however, would be to Harmony Korine’s ‘Gummo.’” - LOLLIPOP MAGAZINE

“Writer/director Patrick Hasson has created a fascinating tapestry of simmering family dysfunction.” - SHOCK CINEMA




ARTICLES:

Indiewire at Park City

Indiewire at CUFF

Indiewire on ‘WAITING’ Release

Filmmaker Magazine

San Francisco Indiefest

Florida Film Festival

Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema

Video Business Journal

Chicago Underground Film Festival

Brooklyn International Film Festival

Philadelphia Business Journal

sfbg.com

dvinfo.net

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Patrick...


Patrick Hassonis a funny guy. He's won awards. He makes ha-ha-hilarious films. Wicked hot commercials. And writes very strange things. He's taught film to kiddies. They called him 'Mr. Patrick.' They made lots of films. They also made a documentary. Watch out. He's the hottest director in Kill City.