FilmFreeway Defeated Amazon’s Withoutabox Monopoly, and Film Festival Submissions Will Never Be the Same
FilmFreeway promises it won’t force festivals into exclusivity, and will drop its prices later this week.
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Amazon and IMDb Are Closing Withoutabox Film Festival Submission Service
The service will be operational through the next festival season, but be disabled on September 16, 2019.
IMDb and ReFrame Want to Find and Support Gender-Balanced Television Shows and Streaming Series
ReFrame and IMDb have already awarded the “ReFrame Stamp” to 34 movies so far, including “Lady Bird” and “Girls Trip.” Now they want to do the same for TV.
IMDbPro App Adds Contact for the Women In Film Sexual Harassment Help Line and EEOC
New updates to the app include tap-to-call access to the help line, as well as to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Danny Trejo Peruses His IMDb and Reveals Why He Doesn’t Mind Being Typecast for Funny or Die — Watch (Exclusive)
Machete don’t text, but he does tell good stories.
Sundance Selects Withoutabox as Its Exclusive Film Festival Submission Service Through 2021
The IMDb-owned platform continues to push for exclusive partnerships with festivals, as they also reveal a new submission management service they created in collaboration with Sundance.
IMDb’s Top Movies of 2017 Include ‘It,’ ‘Wonder Woman,’ and ‘Justice League,’ But ‘The Last Jedi’ Misses the Cut
Plus, the online entertainment resource names its 10 most-anticipated movies of 2018.
IMDb’s Top 10 Stars of 2017: Gal Gadot, Tom Hardy, and Emilia Clarke Top a List Featuring Only One American — Watch
Newcomers include Bill Skarsgård, Pom Klementieff, and Dan Stevens.
IMDbPro Launches an iPhone App, Available to Download Now
Exclusive: IMDbPro subscribers can now access contact and representation information for over 300,000 TV and film professionals from their phone.
IMDb Introduces ‘F for Female’ Rating to Represent Women in Film
So far, the online database has tagged 21,800 films with the new rating.
IMDb Shutting Down Message Boards and Private Messaging
IMDb said the decision was based on “data and traffic.” The message boards will remain active for the next two weeks so users can archive message content.
U.S. and U.K. Netflix Libraries Have Smallest Amount of Streaming Movies From IMDb’s Top 250 List
The U.S. Netflix library only has 33 films from the Top 250 and the U.K. library only has 28.
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