IndieFlix Now Screening Critically Acclaimed Documentaries on SnagFilms
IndieFlix.com a trusted independent film distribution and discovery site, and SnagFilms, which brings the best non fiction films to the web audience, promotes viral web distribution through virtual movie theater widgets, and engages viewers to assist in charitable and community efforts, have teamed up to bring critically acclaimed documentaries in their entirety for the viewing pleasure.
Seattle, WA, January 18, 2009 --(PR.com)-- IndieFlix.com a trusted independent film distribution and discovery site founded by 2 award-winning filmmakers on the principles of community, promotion, syndication and transparency showcasing a growing library of truly independent films now at 1500+ festival titles and growing, and SnagFilms, which brings the best non fiction films to the web audience, promotes viral web distribution through virtual movie theater widgets, and engages viewers to assist in charitable and community efforts, have teamed up to bring critically acclaimed documentaries in their entirety for the viewing pleasure.
The IndieFlix documentaries range in content from Thai boxing to drug addiction to meditation. Each IndieFlix film will be featured on its own SnagFilms page that will allow users to watch the full-length documentary film for free, but also “snag” the film and put it anywhere on any webpage, blog or social networking website. Viewers will also be provided with a link to IndieFlix.com so that they can purchase the DVD.
SnagFilms also provides a forum for documentary film lovers comment on the films they watched in addition to donating to a charitable cause related to the film. Each screening has limited commercial interruption.
IndieFlix, connecting people through movies…
About IndieFlix Inc.
IndieFlix.com (Seattle,WA) is dedicated to providing a forum for filmmakers and their audience to interact, and to building a community that translates artistic vision into commercial success.
IndieFlix provides a fair and open marketplace to empower filmmakers to be the engine of their achievement and audiences to be a vital part of a movie's success.
IndieFlix is committed to encourage public opinion and power of choice while reinvesting in the independence of film, the people that craft them, and the organizations that support them.
We believe that every movie has an audience, every filmmaker has a story to tell and each story has the right to be shared.
Media Contact
IndieFlix.com
Ian Dinsmore, 206.829.9112
ian@indieflix.com
About SnagFilms
SnagFilms features free ad-supported viewing of hundreds of award-winning titles from some of the greatest names in documentary film production and distribution, including PBS, National Geographic, Sundance Preserve, IndiePix, Peter Jennings Productions, Arts Alliance America, ITVS, Koch Lorber Films, Cactus Three, and many others. Many of the most prominent documentary filmmakers are participating not only by having their films distributed via SnagFilms, but by engaging with their audience through blogs and offering special “bonus” material, as well as suggesting nonprofit organizations that viewers motivated by these films can link to and support via charitable contributions, volunteering or spreading the word.
Since its launch in July 2008, SnagFilms virtual movie theater widgets have been embedded into over 110 million webpages, including websites for The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Politico, and hundreds of blogs and thousands of social network pages like Facebook. OVGuide named SnagFilms a Top Site of 2008.
The company was founded by digital entrepreneur, documentary film producer, sports entrepreneur, and philanthropist Ted Leonsis, and is additionally backed by AOL co-founder and Revolution LLC Chairman, Steve Case, philanthropist and former digital executive Jean Case, and operating executive and philanthropic venture capitalist Miles Gilburne.
Contacts
SnagFilms
Noah Black, 202-295-8797
noah@snagfilms.com
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The IndieFlix documentaries range in content from Thai boxing to drug addiction to meditation. Each IndieFlix film will be featured on its own SnagFilms page that will allow users to watch the full-length documentary film for free, but also “snag” the film and put it anywhere on any webpage, blog or social networking website. Viewers will also be provided with a link to IndieFlix.com so that they can purchase the DVD.
SnagFilms also provides a forum for documentary film lovers comment on the films they watched in addition to donating to a charitable cause related to the film. Each screening has limited commercial interruption.
IndieFlix, connecting people through movies…
About IndieFlix Inc.
IndieFlix.com (Seattle,WA) is dedicated to providing a forum for filmmakers and their audience to interact, and to building a community that translates artistic vision into commercial success.
IndieFlix provides a fair and open marketplace to empower filmmakers to be the engine of their achievement and audiences to be a vital part of a movie's success.
IndieFlix is committed to encourage public opinion and power of choice while reinvesting in the independence of film, the people that craft them, and the organizations that support them.
We believe that every movie has an audience, every filmmaker has a story to tell and each story has the right to be shared.
Media Contact
IndieFlix.com
Ian Dinsmore, 206.829.9112
ian@indieflix.com
About SnagFilms
SnagFilms features free ad-supported viewing of hundreds of award-winning titles from some of the greatest names in documentary film production and distribution, including PBS, National Geographic, Sundance Preserve, IndiePix, Peter Jennings Productions, Arts Alliance America, ITVS, Koch Lorber Films, Cactus Three, and many others. Many of the most prominent documentary filmmakers are participating not only by having their films distributed via SnagFilms, but by engaging with their audience through blogs and offering special “bonus” material, as well as suggesting nonprofit organizations that viewers motivated by these films can link to and support via charitable contributions, volunteering or spreading the word.
Since its launch in July 2008, SnagFilms virtual movie theater widgets have been embedded into over 110 million webpages, including websites for The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Politico, and hundreds of blogs and thousands of social network pages like Facebook. OVGuide named SnagFilms a Top Site of 2008.
The company was founded by digital entrepreneur, documentary film producer, sports entrepreneur, and philanthropist Ted Leonsis, and is additionally backed by AOL co-founder and Revolution LLC Chairman, Steve Case, philanthropist and former digital executive Jean Case, and operating executive and philanthropic venture capitalist Miles Gilburne.
Contacts
SnagFilms
Noah Black, 202-295-8797
noah@snagfilms.com
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IndieFlix Inc.
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(206) 829-9112
www.indieflix.com
Scilla Andreen
(206) 829-9112
www.indieflix.com
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