This Friday, February 7th will mark the launch of the 2014 NUHO Online Film Festival! It’s been a long year of creative strategizing and hard, yet smart, work. Finally, on Friday we will unveil a pioneering digital initiative which will allow worldwide film enthusiasts the ability to view features, docs and shorts in a daring web-based film festival platform - the first full online film festival.
As Executive Director Keith Mitchell says, "What we are doing is probably as crazy as when Redford was telling people he wanted to start a film festival in the mountains of Utah."
I’m excited to share with you that Academy Award-Nominated producer, director, writer Spike Lee will inaugurate the first annual NUHO Online Film Festival as our Key Note Speaker. It is wonderful to have such an accomplished Hollywood veteran share our vision for the future of film. He embodies the passion and commitment of filmmakers who take creative and financial risks to get their stories told. He is the perfect speaker for NuHo.
NUHO Online Film Festival employs the latest web technology to deliver a full festival experience. Launching Feb 7 through Feb 28th, indie filmmakers will benefit from unique profit sharing, rare exposure to a worldwide audience, direct exposure to agents, key distributors and other industry professionals – all without having to spend money on travel costs or marketing.
For only $14.99 - the cost of 1 movie theatre ticket, you can view over 21 feature films and access exclusive content including discussions panels with Hollywood professionals.
The festival business is a necessary spoke in the wheel of film distribution. However, when the festival benefits the hosts more than the filmmakers, that is wrong. We offer filmmakers a friendly site where everybody succeeds and with Spike Lee’s support, we intend to galvanize a film community and shine a bright light on the next generation of filmmakers.