At filmfestivals.com we have always believed that the Internet could offer new avenues for indie films facing the bottlenecks of film distribution.We have been evangelists of that idea to the extent of raising money from VC and funding a VOD platform for indie films from festivals on filmfestivalsTV.com. So what?If all of this does sound familiar to you, and not even newsworthy, I should add that we did this in 1999...OoopsBig mistake in the "time to market".Since that episode we have...

SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN DIRECTORSThe Directors Guild of America reports that less than 10% of its membership are women. In the history of the Academy Awards, only three women have ever been nominated for Best Director (Lina Wertmuller, Jane Campion and Sofia Coppola). While women head major studios and are prolific producers, there still is a “glass ceiling” regarding women directors. But at the Miami International Film Festival....it's a woman's world, and male journalists like myself just have ...