Sundance Institute will Distribute Indies Online
By Rob Scott
July 28, 2011
July 28, 2011
- In an effort to help emerging artists reach wider audiences, the Sundance Institute has partnered with online video outlets including Hulu, Amazon, Netflix, iTunes, YouTube and SundanceNow.
- The deals are not exclusive to any one platform, so films can be made available simultaneously on competing sites.
- Films will be packaged under the Sundance name as part of its recently launched Artist Services Initiative. Marketing guidance will also be provided to filmmakers through the new Web-based program.
- New Video will serve as the aggregation partner for online distribution, taking a small cut of the revenues. However, the online services will not purchase the movies, enabling the filmmakers to retain their copyrights.
- Sundance hopes that the online initiative will provide an audience for films that typically do not find conventional distribution. First to be distributed: “Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology” by Tiffany Shlain and “On the Ice” from Andrew Okpeaha MacLean.
Topics: Amazon, Distribution, Film, Hulu, Independent, Indie, iTunes, Movie, Netflix, Sundance, Sundance Institute, SundanceNow, YouTube
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