Power to the Pixel’s 2009 London Forum Set for 14–16 October

Power to the Pixel’s 2009 Cross-Media Film Forum is set to begin on the opening day of the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival.  The Conference, now in its third year, will take place on 14 October and will host an international assembly of independent filmmakers and industry experts,...

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Adventures in Self Distribution at the Power to the Pixel Forum in London

The final Power to the Pixel session brings together five pioneering filmmakers who are reinventing the way that films reach audiences and audiences reach films. Lance Weiler, Arin Crumley, Susan Buice, Matt Hanson, Jeremy Nathan explain why they chose the DIY path. Moderated by myself. Bookmark to

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Matt Hanson at the Power to the Pixel Forum in London

Visionary filmmaker and futurist Matt Hanson’s talks about A Swarm of Angels, his groundbreaking, collaborative project to create a £1 million film using a swarm of 25,000 people to collaborate in the development, production, finance and distribution of a feature film. Bookmark to

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Lance Weiler at the Power to the Pixel Forum in London

Lance Weiler, visionary filmmaker and DIY distribution expert, gives an overview of his highly inventive and cutting-edge distribution strategy for second feature Head Trauma. Lance reveals how he used no cost online tools to create huge buzz around the movie and how he expanded the audience for his film...

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Jeremy Nathan at the Power to the Pixel Forum in London

Digital pioneer and producer Jeremy Nathan from DV8 describes South Africa’s potential to embrace new technologies without the burden that the Western World has with the transition from traditional infrastructure. Bookmark to

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Robert Greenwald introduced by Liz Rosenthal at The Power to the Pixel Forum in London

Award-winning documentary filmmaker and activist Robert Greenwald, describes how he and his team at Brave New Films promote, distribute and finance their films independently of mainstream media and corporate America. In a video message filmed especially for Power to the Pixel, he explains how he uses his online fanbase,...

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Arin Crumley & Susan Buice at Power to the Pixel in London

Arin & Susan present a candid and illuminating journey into the self-distribution of their first feature Four Eyed Monsters. Hear how they pioneered every online tool they could lay their hands on to turn their award-winning feature and podcast series into a cult phenomenon that has been viewed by...

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Kelly DeVine at the Power to the Pixel Forum in London

Kelly DeVine describes how Renew Media’s new project Reframe enables content-holders to digitize, disseminate and make available their content to a vast potential audience via a powerful online resource. Reframe have already done a deal with Amazon that gives a much better deal than working directly with Amazon as...

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Paula Le Dieu at The Power to the Pixel Forum in London

Paula Le Dieu, MD of Magic Lantern Productions talks about how passion and personal storytelling are key tools for any filmmaker. She goes on to explain how Creative Commons works, how it can empower you and your audience and that the biggest threat to any filmmaker is obscurity. Paula...

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Sara Pollack from YouTube at The Power to the Pixel Forum

Sara Pollack, Film Manager at YouTube talks about the power of connecting with online communities and the hunger of online audiences to promote and distribute films. She mentions about the new revenue sharing schemes that YouTube are introducing now with content creators. Hear YouTube Co-founder Chad Hurley talk about...

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