Wicker Kittens
Open the box. Dump out all the pieces. And scramble for your lives. Because this is competitive jigsaw puzzling. And it’ll turn even the mildest of mannered Midwesterners into stone-cold competitors.
Every January, the top teams in the game gather at the St. Paul Winter Carnival in frigid Minnesota to determine the fastest puzzlers in the country.
The documentary Wicker Kittens invites you to choose your favorite contestants—the returning champs, the upstart challengers, the sunny family or the dark horse team with nothing to lose—and watch them try to put the pieces back together.
Available through Utopia Distribution
Our soundtrack is now available on vinyl or for download! Take a listen to it here.
Film Details
“The 10 Best Sports Documentaries You’ve Never Heard Of” Sports Illustrated
Review of Wicker Kittens Film Stage
Review of Wicker Kittens Star Tribune
Wicker Kittens Review Film Pulse
“Minnesota-made film delves into the world of the jigsaw puzzle-obsessed” Twin Cities
“’Wicker Kittens’ Embraces Competitive Jigsaw-Puzlling at SXSW” KTSW 89.9
“The Women of SXSW: Wicker Kittens Director Amy C. Elliott” Filmmaker Magazine
“SXSW Women Directors: Meet Amy C. Elliott” Women and Hollywood
SXSW Interview: Amy C. Elliott, director of Salvage Quelle Movies
South by Southwest
Saturday, March 8th 4:30pm at Rollins Theater
Tuesday, March 11th at 4:30pm at Stateside Theater
Friday, March 14th at 7:00pm at SXSatellite: Marchesa
Minneapolis/Saint Paul International Film Festival
Tuesday, April 8th 7pm at Saint Anthony Main Theater in Minneapolis
Wednesday, April 9th 5:45pm at Best Buy Theatre in Northrop Auditorium
Independent Film Festival Boston
Thursday, April 24 7pm at the Somerville Theatre
Monday, April 28 9:30pm at the Somerville Theatre
Seattle True Independent Film Festival
Tuesday, May 6 at 8pm
San Francisco DocFest
Sunday, Jun 8th 12:30pm at the Oakland School for the Arts
Saturday, Jun 14th 2:30pm at the Roxie Theatre
Tuesday, Jun 17th 7:00pm at the Roxie Theatre
SouthSide Film Festival
Friday, June 13th 7:20pm at the Victory Firehouse in Bethlehem, PA
The Awesome Fest at Wizard World
Friday, June 20th at 4pm at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA
Free Range Film Festival
Friday, July 25th 7pm, Wrenshall, MN
Woods Hole Film Festival
Monday, July 28th 5pm at the Redfield Auditorium, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Sidewalk Film Festival
Saturday, August 23rd at 10:30am at Recital Hall at the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham, AL
Landlocked Film Festival
Saturday, August 23rd at 2pm at the Englert Theater in Iowa City, IA
South Dakota Film Festival
Friday, September 26th at 7pm at the Capitol Theatre
Highway 61 Film Festival
Saturday, October 4th at 2pm
St Cloud Film Festival
Sunday, October 5th at 3pm at the Pioneer Place Theatre
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
Wednesday, October 15th 5:30pm at the Arlington
Thursday, October 16th 12:30pm at the Arlington
The Town of Bel Air Film Festival
Saturday, October 18th at 4pm at the Reckord Armory in Bel Air, MD
Flyway Film Festival
Sunday, October 26th, 6pm at the Villa Bellezza Gallery in Pepin, WI
Big Water Film Festival
Friday, November 7, 7:00pm at the Bay Theater on Main Street in Ashland, WI
River’s Edge Film Festival
Friday, November 7, 7:00pm at the Market House Studio Theatre in Paducah, KY
Saturday, November 8, 1:00pm at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY
Cinesol Film Festival
Saturday, November 22nd at the Museum of South Texas History in Edinburg, TX
Frozen River Film Festival
Saturday, February 21st 6pm at the Harriet Johnson Auditorium in Winona, MN
Sunday, February 22nd 1pm at the Performing Arts Center in Winona, MN
Fargo Film Festival
Friday, March 6th 1:30pm at the Fargo Theater
Woods Hole Film Festival’s Dinner and a Movie
Saturday, March 28th 7:30pm at the Quicks Hole Tavern on Cape Cod
Frozen Film Festival
Friday, February 5th, 2016 12:15pm at the F.K. Weyerhaeuser Auditorium, St Paul, MN
Amy C. Elliott
Director/Shooter
Amy C. Elliott is an award-winning photographer and filmmaker. Her work has appeared in a whole bunch of publications you’ve already heard of, including The New York Times and The Washington Post. Her documentary film World’s Largest premiered at SXSW in 2010. Contact her at amy@ace-photography.com
Mike Scholtz
Producer
Mike Scholtz works in marketing by day, documentary filmmaking at night and as a film festival programmer on the weekends. His film Wild Bill’s Run was selected for the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour in 2012. Contact him at mikevscholtz@gmail.com.
