From the Wall Street Journal Shot entirely in front of a green screen, “Division” stars actress Rosario Dawson (“Sin City”) as a vice cop who becomes involved with the mysterious titular organization after she discovers her perfect boyfriend is actually an artificial life form known as a SIM. Consisting of 50 “webisodes,” which average around [...]
“Metropolitan” Debuts On Hulu
August 16, 2008 By
I’m a kid of the 70′s so when I read about indie films from the 80′s that I’m not familiar with, I have to pay attention. That’s what happened when I read this Alongside “Slacker,” “Roger & Me,” “Poison,” “Sex Lies and Videotape,” and “Paris Is Burning,” nearly twenty years ago Whit Stillman’s “Metropolitan” marked [...]
SnagFilms.com
July 17, 2008 By
Lot’s of news to share with you on SnagFilms, a new company founded by Ted Leonsis and backed by Steve Case and Miles Gilburne. Let’s start here: SnagFilms Offers Free Instant Streaming And Viral Sharing Of Hundreds Of Documentary Films. Ad Revenue Shared With Filmmakers, Viewers Connected To Causes Washington, D.C., July 17, 2008 – [...]
Christian Gaines Joins Withoutabox
July 15, 2008 By
Gaines Bolsters Withoutabox as B-Side Prepares Rival Online Fest Submission Site by Eric Kohn (July 14, 2008) Last week, Christian Gaines officially left his post at the American Film Institute, paving the way for his new job as Director of Festivals for Withoutabox, marking the latest example of the digitally-oriented film community reaching into the [...]
YouTube Launches Screening Room For Short Films
June 25, 2008 By
By SHARA TIBKEN, Wall Street Journal Google Inc.’s YouTube plans to launch an area on the video-sharing site for independent filmmakers to show their work and generate revenue for the films’ producers. The site will feature four new short films every two weeks, with feature-length films shown on a case-by-case basis. Viewers will be able [...]
The Sky Is Falling
June 24, 2008 By
From Mark Gill via Indiewire On Saturday in Los Angeles, Mark Gill declared provocatively, “Yes, The Sky Really Is Falling.” Speaking at the L.A. Film Festival’s Financing Conference, the CEO of The Film Department (and former President of Miramax Films) detailed a litany of challenges currently facing independent film, yet offered his audience a happy [...]
Sony’s “Angel of Death” Offering Web-DVD Integration
June 17, 2008 By
Sony Series Will Start on Web, Go to DVD By SARAH MCBRIDE, Wall Street Journal Sony Corp. will launch its new show “Angel of Death” on the Web, but it is using an approach that it hopes will drive sales of DVDs and boost other distribution avenues down the road. “Angel,” scheduled for release early [...]
Tribeca Film Institute Unveils Ambitious Online Outlet: Reframe
June 11, 2008 By
From Indiewire, by Eugene Hernandez (June 9, 2008) Hoping to launch a viable new revenue stream for a wide swath of independent films and filmmakers, the Tribeca Film Institute has unveiled Reframe, a curated online outlet with its sights set on filtering some 10,000 films and videos via the Internet. Opening its digital doors today, [...]
Tribeca Film Festival Explores Distribution Alternatives
May 6, 2008 By
From the Wall Street Journal Tribeca Film Festival Showcases Shifting Marketplace As the cost of the theatrical release rises, distributors at the Tribeca Film Festival focused on expanding new distribution platforms, including video-on-demand and the Internet. By ANTHONY KAUFMAN Tribeca Film Festival’s status as a movie marketplace appears to be more suited for films destined [...]
Webolution or Wild Unknown: Digital Rights in Indiewood 3.0
April 1, 2008 By
Anthony Kaufman, for Indiewire, provides an in-depth review of the discussions regarding Digital Rights that have occurred at Festivals across both the US and Europe. And that’s the million-dollar question. How much are these rights worth for producers and filmmakers? “Right now, the answer,” said B-Side’s Chris Hyams, “is that there really are no filmmakers [...]
Short Film Contest
March 29, 2008 By
Paramount Vantage and Hammer & Tongs are teaming up for a short film contest. To enter, you will need to submit an original short film about anything, literally anything! Submissions can be up to 5 minutes max. The Grand Prize winner will have their short film placed in the Special Features section of the Son [...]
New Line Cinema ends 40-year run as indie studio
March 2, 2008 By
The colorful 40-year run of New Line is coming to an abrupt end, costing the jobs of most of the company’s 600 staffers. The company — home to “The Lord of the Rings,” “Austin Powers,” “Friday the 13th,” “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Rush Hour,” “The Mask” and “Boogie Nights” — will be folded into [...]
Indie Marketing Techniques Being Applied to “Bonneville”
March 1, 2008 By
From the Wall Street Journal, the story of efforts to reach an audience not known for attending films – women over 35 In the movie business, word-of-mouth marketing is usually reserved for hipster or art-house films like “Juno” — they are screened for key audiences in hopes of generating positive buzz. Now, the tactic is [...]
David Byrne’s Strategies For Survival
January 8, 2008 By
What is called the music business today, however, is not the business of producing music. At some point it became the business of selling CDs in plastic cases, and that business will soon be over. But that’s not bad news for music, and it’s certainly not bad news for musicians. Indeed, with all the ways [...]
Sony BMG Drops DRM – Will Movie Studios Follow?
January 7, 2008 By
From BusinessWeek: In a move that would mark the end of a digital music era, Sony BMG Music Entertainment is finalizing plans to sell songs without the copyright protection software that has long restricted the use of music downloaded from the Internet, BusinessWeek.com has learned. Sony BMG, a joint venture of Sony (SNE) and Bertelsmann, [...]
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