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The ITVS Indie Roundup
A curated list of indie news and recommendations from ITVS’s Jonathan Archer.
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IndieWire shared The 8 Film Startups You Should Know From SXSW.
Nick DeMartino (formerly Director of AFI Digital Labs) asked, do we need “An Accelerator For Entertainment?” One of the more interesting and provocative ideas going around these days…
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Feedback from a SXSW Rookie
By Robin Suchman
Digital Projects Manager, ITVS
The South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences & Festivals (March 9-18, 2012) offer the unique convergence of original music, independent films, and emerging technologies.
As the line between film and digital projects continues to blur, it makes perfect sense that the Interactive and Film portions of SXSW run concurrently (along with ScreenBurn- the gaming tract), followed closely by the Music portion. Social TV, the crossover between television viewing and social media, was a topic mentioned quite often during many of the sessions I attended.
Although this was my first time at SXSW (and Austin), I heard that the Interactive portion has grown quite significantly over the past few years; now being held in nine different locations with complimentary shuttles for badge holders to move freely between them (although I preferred to walk, despite the persistent rain!). Moreover, the Interactive conference is broken down into 18 different themes, each being housed in a specific building, so you really do not need to move between the different buildings if you intend to focus on a single track. › Continue reading
Vote for ITVS’s Women Lead Panel at SXSW 2012!
SXSW Panel Picker allows the community to have a significant voice in programming conference activities for SXSW 2012. Make your voice heard by voting for our Women Lead Panel which will focus on public media in the 21st Century. Vote now! Thanks.
Women are transforming the landscape of public media through innovation, audience engagement and new forms of storytelling. Our proposed SXSW panel, Women Lead: Public Media in the 21st Century, presents women as innovators and collaborators and will examine how multiple stories told through both traditional and digital media can work in concert to illuminate issues, create sustained, global conversations and invite the public to get involved.
The entry point to the conversation is our new public media initiative, Women and Girls Lead– an unprecedented campaign that activates public television and radio producers, social media strategists, interactive and game designers, and multiple NGO partners committed to affecting change for women and girls around the world. Watch, listen and interact with a variety of content created for this campaign and hear from some 0of the leading women in their field about their experiences working in a 21st century media environment.
Click here to vote for ITVS’s Women Lead Panel at SXSW 2012.
Peek into the Future with Fresh FUTURESTATES Predictions
Forecast future events and explore the predictions left by others on the FUTURESTATES Predict-O-Meter.
Find your shades … it’s getting bright around here!
The producers of FUTURESTATES have launched brand new predictions … think of these as “forward stories” (as opposed to “back”). Just fire up the Predict-O-Meter and take a walk down Premonition Lane to see what’s ahead.
And that’s not all…Check back on the FUTURESTATES site in the weeks to come to cast your vote in our Predict-O-Meter poll, where you get to vote on which prediction is most likely to come true and find out how you can join a live online event with the winning filmmaker.
Don’t get left in the past! Follow FUTURESTATES on Twitter and Facebook. Watch the trailer after the jump >>
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Announcing the FUTURESTATES Audience Award!
You’ve watched the films. You’ve shared, commented, and liked. Maybe even loved. There have been ups and downs, laughter and tears. And this May, you get to decide who will take the laurels in our inaugural FUTURESTATES Audience Award.
From today until May 30 at midnight, the race is on to launch your favorite FUTURESTATES film into hyperspace. Head back to FUTURESTATES.TV, catch up on any films you missed, and check out the fan pages for each of the films.
You can vote once a day, and polling closes at midnight on May 30. We’ll announce the winner on June 1, 2011.
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A Love Story Set Within an Environmental Nightmare
Filmmaker Bennett Cohen sets his FUTURESTATES short The Dig on the verge of an environmental collapse. The film is streaming free today on FUTURESTATES.tv.
As the world faces an environmental apocalypse, a group of archaeologists venture into a toxic desert wasteland, determined to unearth a lost civilization. Can this ancient disaster help them avert their own ruin? Watch The Dig today, and find other shorts from the second season of the online original series FUTURESTATES.
In J.P. Chan’s FUTURESTATES, Digital Lives in the Clouds
Filmmaker J.P. Chan’s short Digital Antiquities is streaming free, starting today on FUTURESTATES.tv.
Think your CD collection is out of date? Welcome to 2036 where data loss has become a thing of the past and all digital media is permanently stored on cloud servers scattered round the world.
Digital Antiquities follows one man’s pursuit to recover archival footage that will help answer important questions about his family history. Watch the film by J.P. Chan, streaming free on FUTURESTATES.tv.
A Social Media Roundup of ITVS @ SXSW
ITVS made a splash in Austin, TX at last week’s SXSW festival, which included the second season premiere of FUTURESTATES. Our social media guru Jonathan Archer put together a twitter recap to relay everything you might have missed at the festival. Click below the jump for the full Storify recap. Enjoy!
Asparagus Sprouts Only on FUTURESTATES
Filmmaker Robby Henson’s short Asparagus is streaming free beginning today on FUTURESTATES.TV.
The original online series FUTURESTATES launched its second season last week at SXSW and will release films for free online over the next several weeks.
See the trailer for Henson’s films below, which follows one introverted agricultural engineer as he finds love among genetically modified crops. Watch the full version of Asparagus,streaming free online. Enjoy!
Barry Jenkins Film Remigration Available Online Today
Bay area filmmaker Barry Jenkins’ film Remigration is streaming free on FUTURESTATES.TV.
The original online series FUTURESTATES launched its second season last week at SXSW and will release films for free online, over the next several weeks.
Check in today and watch Jenkins’ futuristic vision of San Francisco in Remigration, streaming free online. Enjoy and welcome to the future!
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