Film Festivals: Pitch TV
“It’s a home for people within the industry to view interesting work,” explains Linda Walsh, describing Pitch TV, a new…
Eugene Hernandez
Eugene Hernandez is co-founder & editor in chief of indieWIRE [www.indiewire.com]
Point of No Return: On-line Film Festivals, Showcases & Distributors
The Bit Screen www.thebitscreen.com Launched: July 1998 Plug-ins required: RealPlayer Audience (per month): 100,000 page views, download totals unavailable. Contact:…
Film Festivals: The Bit Screen
“It’s really not about distributing films over the Internet,” says Bit Screen creator Nora Barry. “To me, it’s a completely…
Film Festivals: iFilm Network
“If the consumer thinks ‘films’, we want them to come to iFilm as their first point of entry,” says iFilm…
Film Festivals: AtomFilms
“Shorts are cool and we want to make them a viable part of the entertainment spectrum,” says Mika Salmi, founder…
Film Festivals: Always Independent Films
“We accept all formats,” explained Always Independent Films (AIF) president Gary Zeidenstein. “We do have a screening process, [but] as…
Film Festivals: On2.com
“We are basically creating an environment where a user can build their own television show,” explains On2.com’s Joel Roodman. A…
Film Festivals: MediaTrip
Announced this summer with a full-page ad in Variety, Media Trip is a new site from some familiar faces: Robert…
DIGITAL VIDEO
Without a doubt, 1998 was a breakthrough year for digital filmmaking. Makers took notice as digital video (DV) projects such…