Philadelphia's 10th Annual FirstGlance Film Fest Partners With IndiePix.Net to Create First Ever @Home Film Festival

Philadelphia's 10th Annual FirstGlance Film Fest Partners With IndiePix.Net to Create First Ever @Home Film Festival

INDIEPIX.NET PROVIDES SATELLITE VIEWING OF SELECTED FILMS SHOWCASED AT FIRST GLANCE FILM FESTIVAL

NEW YORK and PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- IndiePix.Net, the innovative company and Web site committed to bridging the relationship-gap between independent filmmakers and the broad audience of people interested in independent film, today announced that the 10th Annual FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia, being held at the Adrienne Theater from Sept. 28 -- Oct. 9, will celebrate this year by being the first film festival in the world to offer the @homefilmfest.com. Powered by IndiePix.net's Download-to-own software, the @Home Film Festival provides independent film fans the opportunity to view and own selected short films that are being viewed at the FirstGlance Film Festival in the privacy and convenience of their own home.

Films scheduled to screen during the Festival, which are available through The @Home Film Fest, include:

   --  Always Greener  -- (Eric Grote, 6 mins, PA) -- The story of a couple,       and one man's temptation of another life.  Starring Matt Silay, Leigh       Ann Hughes, Gillian Parsons, Elizabeth Hughes.   --  No Destination -- (Shannah Laumeister, 18 mins, CA) -- What happens       when the rules of a mad man make up his life, when he wakes up one       morning and realizes his life is about to end... Starring John Savage,       Guillermo Diaz.   --  Away Game -- (Theodore Nannicelli, 10 mins, PA) -- Opening Day changes       a son's relationship with his father forever. Starring Johnny       Pulcinella, Tom Tansey.   --  American Deluxe -- (Aaron Brownlee, 15 mins, CA) -- You're buying what       they're selling. Starring Kristia Knowles, Jim Pacitti.   

"The partnership between FirstGlance Film Festival and IndiePix offers consumers the opportunity to take part in film festivals around the world in a simulcast type offering never experienced before," says Bill Ostroff, founder of the FirstGlance Film Festival. "The @Home Film Festival, with IndiePix, allows viewers to buy one night of film screenings, or the entire festival, that they can watch on their own again and again."

Film fans unable to attend the FirstGlance Film Festival in Philadelphia can now download a professional quality digital copy of the short films they wish to see from the festival, and using IndiePix's Download-to-Own technology, create a copy of the films for themselves. Viewable on any DVD playing device, fans can create a compilation of their favorites from the festival, or simply purchase the individual films that interest them.

"IndiePix's partnership with The @Home Film Festival is truly an innovation in the independent film world," says Bob Alexander, President of IndiePix. "At IndiePix, we aim to provide resources to both independent film fans and filmmakers alike, and providing them with the opportunity to discover the films of the FirstGlance Film Festival achieve just that."

Keeping true in IndiePix's mission of providing resources to independent filmmakers as well as fans, @Home Film Fest offers a limited window of digital distribution to festival filmmakers, providing them with the ability to upload their projects for FREE, and profit from the online sales of the screening.

About IndiePix.Net

Committed to bridging the gap between the independent filmmaker and those passionate about independent film, IndiePix delivers the best selection of independent film from around the world. IndiePix provides consumers with exclusive video filmmaker interviews, blogging from the global festival circuit, and weekly news and views on trends, technology, and talent from the independent film world. For more information, please visit www.IndiePix.net.

About FirstGlance Film Festivals

FirstGlance Film Festivals are the fastest growing "truly indie" film festivals in North America with separate events on both coasts. Named one of the Best Film Festival Investments by Moviemaker Magazine, and featured in Time Magazine. FirstGlance Film Festivals mission to find new opportunities for up and coming filmmakers puts them in a class by itself. Celebrating its tenth year in 2007, FirstGlance has a rich history of great entertainment for audiences and nurturing, promoting and assisting indie filmmakers get the audience and visibility they crave. As FirstGlance looks towards the future for both its Philadelphia and Hollywood Festivals, it includes new technologies and mediums to deliver this great content to a larger global audience.

FirstGlance Film Festivals, by indie filmmakers, for indie filmmakers.

Source: IndiePix.Net

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