Cinequest offers free independant film downloads
Growing independent film festival Cinequest is offering free downloads and podcasts through CinequestOnline. Over 21 features and 40 shorts have been posted for free download, with over 29,000 successful downloads since 2005.
The 16th annual Cinequest Film Festival brings 185 movies to downtown San Jose March 1-12, starting with “Thank You for Smoking.” But festival organizers are almost as excited about what will be happening off-screen, including podcasts and free video downloads of DVD-quality films to watch on home TVs, computers, cell phones and other handheld devices.
San Jose won’t be the center of the film world during the festival — there’s this little thing called the Academy Awards on March 5 — but that doesn’t bother festival organizers, who always have emphasized Cinequest as an alternative to Hollywood.
“The dream always has been getting films to film fans in a way that bypasses the Hollywood system,” says Jens Hussey, the festival’s publicity director.
For more on the festival, check out this article from Mercury News Online, and/or head over to Cinequest.org.