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Amazon Studios Wants Your Movie or Screenplay

Rick Santos — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:30:44 +0000

Amazon (yes – that Amazon) is getting into the movie biz. Amazon Studios was just launched as a place where budding filmmakers and screenwriters can submit their work for cash and prizes. A combined $2.7 million in monthly and annual awards will be doled out in this program’s inaugural year. Amazon Studios will also partner [...]

The 1st Annual Vimeo Festival and Awards

Rick Santos — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:28:59 +0000

There are two weeks left to enter your videos into the first-ever Vimeo Festival and Awards. If your video premiered online within the past two years, you should head over to vimeoawards.com and submit it ASAP! The grand prize includes a $25,000 grant to produce your next film/video. These awards are open to ALL videos [...]

Film4Prizes Highlights Top Film/Video Contests That Pay

Rick Santos — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:54:24 +0000

Film4Prizes is a cool site that maintains a database of several online film & video contests which include many with cash prizes. Here are a few interesting contests that they list: - “HP You On You Contest” – top prize is $40,000. - “Nobody’s Gonna Lay a Finger on My Butterfinger” Video Contest – top [...]

DIY Screenings & Distribution

Rick Santos — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:52:17 +0000

Some call it “four-walling,” others DIY distribution. Filmmakers now have direct access to their audience like never before and are forgoing the middlemen who used to control the route to theatrical distribution. By and large, artists are now able to gauge their audience’s demand/interest for their work and market it directly to them. CinemaTech’s Scott [...]

Free Film School via the Vimeo Community

Rick Santos — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:13:43 +0000

Their moniker is “Vimeo: People connecting through video.” This includes many filmmakers who are sharing their knowledge – creative & technical. Within Vimeo’s 28,000+ channels, lives several micro groups dedicated to the filmmaking process. Here are a few good ones: SHOOT FOR THE EDIT – This channel is for sharing editing and shooting techniques for [...]

Free Access to the NAB Show

Rick Santos — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:06:13 +0000

If you are interested in attending the NAB Show in Las Vegas this month (April 18-23), Tuvel Communications is offering Filmlinker readers FREE access to the show. Below is a special registration code that will give you a FREE exhibits-only registration. *Free Exhibits Passport Code: TP01 This pass includes access to the exhibit floor and [...]

IndieClix: Affiliate Marketing for Indie Filmmakers

Rick Santos — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:05:39 +0000

IndieClix is an affiliate marketing management platform that gives filmmakers a new way to sell and market their films. It utilizes other people’s websites and blogs as referral outlets that get compensated for every sale – same as Amazon.com and many other affiliate programs. The program was originally created by Magic Rock Entertainment to support [...]

Film Racing Coming to a City Near You

Rick Santos — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:02:36 +0000

Film Racing is a great creative concept that’s like “Mission Impossible” meets “The Amazing Race” in a marathon filmmaking competition. Filmmakers form teams in each participating city and have 24 hours to complete an original short film (no longer than 4 minutes) based on an assigned theme and surprise element. Each team receives an e-mail [...]

Best Practices for “Green” Filmmaking

Rick Santos — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:26:10 +0000

A new Code of Best Practices for Sustainable Filmmaking was just released by the American University School of Communication’s Center for Social Media and Center for Environmental Filmmaking. …filmmakers create carbon debt with our work. However, as in other industry sectors, we can take action immediately to reduce consumption and waste in our profession; to [...]

Online Film Distributor – Caachi – Gives Filmmakers 75% of Sales Revenue

Rick Santos — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:01:20 +0000

Caachi is another interesting site that offers a ‘no-strings-attached’ online distribution deal for indie filmmakers. On top of the non-exclusive, cancel-anytime agreement, they pay .75 cents for every dollar earned to the filmmaker. Marketing your film will always be a challenging endeavor and Caachi adds a unique element – an affiliate program. Similar to any other [...]