IMDb’s coverage of the 2017 festival will
include original celebrity video interviews filmed in The IMDb
Studio and hosted by Kevin Smith, the presentation of the annual
IMDb STARmeter Award to Peter Dinklage and Col Needham’s
50th Birthday party
IMDb and Amazon Video Direct will host the
new Filmmaker Discovery Lounge designed to educate filmmakers on
self-publishing and distribution opportunities via Amazon, IMDb and
Withoutabox
IMDb, the #1 movie website in the world, today announced that
filmmaker Kevin Smith will host four days (January 20-23, 2017) of
original celebrity video interviews and other exclusive film
festival coverage in the third annual IMDb Studio (#IMDbStudio) at
the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. IMDb’s 2017 Sundance Film Festival
presence will also include the presentation of an IMDb STARmeter
award to Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones, Rememory) at a private
event on Monday, January 23 followed by an industry party later
that night to celebrate the 50th birthday of Col Needham, IMDb’s
Founder and CEO.
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The IMDb Studio & Filmmaker Discovery
Lounge at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Kevin Smith (CLERKS)
will conduct interviews with the top stars at The Sundance Film
Festival from IMDb's private Main Street studio. (Photo: Business
Wire)
“We are proud to be an official sponsor of the 2017 Sundance
Film Festival, which exclusively relies on IMDb’s Withoutabox to
manage film festival submissions,” said Col Needham, IMDb’s Founder
and CEO. “2017 will be our most significant film festival presence
ever because Kevin Smith, a Sundance Film Festival legend, will be
conducting four days of celebrity interviews in The IMDb Studio on
Main Street. We are also thrilled that Peter Dinklage, star of Game
of Thrones, the #1 TV show of 2016 and the previous four years as
determined by the page views of IMDb’s more than 250 million
monthly customers worldwide, will be accepting the IMDb STARmeter
Award.”
Kevin Smith is back by popular demand after hosting talent
interviews aboard The IMDb Yacht (#IMDboat) at San Diego Comic-Con®
International 2016. IMDb’s vision for the 2017 Sundance Film
Festival is to give its hundreds of millions of customers all over
the world a virtual front row seat while providing celebrities with
an oasis from which they can promote their Sundance Film Festival
titles. IMDb will be also be collaborating with Amazon Video Direct
to create an educational opportunity for filmmaker customers who
can come to The IMDb Studio to learn more about the unique and
powerful ways they can effectively self-publish, distribute and
promote their work on IMDb, IMDbPro, Withoutabox and Prime
Video.
“I started my career with Clerks at the Sundance Film Festival
in 1994 and I might've finished my career with Yoga Hosers in Park
City last year,” said Kevin Smith. “I look forward to starting a
new career as a guy who talks to talented people at the Sundance
Film Festival this year! I had an IMDblast this summer with all my
IMDbuddies on the IMDboat at Comic-Con. I can't wait to get IMDback
with them and talk to the IMDbeautiful people in Park City.”
The IMDb Studio & Filmmaker Discovery Lounge
IMDb's invitation only celebrity video and photo studio will be
back for a third year in a row in a spacious, new venue: The
Prewitt Gallery, a two-floor setting located at 570 Main Street.
Upstairs, filmmaker and superfan Kevin Smith, whose career
began at the Sundance Film Festival in the 1990s, will host
four days (January 20- January 23, 2017) of on-camera interviews
with leading actors, writers and directors that will be the
cornerstone of IMDb's Sundance Film Festival coverage. Downstairs
will be the new Filmmaker Discovery Lounge, presented by Amazon
Video Direct, a warm, friendly stop where filmmakers and industry
professionals can relax, recharge and explore the filmmaker
services offered by IMDb, IMDbPro, Withoutabox (film festival
submissions software) and Amazon Video Direct (digital
self-publishing distribution offerings). Representatives from IMDb,
IMDbPro, Withoutabox and Amazon Video Direct will be on hand to
present their services and assist with questions. The Discovery
Lounge will be open to invited guests and credentialed festival
filmmakers (as space permits) on Friday, January 20 through Monday,
January 23 from 10AM to 5PM.
The IMDb STARmeter Award Ceremony & The Amazon Video
Direct Inaugural Filmmaker Awards
On Monday, January 23, IMDb and Amazon Video Direct will host a
private cocktail party (accessible by invitation only) to honor
talent and filmmakers. Col Needham (Founder and CEO of IMDb),
members of the IMDb, IMDbPro and Amazon Video Direct leadership
teams, Kevin Smith and other special guests will attend IMDb’s
annual Sundance Film Festival award ceremony and cocktail party at
The IMDb Studio on Main Street from 6:30PM to 7:45PM. Also, Amazon
Video Direct will honor filmmakers at this event with their
inaugural Amazon Video Direct Filmmaker Awards. Peter Dinklage
(Game of Thrones, Rememory) will receive the 2017 IMDb “Fan
Favorite” STARmeter award at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. The
inaugural Amazon Video Direct Filmmaker Awards will be presented to
Justin Doescher (The Break-In) and Danishka Esterhazy (Black
Field).
Col Needham’s Private 50th Birthday Party,
Presented By Amazon Video Direct
On Monday, January 23 (immediately following the 2017 STARmeter
Award ceremony and cocktail party) IMDb and Amazon Video Direct
will host a private (by invite only) 50th Birthday party for Col
Needham, IMDb’s Founder and CEO, at The IMDb Studio on Main Street.
Members of the IMDb and Amazon Video Direct leadership teams, Kevin
Smith and other notable celebrities will enjoy cocktails,
appetizers, birthday cake and music in celebration of Needham’s
half century milestone. This private industry event is accessible
by invitation only and will take place from 8PM to 10PM.
Amazon Video Direct Filmmaker Panel
On Sunday, January 22 beginning at 4 PM, Amazon Video Direct
will host a panel in The IMDb Studio featuring filmmakers who have
found success self-publishing with Amazon Video Direct. Filmmakers
including Justin Doescher (The Break In), Danishka Esterhazy (Black
Field), Micky Meyer (JASH) and Peter Goldwyn (Samuel Goldwyn
Productions) will discuss the value and impact of self-publishing
and distribution on Amazon Video Direct. The panel will be
moderated by Kevin Smith and is an invitation only event.
To follow IMDb’s exclusive 2017 Sundance Film Festival coverage,
visit http://www.imdb.com/sundance, follow #IMDbStudio on Twitter
(https://www.twitter.com/imdb) or visit IMDb’s official Facebook
(https://www.facebook.com/imdb) and Instagram
(https://www.instagram.com/imdb/) accounts. Coverage will be
accessible by IMDb’s more than 250 million unique monthly visitors
worldwide via IMDb’s website, mobile apps and social media
accounts.
About Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith first came to attention at the Sundance Film
Festival in 1994 as the writer/director of a film called Clerks.
It's been all downhill ever since.
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