Indie Screenings
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Indie Screenings, invented by Spanner Films and coded by Torchbox, is an online film distribution system which ‘cuts out the middle man’. The system gives anyone, anywhere access to licenses to screen certain independent films and keep any revenue for themselves.[1] It launched with Franny Armstrong's climate change blockbuster The Age of Stupid which has now been screened 1474 times.[2]
The Guardian described Indie Screenings as taking social justice films into the fast lane.[3] Channel 4 called Indie Screenings technology “the future of film distribution”.[4] The Pixel Report said that Indie Screenings has the potential to change significantly the way people access films.[5]
Launch
Indie Screenings launched at London's
History
The license fees set by Good Screenings are calculated on an individual basis according to a number of metrics - such as who you are, where you want to screen, which country you're in and how many people will watch. The lowest fee is £1 (for a school screening in e.g. Sierra Leone) and the highest £12,000 (for a multinational corporation screening to 1,000 or more people in e.g. the United States). Good Screenings charge a one-off licensing fee and make no claims on any profits made from screenings.[7]
Channel 4 said of Good Screenings,“that's the beauty of the system - you screen the film, raise awareness of the key issues, help the film-makers earn a living to go on to make their next film for good, and then you get the cash you make on the night.”[4]
Speaking in The Guardian Beadie Finzi, director of
Indiescreenings is now only licensing films by Spanner Films.
References
- ISBN 978-0415558426.
- ^ Indie Screenings: The Future of Film Distribution
- ^ a b "Social justice films get into the fast lane". The Guardian. 2010-03-24. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
- ^ a b Channel 4 : Good Screenings launch
- ^ "Coming soon to…wherever you choose". Pixel Report. 2010-10-10. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ^ "RSA Events : The Age of Stupid". Archived from the original on 2009-11-08. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
- ^ a b Good Screenings FAQ Good Screenings