You might be asking yourself, what exactly is Couch Fest? It’s BRILLIANT. Couch Fest brings films from festivals such as Sundance, SXSW, CFC Worldwide Shorts, and Seattle International Film Festival to cities worldwide all in the comfort of local resident’s living rooms. It’s open to the public and offers the unique opportunity to cozy-up in a … Read more
Here at IndieFlix we love documentaries – So naturally, we’re pretty excited about the unique San Francisco Festival dedicated solely to DOCS. The organization behind SF Doc Fest presents not one, but three annual festivals: The SF Independent Film Fest, the SF Documentary Festival, and Another Hole in the Head. Films featured in this … Read more
Ahh… romantic comedies. From the classics to an era of that almost exclusively featured Meg Ryan, Sandra Bullock, Julia Roberts, and Jennifer Aniston, some of us may have lost hope for the genre completely. Lately however, we’ve seen more and more fresh independent rom-coms with a slightly more realistic hue. The bleak simplicity of many … Read more
Friends can find each other in the most uncommon of ways and from there amazing things can happen… It was Christmas morning 2009. I downloaded the Words With Friends app on my iPhone and clicked “random opponent.” Francesca popped up and we started playing. We were evenly matched and played for a year before I … Read more
TWO QUESTIONS… Q: What is SLAMDANCE? Is it a hardcore punk rock dance move? Don’t you mean Sundance? A: No. “It all began when a group of cheerful, subversive filmmakers weren’t accepted into the Sundance Film Festival. Unwilling to take “no” for an answer, they instead started their own event – Slamdance: Anarchy in Utah. … Read more
It’s a big week for IndieFlix CEO, Scilla Andreen who is currently in LA gearing up for Variety Magazine’s Power of Women event. The issue, which hits the shelves October 5th, highlights all types of women working and thriving in the entertainment business as well as notable celebrities who have done with work various charitable … Read more
I guess it’s a good thing that everyone here at IndieFlix, including myself, sort of panics when a disgruntled customer or filmmaker reaches out to us. It feels like everyone is calling when in fact it’s only 2 people. 99% of the time it’s a misunderstanding about an announcement or change. We can always improve … Read more
This week we bring you five new releases from around the globe! First up is Corner Store (68 min), the true story of Yousef Elhaj, an Israeli immigrant in San Francisco. Yousef has spent the last decade saving enough money to bring his family from Bethlehem to America. Now that he finally has his U.S. citizenship, … Read more
Ben Proudfoot’s debut film, “Dinner with Fred,” is that rare film that succeeds in taking the viewer on a trip into the past. Read more
After his long battle with cancer, the film industry is paying tribute to one of the true heroes of independent filmmaking: Adam Yauch, who died May 4. Read more
