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Archive for March, 2008

Talking up Roll Your Own on Chillville

Posted by Chris Hyams on March 31st, 2008

Spent the morning with 101X’s Ray Seggern (aka Raydog) talking about our Roll Your Own Screening program. Ray is a big supporter of the local Austin indie film scene, and highlights filmmakers on a regular basis. The interview segment audio is all posted here.

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Indiewire: Webolution or Wild Unknown: Digital Rights in Indiewood 3.0

Posted by Chris Hyams on March 30th, 2008

Anthony Kaufman of Indiewire wrote a great story today on indie digital rights. I was pretty pleased to be included in the story in the company of folks like Liesl Copland of Netflix, Robert Nathan of Cinetic, Jason Janego of Magnolia, and Lisa Schwartz of IFC.
Most people agree that digital distribution will become the […]

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Variety SXSW story: Companies pact to distribute “Super High Me”

Posted by Chris Hyams on March 11th, 2008

Our friend Mike Jones at Variety wrote a nice piece on today’s Super High Me announcement.
This is the kind of alternative distribution news that defines SXSW.
Announced at the film’s SXSW screening, B-Side, Red Envelope and Screen Media Films have partnered to distribute Michael Blieden’s stoner doc, “Super High Me,” where the director documents comedian Doug […]

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