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  • AVA Independent releases the Official Movie Soundtrack to The Road to Galena. The country-music-themed soundtrack features original songs “The Road That Leads US Home” and “You Gotta Want It,” among other tracks. Also featured, the haunting score by Spanish composer Paco Periago. Now available on Spotify, Apple Music and more than 30 platforms worldwide..

    — AVA Independent 06.08.23

  • World's End Coffee Co., an AVA Independent venture, announces partnership with Chicago-based specialty coffee roaster, Intelligentsia Coffee. The high-end coffee house and bakery opens the doors to its first location in Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania in June '23.

    — AVA Independent 05.15.23

  • AVA Independent's The Road to Galena competes with a global slate to win Best Feature Film at the 2023 Maryland International Film Festival

    — Maryland International Film Festival 03.25.23

  • The Road to Galena wins the Prague Independent Film Festival, also bringing home Best Director honors for writer/director Joe Hall

    — PIFF 09.23.22

  • The Road to Galena to headline at the Prague Independent Film Festival in European premier on September 18.

    — PIFF 08.31.22

  • "Best Director of the Season" and "Best Cinematographer of the Season" laurels awarded to The Road to Galena at the Montreal Independent Film Festival.

    — MIFF 09.01.22

  • The Road to Galena named an Official Selection at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival -- screening slated for late June, 2022.

    — LAIFF 05.20.22

  • AVA Independent has secured a deal with CARDINAL XD for international sales and distribution rights to the inspirational drama The Road to Galena, written and directed by Joe Hall. Cardinal will introduce The Road to Galena to foreign markets at the Cannes Market.

    — AVA Independent 05.16.22

  • Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Joe Hall’s drama, The Road to Galena. The distributor plans to unveil the film in theaters and on VOD on July 8th.

    — DEADLINE 05.13.22

  • AVA Independent Begins Principal Photography on ‘The Road to Galena.’ Written and directed by Joe Hall, the film stars Ben Winchell (“Max Steel”), Will Brittain (“Kong: Skull Island”), and Aimee Teegarden (“Friday Night Lights”).

    — VARIETY 04.06.21