"Starting today, people can rent or buy some of the independent movies that debut during San Jose's annual Cinequest Film Festival.
Cinequest, the non-profit film institute, is going into the new line of business of producing DVDs, focusing on independent movies. The films produced by Cinequest DVD, the group's new video production wing, will be available for rent through Netflix, the Los Gatos online mail-order movie-rental service.
The move is an attempt by both Cinequest and Netflix to tap into what seems to be a growing market nationwide for independent films. Netflix has agreed to buy all DVDs produced by Cinequest, said Cinequest spokesman Jens Michael Hussey."
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Let the games begin...finally somebody got it right: Yeow-zah Cinequest!
ReplyDeleteIndependent DVD distribution for independent filmmakers, what a concept????
If you haven't heard of Cinequest, its time to unzip your pants and start googling.
Take note lens heads! Don’t be fucking celluloid lemmings. Why invest hundreds of hours and tens of thousands of dollars to premiere at a film festival just to end up with some fucking East European distribution deal that does nothing but rip you while making sure that your film never again sees the light of day.
Cinequest just made every other independent film festival irrelevant...again.