Winner, Gotham Award for 'Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You'
Nominated, Independent Spirit's 'Someone to Watch' award
Bronstein named one of the '25 New Faces of Independent Film' by Filmmaker Magazine
"A self-described "troll from under the bridge," the painfully awkward Keith Sontag spends his days selling coupons door-to-door and his evenings trapped in a squalid apartment situated in some particular hellish outer ring of New York.
With the most basic elements of human communication a struggle, Sontag lurches through an uncaring city, attempting to aid a suicidal friend, evict an unctuous roommate, and simply attain some measure of self-respect.
With Frownland, Bronstein has made a bold and bracing film that is both a savage black comedy and a ragged love letter to an earlier era of independent film. Both the film and its singular hero are raw, confrontational, and, finally, unforgettable."
~ Museum of Modern Art program notes