Kareem Tabsch, director of Dolphin Lover, reports the film is an official selection at the Portland Film Festival. The film will show in a block of shorts at 4:45 and 6:45 p.m. on Sept. 2.
“Dolphin Lover” takes best short documentary award
It has just been announced by the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival that Dolphin Lover took the Best Short Documentary award. The 15-minute film, directed by Kareem Tabsch and produced by Joey Daoud, recounts the true story of writer Malcolm J. Brenner’s romantic and sexual love affair with a bottlenose dolphin at Floridaland, a low-rent amusement park, in the early 1970’s. Brenner’s experience became the basis for his 2010 novel Wet Goddess: Recollections of a Dolphin Lover.
“Dolphin Lover” plays SF Indiefest
“Dolphin Lover” will be playing this week at the San Francisco Indiefest film festival at the Roxie Theater on June 6 and 9. Click here for more information and show times.
“Dolphin Lover” to play L.A. Film Festival
The short film “Dolphin Lover,” about Malcolm J. Brenner’s relationship with Dolly the dolphin, will play at the prestigious 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival. Screening time is 8:45 p.m. on Monday, June 15 at the Regal Cinemas Live as part of the Shorts Program 1. For information about future screenings, please return to this web site.
Sarasota unRavel.us Interview
Short interview with Malcolm J. Brenner by Kat Dow of unRavel.us, a web site of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune newspaper. Being where Brenner lived during the time, the early 1970’s, Sarasota is “ground zero” for the “Wet Goddess” story. “Dolphin Lover” screened twice at the recent 2015 Sarasota Film Festival. The film makes use of archival footage of Floridaland, the small theme park with a dolphin show in Nokomis which provided the setting for the book. The location is today occupied by a housing development.
Sarasota Film Festival appearance
Malcolm J. Brenner will be appearing at a showing of Dolphin Lover at the Sarasota Film Festival, 9:45 p.m. Sunday, April 12. The film will be shown as part of a package of short films being screened at the Hollywood Cinema in theater T12. Director Kareem Tabsch will also be there. Dolphin Lover will repeat as part of the same package on Thursday, April 16 at 10 p.m. in theater T10 with producer Joey Daoud in attendance.
Anarchy Radio interview
Link to Malcolm’s interview on the April 2 edition of Anarchy Radio featuring an interview with Malcolm J. Brenner. He comes on at about 15:00 and the interview lasts about 45 minutes. Definitely better than Mr. Stern!
The Howard Stern interview
Link to Malcolm J. Brenner’s appearance on the Howard Stern Show, March 18, 2015.
An interview with Brenner and the makers of “Dolphin Lover”
The Miami New Times’ published an extensive interview with Dolphin Lover director Kareem Tabsch, editor/producer Joey Daoud and Malcolm J. Brenner:
Meet the Men Behind the Provocative Short Film Dolphin Lover
“Dolphin Lover” official poster
The official Dolphin Lover poster at the Slamdance Film Festival.
Malcolm J. Brenner 