Congratulations Johnny Appleweed!!!

Hey all,

So for any of you that don’t know yet, Johnny Appleweed is an official selection of the From Here to Awesome Film Festival.  This means that the film will be released on Netflix, Amazon, Indieflix, Heretic Films, Joost, Caaschi, Vuze, Hulu  as well as both guerilla and traditional theatrical release in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, London, Melbourne and Edinburgh.

This is a great thing not only for the film, but a great experiment for all filmmakers who are looking for alternative methods of distribution.  Hollywood eyes are on this festival and the success can show how new forms of distribution and revenue sharing will work in digital age.

Between Microsoft and Sony’s new VOD services for the Xbox and Playstation, IFC’s Festival Direct, Sundance winner Ballast rejection of traditional distribution and From Here to Awesome we are beginning to see that the instead of believing ‘The Sky is Falling” as Mark Gill said in his infamous LA Film Festival speech, the independent filmmaker is on the rise with more control, increased accessibility and in most cases, greater revenue opportunities.

Tami exhausted herself promoting this thing and so many of you on this board helped out by voting and commenting and favoriting her submission video and trailer.  Congratulations to Tami and John and thank you to everyone who helped out.

You can check out more at http://showcase.fromheretoawesome.com/2008/07/johnny-appleweed/