From Here To Awesome.

[digg=http://www.digg.com/movies/Say_hello_to_From_Here_To_Awesome]In recent years, independent filmmakers of all shapes and sizes have been exploiting Web 2.0 technologies to promote their individual projects. From basic trailers on a MySpace or YouTube page to the 360-degree empire that Arin Crumley and Susan Buice, of Four Eyed Monsters fame, have built for themselves; these filmmakers have harnessed the power of some extremely powerful viral technologies for their own ends.

However, online promotion and festival buzz is all well and good but what actually matters is how your turn your film, that you no doubt ploughed a good deal of hard earned or borrowed cash into, from a flick with some online buzz to a economically viable distribution deal. From Here to Awesome is a collaborative film festival founded by indie filmmaking and distribution gurus Arin Crumley, Lance Weiler and M dot Strange. The festival is designed to allow filmmakers to submit their film for free and involve the online audience, through social networking tools, enabling them to programme the festival themselves. Ultimately the project hopes to experiment with new distribution methods and ways of reading global audiences using online, cinema, on-demand and mobile technologies.

This is a really exciting development and a fantastic way for filmmakers to make a foray into alternative distribution. Hopefully in the near future Finger Lickin’ will be able to get a interview with Arin Crumley about his hopes for the project. Until then, please go and check out the site, submit your films and take advantage of this fantastic opportunity.