in 2013 in
San Francisco.
Linsanity premiered to a sold-out screening at the
2013 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2013. The
Los Angeles Times wrote that it received a "rousing response, easily making it one of the most crowd-pleasing documentaries to play the festival this year." It made its Asian premiere on March 30 in a sold-out screening at the
Hong Kong International Film Festival. The film also opened the
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival on May 2. The film's distribution in the United States was being handled by
Creative Artists Agency, while
Fortissimo Films obtained the international distribution rights.
Ketchup Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based distribution company, picked up US distribution rights for
Linsanity on July 24, 2013. Stephen Stanley of Ketchup negotiated the deal with Nick Ogiony and Dan Steinman of CAA, Gregory Schenz at Endgame Entertainment and Helen Dooley at Williams & Connolly. The film was shown at
art houses, and was subsequently made available for
download and
DVD. == Reception ==