IFC and B-Side Nab 'The Cassidy Kids'

According to this week's Austin Chronicle, the locally made feature The Cassidy Kids now has a TV and DVD distribution deal. IFC and B-Side will work together as part of their Choice Indies program: The TV division of IFC will broadcast the 2006 film, and B-Side will take care of DVD and video-on-demand through their website. I wrote about this partnership for Cinematical last September if you want details on how it works. I like seeing B-Side offer more films on video-on-demand because their downloads are DRM-free.

The Cassidy Kids was directed by Jacob Vaughan and produced/co-written by Bryan Poyser, who previously collaborated on Dear Pillow. The film was produced by Burnt Orange Productions, and premiered at SXSW 2006 -- you can read my review from that screening. I haven't heard much about The Cassidy Kids since then, apart from a few festival dates. It's an odd movie to sell: a subplot involving teenagers that would appeal to young adults, but the contemporary scenes where the teens are now grown up is very different, and some of the dialogue puts it squarely in R-rated territory.

No info on potential broadcast or DVD release dates yet -- if anyone from IFC or B-Side is reading this and has a press release, could you forward it to me? The Chronicle blurb is the only place I've found this news and I'd like details if they're available.

[Full disclosure: Slackerwood co-contributor Chris Holland works for B-Side, although he's not a source for this story.]