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SnagFilms Offers Free Instant Streaming And Viral Sharing Of Hundreds Of Documentary Films. Ad Revenue Shared With Filmmakers, Viewers Connected To Causes
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17-Jul-08Christian Gaines Joins Withoutabox
15-Jul-08Gaines 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 professional grab [...]
Hollywood Update
10-Jul-08A pair of stories from the Wall Street Journal
Actors Union Approves Pact With Producers
By LAUREN A.E. SCHUKER, July 9, 2008; Page B8
Members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists approved their new contract with a 62.4% majority. In recent weeks, the Aftra vote became something of a referendum on the actors’ desire [...]
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 to provide [...]
The Sky Is Falling
24-Jun-08From 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 ending. [...]
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 next year, tells [...]
APOLLO - Official Trailer from Apollo on Vimeo.
On Tuesday, June 17th at 7:30pm, and in cooperation with the Springfield Little Theatre, filmmakers from Missouri State University will showcase four short films including “…Or Not To Be,” “Nothing Rhymes with Orange,” “The Death of Alfred Bailey,” and “Apollo.”
The filmmakers’ proceeds from the festival will benefit the [...]
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, Reframe [...]
AFTRA Approves New Contract
10-Jun-08Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Leaders of Hollywood’s second-largest actors union approved a new contract with studios that grants actors more money for Internet work — an issue that sparked a crippling writers strike this year.
The board of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists approved the three-year deal late Friday, and it will go [...]
On Tuesday, June 17th at 7:30pm, in cooperation with the Springfield Little Theatre, filmmakers from Missouri State University will showcase four short films including
“…Or Not To Be”
“Nothing Rhymes with Orange”
“The Death of Alfred Bailey”
“Apollo.”
The filmmakers’ proceeds from the festival will benefit the Missouri State University’s Digital Film Production Scholarship Fund.
From outright comedy [...]
