About the ONLINEFILM project
The aim of the project ONLINEFILM.org and our partners is to create a legal distribution platform for the low-cost marketing and selling of European films via the internet in Europe and the whole world.
We almost exclusively use free and open-source-software for the programming and the running of the portal, in order to keep the cost of the transactions and thus the cost of downloading a film as reasonable as possible.
For distribution of the film data we use the well-tried peer-to-peer-software BitTorrent (www.bittorrent.com). BitTorrent is proven to be excellent at sending large amounts of data quickly and inexpensively via the internet.
We do not protect our films by using the so-called digital-rights-management-systems (DRM), as these are expensive and inefficient. Instead we aim for transparency and a fair process.
We will give our customers insight into our pricing structure and the distribution of earnings. They will see that the money they pay for downloads goes only towards the upkeep of the ONLINEFILM structure and to the filmmakers / producers whose work they are enjoying. We call this principle "DIGITAL RIGHTS FAIR TRADE" (DRFT) and will communicate it on all levels, as it sets us apart from other suppliers and forms the basis of our system.
Supported by the
- MEDIA Plus Programme of the European Union
- Kulturelle Filmförderung (cultural film subsidy) Schleswig-Holstein,
- Hessische Filmförderung (Hessian film subsidy),
- MSH - Gesellschaft zur Förderung audiovisueller Werke (society for the subsidy of audiovisual work) in Schleswig-Holstein
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The ONLINEFILM partner in Ireland:
Soilsiú Films is an award-winning Irish film company, specialising in the production, distribution and promotion of Irish films.
As a production company, Soilsiu have 12 years experience producing documentaries, animations, including the BAFTA-winning, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (for Channel 4/S4C) and short fiction films. Soilsiú Films is located in the Donegal Gaeltacht (Irish language speaking area) in Ireland. The company received EU MEDIA Programme Slate funding support in 2004.
As a promoter, Soilsiú Films have been actively engaged in encouraging Irish documentary makers to explore international distribution possibilities for their work. Soilsiú Films set up and ran the Guth Gafa International Documentary Festival (now in its 4th year, and now run independently) and have worked with Guth Gafa to host seminars on alternative and new distribution techniques.
The key Soilsiú personnel involved with the ONLINEFILM partnership are producer David Rane and director Reto Stamm, who between them have many years experience of producing and promoting documentary films.
www.soilsiu.com
Email: info@soilsiu.com
We almost exclusively use free and open-source-software for the programming and the running of the portal, in order to keep the cost of the transactions and thus the cost of downloading a film as reasonable as possible.
For distribution of the film data we use the well-tried peer-to-peer-software BitTorrent (www.bittorrent.com). BitTorrent is proven to be excellent at sending large amounts of data quickly and inexpensively via the internet.
We do not protect our films by using the so-called digital-rights-management-systems (DRM), as these are expensive and inefficient. Instead we aim for transparency and a fair process.
We will give our customers insight into our pricing structure and the distribution of earnings. They will see that the money they pay for downloads goes only towards the upkeep of the ONLINEFILM structure and to the filmmakers / producers whose work they are enjoying. We call this principle "DIGITAL RIGHTS FAIR TRADE" (DRFT) and will communicate it on all levels, as it sets us apart from other suppliers and forms the basis of our system.
Supported by the
- MEDIA Plus Programme of the European Union
- Kulturelle Filmförderung (cultural film subsidy) Schleswig-Holstein,
- Hessische Filmförderung (Hessian film subsidy),
- MSH - Gesellschaft zur Förderung audiovisueller Werke (society for the subsidy of audiovisual work) in Schleswig-Holstein
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The ONLINEFILM partner in Ireland:
Soilsiú Films is an award-winning Irish film company, specialising in the production, distribution and promotion of Irish films.
As a production company, Soilsiu have 12 years experience producing documentaries, animations, including the BAFTA-winning, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (for Channel 4/S4C) and short fiction films. Soilsiú Films is located in the Donegal Gaeltacht (Irish language speaking area) in Ireland. The company received EU MEDIA Programme Slate funding support in 2004.
As a promoter, Soilsiú Films have been actively engaged in encouraging Irish documentary makers to explore international distribution possibilities for their work. Soilsiú Films set up and ran the Guth Gafa International Documentary Festival (now in its 4th year, and now run independently) and have worked with Guth Gafa to host seminars on alternative and new distribution techniques.
The key Soilsiú personnel involved with the ONLINEFILM partnership are producer David Rane and director Reto Stamm, who between them have many years experience of producing and promoting documentary films.
www.soilsiu.com
Email: info@soilsiu.com