Got an idea for an Amazon commercial? Submit your 30-second video to Your Amazon Ad Contest, and you'll compete for $20,000 in Amazon.com Gift Cards and the chance to have your work seen by millions of Amazon customers. Judges at Amazon will choose the winner of the Jury Prize, a $10,000 Amazon.com Gift Card, and customers will rate five finalist videos to determine the winner of the Audience Prize, another $10,000 Amazon.com Gift Card. IT IS FREE TO ENTER THIS CONTEST! Check out the listing, and submit through Withoutabox or upload to the Amazon.com website by the SUBMISSION DEADLINE OF JULY 17, 2009!

Submit to this contest online via Withoutabox:
https://www.withoutabox.com/login/7928

View Withoutabox listing for this contest:
https://www.withoutabox.com/03film/03t_fin/03t_fin_fest_01over.php?festival_id=7928

We are thrilled to announce that DARKON, an award-winning, Withoutabox-supported feature documentary about Live-Action Role Players, will be making its Los Angeles premiere THIS Friday, October 26th, at the Laemmle Grande 4-Plex in Downtown Los Angeles.

Directed by Luke Meyer and Andrew Neel, and presented by Ovie Entertainment, DARKON explores the world of a stay-at-home dad, an ex-stripper, a Starbucks employee, and various other everyday citizens as they don the garb of power players in the parallel, fantasy kingdom of Darkon. The film has achieved great success in the film festival circuit, online distribution with AOL "True Stories" series, cable exhibition through IFC TV and, now, through theatrical releases in various US cities, including New York and LA.

DARKON opens Friday; make sure to check it out if you are based in or happen to pass through Los Angeles in the next few weeks. For more information, go to the DARKON Withoutabox Audience page and you can buy DARKON tickets here!

Withoutabox is presenting a special Los Angeles screening of "Valley of Flowers" this Thursday, June 14th, 2007 at 7:15pm at ARCLIGHT CINEMAS, 6360 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028. TO PURCHASE TICKETS TO THIS SCREENING, CLICK HERE. Q&A with Director Pan Nalin to follow screening.

VALLEY OF FLOWERS
Jury Prize Winner
2007 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
(IFFLA)

A Himalayan epic that spans two centuries, from the Silk Route of the early 19th century to the bustling metropolis of modern-day Tokyo.


Along the highest mountain passes of the Himalayas, tough, intrepid Jalan (Milind Soman) and his gang earn their living by stealing from unsuspecting travelers. Abiding by their own, unique codes of honour and dividing the spoils equally, all is routine until the arrival of the mystifying, beautiful Ushna (Mylene Jampanoi). Appearing mysteriously after the raid of a pilgrim caravan, Ushna adheres to Jalan, claiming to have seen him in her dreams, and refusing to leave his side. Sensing the unsettlement of the rest of the men, Ushna offers to help them in their endeavours, under condition that they not ask why or how she is able to guide them to success.


In the time that follows, Ushna leads the gang to tremendous exploits, gaining the respect of the men, and the admiration of Jalan, who begins to fall passionately in love with this mysterious woman. As their success increases, seemingly unstoppable, so the love between Jalan and Ushna mounts in intensity, until they seem to have entered a world of their own. No longer heeding of the world around them, Jalan and Ushna venture too far in their exploits, progressing from the theft of material objects to tampering with elements that should never be tampered with; stealing energy, luck and even the powers of levitation, the two cross over into the bounds of the supernatural.


Word of the duo and their strange exploits reaches the shrewd, robust Yeti (Naseeruddin Shah), who takes after them with his three experienced bounty hunters. In the confusion of pursuit, Jalan and Ushna face a temporary separation, the shock of which drives each to desperation. Having lost luck, wealth and friends, the fated two are nevertheless fortuitously reunited. Their passion running higher than ever, they vow never to be separated again, even if this entails deceiving fate and cheating mortality. But life always reserves surprises...


To view the trailer for Valley of Flowers, click here.


TO VISIT VALLEY OF FLOWERS ON AUDIENCE, CLICK HERE.

Online Media Company Launches Updated Site Offering
Extensive Suite of Online Tools Designed to Empower Filmmakers
in the Distribution and Monetization of their Films

LOS ANGELES, May 21, 2007 – Withoutabox, the worldwide online-media company dedicated to advancing independent film, has unveiled a new, rebranded website, offering an entire suite of online tools that empower filmmakers and other content creators in the distribution and monetization of their films. The site, located at www.withoutabox.com, features an array of proprietary tools and services for all parties involved in the independent film arena, ranging from aspiring and established filmmakers to film festival organizers, distributors, buyers, audiences and others.

Regarding the site, David Straus, co-founder and CEO of Withoutabox said, "The independent film community needs a resource that can corral the powerful opportunities new technology brings to the table, and this is the specific reason why we created Withoutabox. By bringing independents together on our site, we provide our members and partners with completely integrated tools and services that greatly help to navigate the barrier-ridden film business, from production and distribution."

The new site provides Withoutabox members with in-depth access to the company's products and services through several actively themed sections:

SUBMIT
Featuring Withoutabox's inaugural and patented product, Filmsubmission which enables filmmakers and screenwriters to efficiently submit their work to more than 2,000 festivals and competitions worldwide.

COLLECT
Targeted to film festival and competition organizers, the Filmcollection tool streamlines the process of announcing calls for entries to managing payment collection in five different currencies (U.S. Dollar, Euro, British Pound, Canadian Dollar and Australian Dollar) and administrating the entire process of receiving film submissions from Withoutabox's 125,000-plus members in more than 200 countries.

SELECT
Filmselection, Withoutabox's patented technology, allows festivals and competitions to operate their selection processes all online by using the company's integrated online tools, including Filmcollection, to support the pre-screening and judging of titles from anywhere in the world, providing custom forms and providing quantitative reporting.

DELIVER
Through DVDelivery, provided in partnership with CustomFlix, Withoutabox members can order industry screeners to be shipped on-demand as part of the Filmsubmission process.

LICENSE
In its Rightsxchange service, Withoutabox holds the world's largest revolving database of independent film to supply filmmakers, screenwriters, distributors and exhibitors with the most up-to-date business information.

Marketresearch, exclusively provided by the company's Filmfinders division, delivers to sales agents, distributors and programmers the most authoritative data and market intelligence on independent film vis-à-vis Filmfinders' renowned industry evaluations Preminders, Friday Reports, Rights Roundups and Quarterlies.

DISTRIBUTE
Selfdistribution places the power of distribution in the hands of Withoutabox members, providing the support to control their rights and self-distribute via theatrical, television, DVD, VOD and mobile.

TICKET
Withoutabox has designed two ticketing services for both members and festivals:

Festivalticketing provides one centralized scheduling and ticketing service for festival directors that is seamlessly integrated with the company's Filmcollection, Filmselection and Audience products.

Through Withoutabox's upcoming and patent-pending tool Criticalmassticketing, filmmakers, distributors and exhibitors soon will be able to pre-book theaters, market, aggregate audiences and sell tickets to screenings of their films.

PROMOTE
Filmpromotion assists filmmakers in the creation and management of comprehensive online press kits featuring media-rich trailers, photos, biographies, reviews and more to promote their films.

Through Festivalpromotion, festivals and competitions can advertise requests for submissions and market their events in weekly email blasts to Withoutabox's membership, reaching the largest population of active filmmakers online.

CONSULT
Withoutabox provides premium access to Filmfinders' rights tracking and personalized consulting on worldwide independent film.

As part of its mission to advance independent film, Withoutabox's Distributionlab serves at the forefront of developing and creating cutting-edge distribution techniques and platforms. The company is constantly seeking filmmakers, distributors and exhibitors eager to identify new paths to profitability through Distributionlab and Withoutabox's products.

BROWSE
Withoutabox's Audience unites filmmakers, film festivals and other industry players together in a comprehensive business and social network charged to democratize independent film—while in Messageboards, filmmakers, festival directors, buyers and distributors share knowledge and discuss industry issues in a number of topical forums.

WITHOUTABOX NAMED OFFICIAL HONOREE BY 11th ANNUAL WEBBY AWARDS


SECOND TIME NOMINATION RECOGNIZES THE ONLINE MEDIA COMPANY FOR ITS INNOVATIVE, ONLINE INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS THAT DEMOCRATIZE THE WORLD OF FILM

LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2007 – Withoutabox, Inc., the leading worldwide online media company dedicated to advancing independent film, has been named an Official Honoree by the 11th Annual Webby Awards. With this nomination, the Webby Awards recognizes Withoutabox in the Movie and Film Category for its "remarkable achievement" in offering an extensive array of online tools and services for more than 120,000 independent filmmakers and over 2000 film festivals across the globe.

Regarding the announcement, David Straus, co-founder and CEO of Withoutabox, said, "This is truly wonderful. Being recognized by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences is a huge compliment and having the honor to be included with such fellow nominees as AOL, Warner Bros., Paramount, Columbia TriStar and the New York Times is a testament to all of the hard work done by everyone on Withoutabox's dedicated team."

"The Webby Awards honors the outstanding work that is setting new standards for the Internet," said David-Michel Davies, executive director of The Webby Awards. "Withoutabox's Official Honoree selection is a testament to the skill, ingenuity and vision of its creators."
Withoutabox patented and deployed the world's only International Film Submission System in 2000, serving film producers and film festivals, and since then has grown in its mission to democratize the independent film economy, by offering an entire suite of online tools: Audience, a social and business networking platform for filmmakers, film organizations, and fans of film; Festivalticketing, a fully integrated event scheduling and box office solution for festivals and cinemas; Criticalmassticketing, a patent-pending, demand-based theatrical releasing system for film; and Filmselection: a patented pre-screening and judging product for the industry. Withoutabox is currently expanding its offerings into multi-channel self-distribution and comprehensive film rights management.

This year's recognition marks the second Webby Award-nomination Withoutabox has received. In 2002, the Webby Awards nominated the company in the event's Film Category. Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video and Mobile Websites. The awards are judged by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, a global organization that includes David Bowie, Harvey Weinstein, Arianna Huffington, Matt Groening, Jamie Oliver, Internet inventor Vinton Cerf and RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser.

The 11th Annual Webby Awards received a record 8,000 entries from over 60 countries and all 50 states. Out more than 8,000 entries submitted, fewer than 15% received this honor and were deemed Official Honorees. Unlike other awards shows, where only judges choose the winners, The Webby Awards revels in the Web's democratic spirit. Through April 27th, members and non-members alike can cast their votes in The Webby People's Voice Awards presented by Verizon at peoplesvoice.webbyawards.com. Winners will be announced on May 1st and honored at two star-studded ceremonies in New York City: The Webby Film & Video Awards on June 4th and The 11th Annual Webby Awards Gala on June 5th.

About Withoutabox, Inc.:
Withoutabox offers online tools and services that make it The Media Company for Independents. In operation since 2000, the company developed the proprietary Withoutabox Submissions, which connects more than 120,000 filmmakers with more than 2,000 film festivals in 200 countries worldwide. It is a powerful advocate for the independent film community, helping filmmakers maximize the value of their work. Withoutabox members consistently win film festival honors and have received dozens of Oscar nominations — and have won the Academy Award many times. In 2007, three Withoutabox members won Academy Awards, two members won Spirit Awards, dozens of Withoutabox members were nominated for both Academy Awards and Sprit Awards, and all but one nomination in the Academy Awards category of Best Documentary were Withoutabox filmmaker members.

Audience by Withoutabox (audience.withoutabox.com) connects filmmakers, film lovers, distributors, exhibitors, and others via blogs, reviews, ticketing services and more. The Withoutabox Distribution Lab serves as a self-distribution company and real-world testing ground for innovations in releasing. The company's Film Finders division, acquired in 2006, is the world's preeminent film production and rights database and consulting company. To learn more, please visit www.withoutabox.com.

About the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS):
The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences is dedicated to the creative, technical, and professional progress of the internet and interactive media. The Academy is an intellectually diverse organization that includes over 500 members consisting of leading experts in a diverse range of fields, such as musician David Bowie, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, business guru and author Tom Peters, The Body Shop president Anita Roddick, fashion designer Max Azria, "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening and Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser. The Webby Awards and The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences are registered trademarks of International Data Group. For more information, visit www.iadas.net.

WITHOUTABOX AND THE SHORT FILM CORNER—A DIVISION OF THE
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL—ENTER EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

Leading Online Media Network for Filmmakers to Oversee
Short Film Corner Submission Process on Behalf of Festival


LOS ANGELES, April 9, 2007 – Withoutabox, the leading worldwide online media company dedicated to advancing independent film, and the Short Film Corner, a division of the Cannes Film Festival, the world's foremost film festival and market, have entered into an exclusive partnership agreement for the festival's Fourth Annual Short Film Corner. The announcement was jointly made today by David Straus, co-founder and CEO of Withoutabox, and Jérôme Paillard, executive director for the Cannes Film Market.

Under terms of the agreement, Withoutabox will serve as an official partner to the Short Film Corner and will exclusively manage the event's entire film registration process, including solicitation, management and promotion of films. Filmmakers registering films with the Short Film Corner will either use their existing Withoutabox control panel, or be directed to a branded, integrated website (located at http://www.withoutabox.com/login/5769) where they can follow Withoutabox's easy-to-use and patented festival registration process. Filmmakers can also access this registration page from www.shortfilmcorner.com. Cannes organizers will be able to track, manage and program the Short Film Corner using Withoutabox's services. All films registered for the event will be marketed on Audience, Withoutabox's social networking community for independent filmmakers and other members of the film community. The agreement also includes online co-branding initiatives between the two parties that will be directed at Withoutabox's membership of more than 110,000 filmmakers in 200 countries around the world. Withoutabox also will exhibit at the Short Film Corner.

Located in the Palais des Festivals and scheduled to take place from May 16th to 26th, the Short Film Corner provides event attendees with a central location to screen, market and sell short films, many never seen before, during the market. Short titles included in the Official Competition, the Cinéfondation, the Director's Fortnight and Critic's Week also will be screened in the Short Film Corner. In addition, daily panels will feature directors and producers discussing short film issues, including financing, emerging media and music, among other topics.

Regarding the announcement, Straus noted, "We are pleased, and honored, to be the exclusive registration representative for the Short Film Corner. This is the film industry's most revered event, which falls in line with our mandate to present our growing number of members with the highest quality opportunities to showcase and sell their work. This arrangement, coupled with our many other services, makes Withoutabox the definitive online resource for independent filmmakers worldwide to finance, produce, market and distribute their films."

"Withoutabox has been an industry leader for independent filmmakers for the last seven years," said Paillard. "Their dedication to our event and independent film is unmatched by anyone in traditional media companies."

About Cannes/Short Film Corner

Launched in 2004 by the Cannes Film Festival, the Short Film Corner is a ten-day-long short film market and meeting place for all innovative and creative filmmakers. Open to all the professionals registered with the Cannes Film Festival and the Marché du Film, it showcases their short films to potential buyers, festival programmers, producers and distributors. The Short Film Corner is also a great spot to discover new international filmmakers.

To date, more than 540 films are already registered for the 2007 edition. For more information on the Short Film Corner, please visit www.shortfilmcorner.com.

About Withoutabox, Inc.

Withoutabox offers online tools and services that make it The Media Company for Independents. In operation since 2000, the company developed the proprietary Withoutabox Submissions, which connects more than 110,000 filmmakers to more than 2,000 film festivals in 200 countries worldwide, including 700-plus online submission partners. It is now a powerful advocate for the independent film community, helping filmmakers maximize the value of their work. Withoutabox members consistently win film festival honors and have received dozens of Oscar nominations — and have won the Academy Award many times. Last month, three Withoutabox members won Academy Awards while two additional members won Spirit Awards.

Audience by Withoutabox connects filmmakers, film lovers, distributors, exhibitors, and others via blogs, reviews, ticketing services and more. The Withoutabox Distribution Lab serves as a self-distribution company and real-world testing ground for innovations in releasing. The company's Film Finders division, acquired in 2006, is the world's preeminent film production and rights database and consulting company. To learn more, please visit www.withoutabox.com.

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Media Contacts:
For Withoutabox:
Les Eisner/Paul Nichols
The Lippin Group
323/965-1990
leisner@lippingroup.com
pnichols@lippingroup.com

For Cannes/Short Film Corner:
Chantal Girondin
Cannes Film Festival
01 53 59 61 30
cgirondin@festival-cannes.fr

Short in subject but vast in impact, Withoutabox films swept the short categories at the Academy Awards on Sunday.

Enormous congratulations to Ari Sandel's victorious Live Action Short, WEST BANK STORY; Torril Kove, Lise Fearnley and Marcy Page's winning Animated Short, THE DANISH POET; and THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT, winning Documentary Short by Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon.

We are thrilled at your success and believe that it speaks volumes both about how far independent filmmakers have come, and how far you can go.

Withoutabox is proud to sponsor The Workbook Project, a free "social open source" project that helps to bridge the gap between technology and filmmaking. With the tools that The Workbook Project provides, you can learn how to make open-source applications such as your own embeddable Flash audio player.



On the lab tools Audience page The Workbook project will be providing you with reviews, tips and tricks about how you can use tech to help build your project's audience.



For more info on the project visit their Audience page.

Los Angeles, Calif. .. Jan. 23, 2006 .. Withoutabox, Inc., the media company comprising the world's largest independent film network, today announced that a record number of their filmmaker members were recognized with 79th Annual Academy Award nominations.

Withoutabox filmmakers produced and/or directed 13 films which received nominations this morning for the Academy Awards in four categories, including Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short Subject, Best Animated Short Subject, and Best Live Action Short.

"Our filmmakers are involved in many of the world's most celebrated and acclaimed films and we are always thrilled with the recognition their work receives by Academy voters," said David Straus, co-founder and CEO, Withoutabox. "The record number of nominations for our members this year is a testament to the tools Withoutabox offers which are proving more and more instrumental in helping filmmakers maximize the value of their work. We wish all of our nominees the best of luck and can't wait to watch them take home the Oscar."

Following is a summary of the 79th Annual Academy Award nominated films from Withoutabox filmmakers:

Best Documentary Feature

Amy Berg and Frank Donner for Deliver Us from Evil

James Longley and John Sinno for Iraq in Fragments

Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady for Jesus Camp

Laura Poitras and Jocelyn Glatzer for My Country, My Country

Best Documentary Short Subject

Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon for The Blood of Yingzhou District

Leslie Iwerks and Mike Glad for Recycled Life

Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon for Rehearsing a Dream


Best Animated Short Film

Torril Kove, Lise Fearnley and Marcy Page for The Danish Poet

Roger Allers and Don Hahn for The Little Matchgirl

Geza M. Toth for Maestro

Best Live Action Short Film

Javier Fesser and Luis Manso for Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gran Idea)

Peter Templeman and Stuart Parkyn for The Saviour

Ari Sandel for West Bank Story

In addition to the Academy Awards, Withoutabox members films' have also been nominated for a number of award categories at this year's Independent Spirit Awards, including:

Best Documentary

Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert for A Lion in the House

Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern for The Trials of Darryl Hunt

Laura Poitras for My Country, My Country

Best First Screenplay

Hans Canosa for Conversations with Other Women

Best Cinematography

Arin Crumley & Susan Buice's Four Eyed Monsters

Ramin Bahrani's Man Push Cart

Best First Feature

Ramin Bahrani for Man Push Cart

Ali Selim for Sweet Land



Best Female Lead

Ali Selim's Sweet Land

Best Male Lead

Ramin Bahrani's Man Push Cart

John Cassavetes Award

Mike Akel for Chalk

Arin Crumley & Susan Buice for Four Eyed Monsters

Special Awards - Axium Truer Than Fiction Award

Adele Horne's The Tailenders

Eric Metzgar's The Chances of the World Changing

About Withoutabox, Inc.

Withoutabox offers online tools and services that make it The Network for Independents. In operation since 2000, the Company developed the proprietary Withoutabox Submissions, which connects more than 100,000 filmmakers to more than 2,000 film festivals worldwide, including 700-plus online submission partners.

It is now a powerful advocate for the independent film community, helping filmmakers maximize the value of their work. Withoutabox members consistently win film festival honors and have received dozens of Oscar nominations .. and have won the Academy Award many times. AUDIENCE BY WITHOUTABOX connects filmmakers, film lovers, distributors, exhibitors, and others via blogs, reviews, ticketing services and more. THE WITHOUTABOX DISTRIBUTION LAB serves as a self-distribution company and real-world testing ground for innovations in releasing.

The Company's FILM FINDERS division, acquired in 2006, is the world's preeminent film production and rights database and consulting company, To learn more, visit www.withoutabox.com.

The newest marketing of Audience has launched! Our SCHEDULING and TICKETING features allow festivalgoers to buy tickets AND add your film to their personal schedule without ever leaving your film's screening page.

Does a sexy, buzzy Audience page sell tickets? Resoundingly: YES! With a full gallery, great quotes from previous screening, and a full complement of ratings and comments, your tell film fans: this is a film that demands to be seen.

Even more good news: now, you can import your press kit directly from your filmmaker page to your Audience page. As a one-stop marketing program and networking platform, AUDIENCE IS THE PLACE!