The Durango Independent Film Festival Partners with B-Side to Deliver Advanced Online Technology for Audiences

2010 Festival-goers Will Enjoy Rich Online Program Guide and Tight Connection With Filmmakers, Fellow Fans

 

March 3-7, 2010; Durango, Colorado – The Durango Independent Film Festival (DIFF) announced today that they have partnered with B-Side Entertainment to provide their audience with the most interactive, easy-to-use, and valuable experience possible on their durangofilm.org website. By partnering with B-Side to create a Festival Genius site, DIFF will allow audience members to interact with filmmakers, rate and review movies, build and share personal calendars, and stay in tune with festival buzz during the course of program events taking place March 3 – 7, 2010.

B-Side’s technology service, originally launched in November 2005, now fuels over 250 international festival websites. The B-Side Festival Genius service replaces traditional online film schedules with a highly interactive program guide that helps audiences connect with fellow film fans, filmmakers and films they are most likely to love.

“We work to provide our audience with the best resources available to get the most out of their festival experience,” explained Joanie Fraughton, Executive Director, of the Durango Independent Film Festival. “We believe that this year’s festival-goers will love the B-Side online service, because it offers them a fundamentally new and exciting way to participate in our program.”

B-Side CEO Chris Hyams agrees. “The Durango Independent Film Festival is a fantastic event with a strong connection to its audience. We’re delighted to add the festival as a B-Side Festival Genius partner, and to make that bond even stronger during their 2010 program.”

 

About Durango Independent Film Festival

The Durango Independent Film Festival (or DIFF) is committed to being a welcoming, intimate, and unique film event that screens global, innovative, and diverse films. We pride ourselves on connecting independent filmmakers, their artistic process, and their vision to our community. This year’s festival – GET REEL – begins March 3 and ends on March 7^th. Passes can be purchased online or during the festival at the box office located across from the Train Depot.

 

About B-Side

B-Side Entertainment is a pioneering provider of advanced technology and data services that connect undiscovered festival films with audiences and financial success. B-Side is enabling a breakthrough economic model that benefits filmmakers, content distributors and audiences alike.

 

For more information visit durangofilm.org or call 970.375.7779.