DivX, Inc. & GreenCine Announce Online Film Festival Finalists

DivX, Inc. & GreenCine Announce Online Film Festival Finalists

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- GreenCine (www.greencine.com), the preeminent Video-on-Demand and DVD Rent-by-Mail company with an unsurpassed collection of independent, international and classic films, and DivX, Inc., (www.divx.com), the company that created the revolutionary, patent-pending DivX(R) video compression technology, today announced the finalists of the GreenCine Online Film Festival, presented by DivX, Inc.

The finalists in the Narrative Feature category are: "White Knuckles" (2004), directed by Leo Scherman; "IPO" (2004), directed by Daniel Gamburg; "Red Cockroaches" (2004), directed by Miguel Coyula; "Peep Show" (1965-2004), directed by J.X. Williams; and "Security" (2005), directed by Rob Nilsson ("Heat and Sunlight," "Signal 7"). The judges for the narrative competition are Holly Willis, Lawrence Inglee and Jerome "Gej" Rota.

The finalists in the Documentary Feature category are: "Piece by Piece" (2004), directed by Nic Hill; "Empire of Juramidam" (2004), directed by Colum Stapleton; "Visiting Shane" (2005), directed by Varda Hardy; "About Baghdad" (2004), directed by Sinan Antoon, Bassam Haddad, Maya Mikdashi, Suzy Salamy and Adam Shapiro; and "The End of Suburbia" (2004), directed by Gregory Greene. The judges for the documentary category are Mark Kitchell, Hollis Gillespie and David Kopple.

Both Rob Nilsson's "Security" and Varda Hardy's "Visiting Shane" enjoy their World Premieres in the Online Film Festival. "As the first-ever online festival for feature films, the event enhances our pioneering efforts of on- demand film distribution," stated Jonathan Marlow, GreenCine's Director of Content Acquisitions. "We are exceptionally proud of the remarkable work that will be presented in the festival during the weeks ahead."

Each finalist will be up on www.greencine.com from June 1 through June 26, and available for download in the secure DivX format. Customers who download a competing film will be able to rank it, with all online audience votes counting towards an Audience Award. Each Grand Prize winner as selected by the panel of judges will receive $2,500 and a theatrical screening in San Francisco.

For details and updates for the GreenCine Online Film Festival, please visit our festival web page at http://filmfestival.greencine.com/.

About GreenCine

GREENCINE LLC is at the forefront of online DVD rental, with a diverse selection of over 27,000 titles specializing in independent, international, documentary and classic films -- without forsaking mainstream releases. In September-2003, the company introduced its revolutionary Video-on-Demand service, offering filmmakers a lucrative and piracy-free avenue for online feature film distribution. Over 3,000 titles are now available in this form, including films by internationally renowned independent directors Hal Hartley, Caveh Zahedi, Jon Moritsugu and others. For details on GreenCine's latest VOD and DVD offerings, as well as an incredible array of film-related interviews and articles, please visit our award-winning site -- http://www.greencine.com/.

About DivX, Inc.

DivX, Inc., is a consumer-focused video technology company positioned at the center of multimedia convergence. The company's core offering is the DivX(R) video codec, among the world's most popular video compression technologies with over 160 million users worldwide. Often called "the MP3 of video," the patent-pending DivX video technology offers DVD-quality at 10 times greater compression than MPEG-2 files, enabling full length films to easily fit on a CD or be delivered over broadband connections. DivX video technology powers a range of applications that span the convergence value chain, from a secure IP-based video-on-demand solution to next-generation consumer electronics products and video software applications. DivX, Inc. is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Contact:

For DivXNetworks: Tom Huntington Director of Corporate Communications 858-882-0672 thuntington@divxcorp.com

For GreenCine: Craig Phillips GreenCine Public Relations and Editorial (415) 575-3610 x240 pr@greencine.com

Source: GreenCine

CONTACT: Tom Huntington, Director of Corporate Communications of DivXNetworks, +1-858-882-0672 or thuntington@divxcorp.com; or Craig Phillips of GreenCine Public Relations and Editorial, +1-415-575-3610, ext. 240, or pr@greencine.com

Web site: http://www.greencine.com/

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