Netflix, Film Independent set competition

January 08, 2009 Movie rental service Netflix and Los Angeles-based Film Independent are joining forces to discover a new independent filmmaker, who will receive a $150,000 production grant to make a feature film, which will be distributed online by Netflix. In addition to the $150,000 grant funded by Netflix, the winner will also receive a four-week camera package donated by Panavision, 25,000 feet of Kodak Color Negative Film or 10,000 feet of Kodak Color Intermediate Film donated by Eastman Kodak Company, up to $75,000 in dailies and prints donated by Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, and a digital intermediate package with a maximum value of $150,000 provided by EFILM Hollywood, a division of Deluxe. The competition is open to first-time filmmakers who have not yet created and publicly screened a full-length narrative feature film of 70 minutes or more.

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