FilmTiki’s online week in review (week 3)

How to Fight Back when Distribution goes Wrong James Burbidge writes about the limitations of some distribution contracts. His advice:

Make sure you know what you are looking for in a contract.

Facebook: Austrian Filmmakers We found a great Facebook group for all Austrian Filmmakers. If you are in Austrian film business or you wanna get in touch with some of the protagonists, join the group Filmschaffende Österreich. Hotel Cinematheque contest Another Facebook tip: International VOD provider The Auteurs runs an awesome contest on Facebook. Here's the facts:

Enter the Hotel Cinematheque contest by tagging one FILM still and one HOTEL photo in this photo album. Then in the album comments tell us about your pairing. More info here: http://www.facebook.com/theauteurs?v=app_10531514314

The Top 25 Film Festivals for Documentaries, 2nd Edition - 6 That Would've Made the List If Only They... Very interesting post series about the Top 25 Film Festivals for Documentaries. Definitly worth a read! Collaborative filmmaking with Hercules Filmnetwork In December we talked to Roman Tolic and Thomas Nash from Hercules Filmnetwork, an online platform for collaborative filmmaking. Read our FilmTiki feature: everything they told us about the future of filmmaking and their exciting new platform. Hulu Looking for Revenue Options, May Charge for Older Episodes from Popular Shows According to Slashfilm, American online video service HULU is looking for new revenue options and may have found the answers in making people pay for older episodes of TV-series. YouTube To Rent Movies The Sundance Film Festival starts today and that's the first chance to try YouTube's new movie rental service, offering five independent films showing at the Sundance Film Festival for $3.99. Invitation: New Media - New User Behaviour The Vienna Film Fund, in collaboration with FilmTiki, would like to invite you to a panel discussion on "New Media - New User Behaviour. Digitalisation's Impact on the TV and Film Industry". The event will take place in Vienna on 28 January 2010 and features renowned industry experts. Read more about it on FilmTiki.

APLE – arrange_process_loop_edit: amoeba a/v showcase

But wait, there’s more! We are very happy to have Scottish a/v artist amoeba with us next week in Vienna. He will be giving a live showcase of his upcoming a/v DVD APLE: arrange_process_loop_edit. Same venue, from around 8.30 p.m. To get an idea of his work, check out his website for the APLE project, as well as his business website. Absolutely stunning stuff.