Earlier this month (June 2009), B-Side Entertainment left its venerable offices on Brazos Street to more spacious and comfortable digs on Congress Avenue. Though the move takes us further away from our beloved capital building, it puts us closer to the Warehouse District, the convention center, and other important Austin landmarks. Change your address books [...]

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B-Side is happy to announce a brand new feature in our Festival Genius service – the ability to rate the films you see at film festivals via Twitter. By now Twitter needs no introduction, but if you’ve been waiting for just one more excuse to jump into this 140-character online social medium, we’ve got it [...]

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Scott Kirsner blogs about the intersection of film and technology (a topic near and dear to our hearts at B-Side, naturally) at Cinematech. So the recent publication of his new book (Fans, Friends, and Followers) caught our attention, especially since it showcases our favorite kinds of filmmakers (and other artists): those who take responsibility for [...]

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B-Side founder and CEO Chris Hyams was in Cannes this afternoon to support director/producer Martin Scorsese’s announcement of partnerships and plans designed to further the work of the World Cinema Foundation (WCF). B-Side, along with The Auteurs and Criterion, will help the WCF distribute its restored films to the public. The films that the WCF [...]

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Last weekend, the B-side team headed uptown to Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) where the 14th Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band festival & competition was in full swing. From a whopping 1,500 high school jazz bands from around the country 15 of the finest were selected to compete. On Friday, students and band [...]

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In case you missed it, here’s our newsletter that went out this week:

Marfa Film Festival screens Visioneers
Special screening was sponsored by Austin Film Festival

The Marfa Film Festival presents a special pre-release screening of Visioneers on Thursday, April 30th. The screening was sponsored by the Austin Film Festival, B-Side’s first festival partner, as well as the [...]

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In case you missed it, here’s our weekly newsletter that went went out this afternoon:

B-Side partners with Virgil Films & Entertainment for DVD Releases.
Also: Liz Ogilvie joins the team as VP of Marketing; B-Side announces acquisition of “Visioneers.”

(From our April 13th press release.) In keeping with its mission to creatively and profitably distribute independent [...]

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If you’ve used B-Side’s Festival Community software for a film festival in the past, the “new” product from B-Side may seem pretty familiar. And yes, it is basically the old Festival Community with some key changes. Those changes are so significant and excellent, however, that we thought a name change was in order. This is [...]

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Once you’ve carefully crafted your festival viewing schedule, wouldn’t it be nice to export it to the calendar program on your laptop or sync it to your iPhone? Now you can. Watch the video tutorial below to find out how — this trick works with any calendar service, program, or device that supports the standard [...]

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You do iTunes? B-Side does… and now our Choice Indies titles are available as part of the IFC, Movies Uncut iTunes channel.

Now on iTunes – B-Side Groundswell™ alum and music industry expose “Before the Music Dies” combines performance footage, industry insight, and humor to document the current mess that is popular music. Filled with interviews [...]

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