Presenting Princess Shaw

Kutiman is surfing and looking for new talents for his new album. Last time he released a THRU YOU album on Youtube it got more than two million clicks in a two weeks.

Now he found the princess…

"Inspirational filmmaking of the first order.”
Peter Debruge, Variety

"Brilliant documentary. Completely fascinating." - Dwight Brown, Huffington Post

"A soulful salute to a distinctly 21st-century phenomenon that's also an old-fashioned fairy tale come true.” - Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter

"Thru You Princess is pure positivity.” - Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter

“It's almost impossible not to be charmed by guileless, good-hearted Princess Shaw herself and her real-life Cinderella story.” - Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter

“Compelling and inspiring.” - Steve Pond, The Wrap

“One of the Toronto Film Festival’s wildest true stories.” - Steve Pond, The Wrap

“Inspiring. An essential tale for the digital age.” (A-) - Eric Kohn, Indiewire

“A total delight.” - Kase Wickman, MTV.com

"Thru You Princess would have all the Facebook likes if it popped up on BuzzFeed tomorrow.” - Matt Patches, Esquire.com

“[Princess] Shaw is such a vibrant, authentic character, you can't help but root for her.” - Matt Patches, Esquire.com

“Will actually make you feel good about humanity - and the Internet.” - Brian Raftery, Yahoo! Movies

“A reminder that the porous borders of the web can yield not only great art, but also even greater empathy.” - Brian Raftery, Yahoo! Movies

"It's easy to ‘Like' Thru You Princess— but it's even easier to love it.” - Brian Raftery, Yahoo! Movies

"[A] joyously uplifting documentary.” - Linda Barnard, The Toronto Star

“It’s nothing short of a triumph.” - Jordan Hoffman, Times of Israel

“Intelligent, original and enthralling.” - Neta Alexander, Haaretz

**** - The Guardian

“A lovely portrait of artists coming together to make one another shine.” - Norman Wilner, NOW Magazine

"[An] emotional, cross-continental rollercoaster ride.” - Michael-Oliver Harding, DAZED

“Brings renewed optimism in the WWW.” - Michael-Oliver Harding, VICE

“A thrilling new remix on 'A Star is Born.’” - Stephen Saito, Moveable Fest

“[A] wonderful film.” - Stephen Saito, Moveable Fest Ophir Kutiel aka Kutiman, an Israeli musician, spent the past few years creating audiovisual symphonies entirely out of musical clips that people posted online from all over the world. The first project was published five years ago. It immediately went viral and Time Magazine chose the project as one of the fifty top innovations of the year. It was a breakthrough in the way that art is created and distributed, using the principles of free content.

In September 2014 Kutiman unveiled his new symphony THRU YOU TOO online starting with the single GIVE IT UP that within a couple of days only got more than 700'00 clicks and received raving reviews worldwide (see links to reviews at the bottom).

It revolves around ‘Princess’, otherwise anonymous, who performs her songs online without any musical accompaniment. Kutiman creates an elaborate musical production out of her songs, complementing an original piece with various other musical offerings posted by amateur musicians around the world.

The camera uncovers the Princess’ story and accompany her, Samantha, as she goes about her life, both before and after the release of the musical project in which she is the main star. In order to maintain the element of surprise, the protagonists are filmed at the starting point, knowing only that they are participating in a documentary about songwriters online. During the shoot, both the project and the film’s objective will be revealed. Samantha - The Princess - got only one day after the release of the single online an offer from an Australian record company.

Through You Princess is a film about loneliness, the human longing to be heard, to obtain recognition, to be loved. It is a film about long-lasting anonymity in a world constantly creating new stars. It is a film about talent, persistence, and the arbitrary connection we all have to success.

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"An exciting and almost unbelievable story about the passion for music and unending perseverance, about talent refusing to bow for a depressing reality. This is a film that intelligently uses the cinematic potential of new technologies enabling connection between people in the digital age, and it's also an outstanding example of non-fiction scriptwriting. The film reminds at times of 'Catfish' and of 'Searching for Sugarman' but it mostly excited me terribly." - Ohad Landsman, Doctalk

Emmy for Outstanding Arts and Culture (nom.), Toronto Intl. Film Festival (int. Premiere), IDFA main competition, Jerusalem (Special Mention), Sundance Grant, Seret, Sheffield, Sydney, DocuTIFF Albania, Documentary Edge New Zealand, Tempo Documentary Sweden, Hot Docs Canada, Istanbul, Master of Art IFF Sofia (Best Documentary), SXSW, Boston, San Francisco, Millenium Belgium, Calgary, Vancouver, Maastricht, Flahertiana, Budapest, Hamburg, Soloway, Lithuania, Âboro, Calgary, Cannes Doc Corner, Dokufest Kosovo, DMZ Korea, Frameout Austria, Kosovo, Jecheon, Barcelona, Bangkok, Australia, Black Nights Tallin IFF, Docs Against Gravity, Vision du Réel Nyon (Audience Award)