Syntocin
Foundation
May
3rd
PRESS
ANNOUNCEMENT
Film
festival; solely on the internet, solely non-subsidized
films
Friday 12
May the first edition of the Streaming Festival {The Hague} kicks off.
The
festival is devoted to non subsidized films of independent filmmakers and
artists from all over the world. The films will be broadcasted at six websites
that belong to prominent film- and art organisations Thanks to XS4ALL we will be able to
broadcast full screen, without any distortions in image or sound.
The
festival will extend over three days. From Friday may 12th eight pm, you can
submerge in unpredictable and artistic films ? at home, at your own chosen
hours, without having to line up for entry tickets. On Sunday may
14th, about midnight, the last credit titles will pass the screen.
Obviously the rules at an Internet festival are different from those at a
regular festival in the cinema. First of all nobody will be bothered if you
decide halfway a viewing to switch to another show. What´s more, thanks to the
media player you can fast forward to the film of your choice. To make
sure viewers from different time zones won?t miss anything, each block of films
will be shown several times.
Highlights
Highlights
of this first edition of the Streaming Festival:
On
Saturday we will broadcast a programme section of remarkable feature films at
the website (streaming Theatre) of the NFTVM. Lovers of documentaries can have their
fill at the Streaming Theatre of TENT. Fun animations and artistic films will be
shown at Filmstad,
SubmarineChannel, Lazy Marie, NIAf en TENT. The films of our special guests Dré
Didderiëns, Jan Wouter van Reijen, Jasper Scheepbouwer en Melinda Jansen will be
broadcasted on Friday night and rerun on Saturday and
Sunday.
The
Streaming Festival is a platform for independent filmmakers who make their films
without subsidy. With this festival the organising Syntocin foundation wants to
give an impulse to the audiovisual arts and to look into the possibilities of
new media for artists.
The
Streaming Festival has been initiated by the Syntocin Foundation in cooperation
with several influential audiovisual art institutions like: the new filmmakers
association (NFTVM), SubmarineChannel, the Dutch institute for animation film
(NIAf), The Film City Foundation (Filmstad), Lazy Marie Foundation, TENT and the
Vrije Academie.
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Note for
the editor
You?ll
find more information on the festival and interviews with the filmmakers on
www.streamingfestival.com
Contact:
Ronald
Lindgreen
info@streamingfestival.com