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Submissions open

January 14th, 2008 | 2 Comments | Posted in fest, news, update

After only a few days the submissions have started to flow in. There is an interesting mix of narrative and docs from various parts of the globe. Later today the first of the submission videos will go live on FHTA. The submission videos are meant to capture the spirit of the project and to leave the viewer wanting more. For more detailed info on how to prep your video check out the submission guidelines.

A number of blogs have been picking up the call for submissions. Big thanks to Filmmaker, Self-Reliant, KinetoFilm, and Microcinema Scene, Shooting People and DIY filmmaker.

Arin and myself did an interview with NewTeeVee on Friday and the story should go live sometime this week. We covered a wide range of topics during the hour long phone conversation. Were going to attempt to document as much of the process as we can. This is an experiment and we welcome your thoughts, comments and suggestions. If you’d like to suggest a film, panelist or speaker please send an email to info [@] fromheretoawesome.com If you left a comment in the last week or so we might of missed it when we swapped servers so please drop us an email.

We’ve established a twitter stream for FHTA that will include filmmakers, audience and FHTA staff - http://twitter.com/FHTA And in an effort to help promote discovery we are working on a festival stream that will include discussion, audience based music / movie recommendations and social bookmarks.

Til next time

An experiment in discovery and distribution

January 14th, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted in news

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Back in August I reached out to Arin Crumley (Four Eyed Monsters) and Mike Belmont (We Are the Strange) with a concept to create a virtual conference / festival. We decided that the virtual event would be an experiment to hopefully connect filmmakers directly with audiences. That the event itself could become a model for open content distribution, one which allowed filmmakers to have a say in how their films were reaching audiences.

The experiment is off to a great start. We’ve assembled an amazing list of promotional and tech partners. Thanks to these partnerships the festival will be distributed across mutiple platforms - mobile, online, theatrical and even into the living room. The exciting part is that we’ve been designing the fest so that each phase returns revenue directly to the creators of the work. Filmmakers will set their own prices, retain all rights to their work and be able to reach global audiences directly. So in a sense From Here to Awesome is a distribution / discovery festival that has no submission fees and allows the audience to be the festival programmer.

More details coming soon. If you’re interested in submitting to the fest or if you’d like to volunteer send us an email at join [@] fromheretoawesome.com and make sure to subscribe to our RSS feed.

Looking forward to seeing your films,

Lance Weiler
filmmaker and co-founder of FHTA