- Indiepix
IndiePix is a digital film distribution company with a focus on delivering content to online platforms [ [http://www.contentagenda.com/article/CA6492393.html?nid=3038 Indiepix turns to "topic maps" for Discovery by Paul Sweeting October 17th, 2007 Content Agenda] ] . Their primary focus in on independent and non-fiction [ [http://www.filmmonthly.com/Video/Articles/IndiepixHumanRghts/IndiepixHumanRights.html IndiePix and The Human Rights Collection by Jef Burnham, Film Monthly] ] feature-length motion pictures. Their catalog currently contains 3100+ titles, and IndiePix signs on average 50 new films each month. They are noteworthy for returning 50% of sales revenue directly to the filmmaker, and making submission information available directly on their website. [ [http://www.indiepixfilms.com/info/submission-guidelines IndiePix Sumbission Guidelines] ]
History
IndiePix was founded in 2004 and began acquiring a wide selection of titles from the film festival circuit [ [http://www.indiewire.com/biz/2008/01/15_documentarie.html 15 Documentaries Named to New Shortlist; Festival Programmers, Doc Insiders Unveil New Nonfiction Awards by Eugene Hernandez January 7th, 2008 IndieWire] ] . They have recently expanded into production and theatrical distribution for films such as "Billy the Kid" and "Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa"
elected Releases
*Skid Row [ [http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/08/24/movies/24skid.html New York Times Review of Skid Row] ] [ [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008747-skid_row/ Skid Row Rotten Tomatoes Page] ]
*Coffee and Cigarettes [ [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/coffee_and_cigarettes/ Coffee and Cigarettes Rotten Tomatoes Page] ]
*The Work of Director Michel Gondry
*Lost in La Mancha [ [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lost_in_la_mancha/ Lost in La Mancha Rotten Tomatoes Page] ]
*City Unplugged [ [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/city_unplugged/ City Unplugged Rotten Tomatoes Page] ]
*Dreams on Spec
* [ [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/off_the_grid_life_on_the_mesa/ Off the Grid Rotten Tomatoes Page] ]
*Preaching to the Perverted Technology
Indiepix maintains a patented "download to own" system [ [http://www.indiepixfilms.com/download Indiepix Download to Own section] ] and has developed several search engine modifications to aid in content sorting. Their "Disc Factory" software is a small program that allows the download of an IndiePix film and burning of that film directly to DVD for home use. The download test is a free short film selected from their catalog. [ [http://www.indiepixfilms.com/discfactory/getdf Disc Factory Software Homepage] ] Download speeds may vary, as the customer is downloading an entire uncompressed DVD.
Events
On March 18, 2008 Indiepix sponsored the inaugural
Cinema Eye Honors at theIFC Center in New York. Hosted byAJ Schnack andThom Powers , this was the first ever awards ceremony to pay tribute to the craft of non-fiction filmmaking. [ [http://www.cinemaeyeawards.com/awards/infhome.html Cinema Eye Awards] ]References
External links
* [http://www.indiepixfilms.com Official Site]
* [http://weblog.indiepixfilms.com Official Weblog]
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