I’m sure this one is going to get around the blogosphere pretty quickly. Some of the most influential DIY filmmakers on the net have gotten together to make what might be called the film festival 2.0. It’s called From Here to Awesome and features many of the online social networking principles that have been employed to do successful DIY film distribution: youtube, myspace, blogs, and audience control.

The masterminds behind this project are:

• Lance Weiler - Lance is the founder of The Workbook Project, a fantastic resource for filmmakers. He wrote and directed Head Trauma and The Last Broadcast
• Arin Crumley - Arin’s feature film Four-Eyed Monsters was distributed with an extensive no-budget marketing campaign that used just about every online social networking tool out there.
• M dot Strange - (real name: Michael Belmont) M made the internet sensation We Are the Strange, an animated film that premiered last year at Sundance.

Some relevant Videos:

• Lance Weiler talking about “truly independent” production in general and his film Head Trauma in particular:
• Trailer for We Are The Strange:
• Arin Crumley’s preview for Four Eyed Monsters. That’s Arin playing the lead:

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