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I look forward to a near future in which filmmakers/directors will be able to put out calls for PMDs just as they do for DPs and Editors – and that they will get an equal volume of applications.

Responsibilities of the PMD include…

Did you know that you could watch unlimited movies for the cost of a single movie theater ticket every month? IndieFlix wants to make it easier for people to access and watch independent film, so we’ve created a subscription service that is easy to activate and access anywhere online.

Just like you most likely did not make the film on your own, you should not be distributing and marketing the film on your own.

“I wanted to tell a story about a couple who were physically comfortable, but not emotionally comfortable with each other. I also wanted to show a couple where a conversation naked is no big deal,” said Dutch Doscher, the film’s director. “People brush their teeth and change in front of each other every day and just because they are naked doesn’t mean there has to be sex. The experimental part was trying to rise the story above the nudity so that people are moved by the intensity and forget they are naked.”

40 years ago today, Kent State University was the battleground in the fight between student activists and police. It was 1970 and Richard Nixon had just announced that instead of ending the Vietnam War, it would be extended to Cambodia.

This feature is part of an ongoing blog contribution from Jon Reiss, independent filmmaker and author of “Think Outside the Box(Office).”

Tonight, Evening Magazine, the nightly television show that profiles life in the Northwest, will feature a segment on the IndieFlix documentary “American Collectors.”

Of course you should blog about your film, your filmmaking experiences and your screenings, but you should also consider blogging about subjects that relate to your film and your film’s audience.

Create a dynamic web site and do it long before your film is done.

IndieFlix CEO Scilla Andreen will be a panelist at this year’s Hot Docs Film Festival in Ontario, Canada.
She’ll be on the May 4 panel: “Distribution Lab: What’s Working?” at 4 p.m. in the Rogers Industry Centre at Victoria College. You can view the entire Hot Docs conference schedule here.
Other panelists include representatives from Cinetic Rights [...]

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At yesterday’s closing ceremonies press conference, the Palm Beach International Film Festival announced that Yitz Brilliant, director of The Cemetery Club, had won both the IndieFlix online audience choice award and the PBIFF festival audience award.

Hello readers. This is the first installment of a multi-part series from our friend Jon Reiss, filmmaker, entreprenuer and author of “Think Outside the Box (Office),” a must-read marketing handbook for all filmmakers. Stay tuned as we post new tips from Reiss every day during the series.

IndieFlix released 9 Outcast Films titles late last month, representing some of the smartest, most provocative LGBTQ films of this generation.