| [September 28, 2006] |
 |
The Small Screen's Very Own Film Festival
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Where better to watch the 1st annual Small Screen Film Festival finalists than on the small screen? Aimed at empowering filmmakers across the globe with new platforms to access wider audiences, indie911's Small Screen Film Festival took place not at a movie complex but in cyberspace, allowing audiences anywhere on the globe to participate.
Films from Iraq to Los Angeles
Indie911's Film Festival features thirty-one films from six countries including the Iraqi film 'Drifting On the Wind (ArRuh Ala ArRih)' directed by Maythem Ridha and grand prize winner 'Lucky' by UK director Avie Luthra. indie911's Small Screen Film Festival is one of few international film festivals catering to content on the small screen for short films. "The short is an art-form unto itself," contends Justin Goldberg, founder and CEO of indie911.com, one of the largest online networks for independent filmmakers and musicians, "...the mobile short will soon take its place in the evolution of entertainment."
'Lucky,' the Small Screen Film Festival winner of $1,000 cash and a video iPod, stars non-professional and semi-professional actors from the Durban area and dramatizes the effects of HIV on children in South Africa. "Distribution is the last thing you think about as a short filmmaker," said director Avie Luthra, "You just want to get it made and make it well. Indie911 is a real gift ... not only does it provide an excellent platform for showing shorts, but it also thrives on independence - just like every short filmmaker."
Viewer's Choice
With more than 5,000 votes already cast, the festival's final bragging rights - the Viewer's Choice Award - will be awarded to the video receiving the most votes cast by viewers throughout the month of September at the film festival home http://www.indie911.com/ssff. Some of the films are available for download at the indie911 Video Podcast Channel on iTunes.
About indie911
Indie911 combines a compelling social network and filtered content site while fulfilling a growing need in the digital landscape for simplified, packaged services that help content suppliers navigate and profit from new channels of digital distribution. Since its initial launch as a streaming music network in March 2004, indie911 has quickly grown into one of the most trusted sources for independent music and video, offering a filtered network for the youtube and myspace generation. Driven almost entirely by word of mouth, indie911.com now receives over 3 million monthly visitors. Indie911 has quickly evolved into one of the most popular independent music destinations on the Internet, with over 100,000 members, 95,000 song and film titles and nearly 3 million monthly page views.
[ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]
|
INDUSTRIES
Activate Email 
INDUSTRIES
Find Solutions for Enterprises, SMBs & Service Providers at the INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference and EXPO West, September 1-3, 2009. Los Angeles, CA.
