Openfilm.com Launches New Features Catering to Hispanic Filmmakers and Audiences

Openfilm.com, the online destination for independent films, shorts and animation, announced today a variety of new tools and features that assist independent filmmakers showcase their work and help audiences discover and watch the best Web video in high-definition, for free. The highlights include a Spanish-language version of the site, viewing recommendations and film reviews, advice for filmmakers, a blog that discusses Latin cinema, entertainment and culture, as well as a database of more than a thousand film festivals worldwide.
“Openfilm.com intends to become the community of choice for independent filmmakers and the audiences who want to connect with their work,” said Timothy Pastushkin, Co-Founder and CEO of Openfilm. “These enhancements to the site will further expand our presence with Spanish-language audiences and Latino filmmakers.”
Openfilm features hundreds of independent film shorts from around the world with Spanish sub-titles, as well as a growing number of films submitted by Latino artists. In addition, Openfilm has launched a CineBlog dedicated to the latest Latin entertainment and cinema news. From exciting premiers to juicy celebrity gossip!
“The Hispanic community is looking for content that caters to their culture and that’s just what they will find with Openfilm’s Spanish Website. Openfilm showcases films in Spanish, films with Spanish subtitles as well as a Blog dedicated exclusively to the Latin Film industry, Junior’s CineBlog,” said Larry Yepez Jr., a Colombian filmmaker and editor by trade who heads up Openfilm’s Latino initiative.
Openfilm is also home to an organized database of film festivals where users can browse and search over 1000 festivals from around the world by locations, dates and genres, and find detailed information about eligibility, awards, and submission dates. Other features include viewing recommendations and a video review section by a professional film critic to make it easier for audiences to find the content that best suits their interests.
Other features include viewing recommendations and a video review section by a professional film critic to make it easier for audiences to find the content that best suits their interests. Also new to the site are regularly updated journals by Openfilm staff members who are also filmmakers, including Openfilm Co-Founder Alan Melikdjanian’s blog about the intricacies of film production. Other blogs discuss a wide variety of topics from modern films, web video trends and Latin cinema to advice about cinematography and the struggles of an actor trying to make it in Hollywood.
The upgraded site also features enhancements to provide users with a better browsing and viewing experience. Video playback and channel pages are more comment friendly, customized RSS feeds are available for all categories of videos, channels, blogs and reviews, and a new feature in the video player enables viewers to immediately jump to any point in a film.
About Openfilm.com
Openfilm is a video sharing site and an online community of independent filmmakers, film schools, festivals and audiences who what to discover, watch and share the best web video in high-definition, for free. It combines the best aspects of user-generated films with the content selection, high video quality and rich presentation style of commercial video-on-demand sites. Launched in July 2008, Openfilm.com boasts more than 300 channels featuring 1500 films and animations of all lengths and genres, a database of more than one thousand film festivals, and other tools to help filmmakers market their work. Founders and members of the Openfilm team have produced films and television programs for networks including NBC, MTV, and TLC. For more information, visit www.openfilm.com or email to info@openfilm.com. “

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