FilmTiki’s online week in review (week 15)

VOD and movie search engine

Austrian video-on-demand start-up Flimmit presented a new feature on their website: a movie search engine that combines information to a movie from different platforms like Amazon, IMDb, Wikipedia or YouTube. The engine uses Semantic Entity Detection to match all gathered data from the web and groups it on the website. So the users get all the information (links to DVD-retailers, Streams, Posters, Synopsis etc.) they need with one single search query. Check it out, it's really a great feature!

Jon Reiss' Tips of the Day

Additionally to his book Think Outside the Box Office, Jon Reiss is launching a series of advice-giving short-texts for filmmakers, called 'Tips of the Day'. We're proud to announce that we're part of this initiative and we're helping Jon spread the word for it by presenting his tips once a week in our blog. So, stay tuned!

Btw, Jon also scheduled a few workshops in the near future, maybe you want to join?

May 8/9: London - With Chris Jones of the Guerilla Filmmaker's Handbook
May 12/13 : Amsterdam with Chai Locher and Vision At Media
June 5th: New York with IFP
June 12/13: Vancouver with  Biz Books
July 31/Aug 1: San Francisco with SFFS

Corporate videos for the Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH
We produced some short videos for the Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH, promoting the agency and its funding programmes PreSeed, Seedfinancing and Temporary Management:

Open Film to award $1 Million for independent film financing

The film community Open Film announced that they will award $1 Million to independent filmmakers over the next 20 months:
Each quarter, filmmakers can compete on Openfilm.com to win a management and financing package to produce a feature length film. Members of the Openfilm community will have the opportunity to watch and rate the entries online. The six most popular short films will move on to the next phase, and will then be presented to the advisory board that will select the final filmmaker who will be fast-tracked to Openfilm Studios for development, financing and production.
10 Fresh Tips for Community Managers

Are you a community manager? You should really read those unorthodox bits of advice on Mashable, providing 10 Fresh Tips for Community Managers.

The Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbooks Have Arrived! Come To Their UK Launch Party!

Chris Jones published a new book, called The Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook, which he will present in the UK on May 6th. You can either buy the book over the Internet OR you get a copy at the UK launch party.