SUNDANCE--The New Venue and D.FILM recently launched a new digital film channel on Apple's QuickTime TV (QTV), the Internet's highest-quality network forstreaming audio and video. As recognized leaders in independent digitalfilmmaking, the New Venue and D.FILM will bring quality, original Internet programming to QuickTime TV's global audience.

"QuickTime TV is the choice for independent filmmakers," said D.FILM Executive Producer Bart Cheever. "We are excited to give great talent the best Internet vehicle for their productions."

"The QuickTime format is undoubtedly the best around for quality and reliability," said Jason Wishnow, The New Venue's president and founder."Now, with our QuickTime TV channel, we are bringing great content to an even broader international audience."

"QuickTime TV brings high-quality, innovative entertainment to millions of Internet users worldwide," said Steve Bannerman, Apple's director of QuickTime TV Marketing. "The New Venue and D.FILM QuickTime TV channel will bring additional exciting content to our offerings and let up-and-coming filmmakers reach an international audience."

This week, D.FILM is featuring "The Wedding" by Agnieszka Holland, the Academy Award winning director of "Europa Europa". The New Venue is premiering "Vert" by Internet auteurs Evan Mather ("Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars") and Kirk Hostetter (Internet film journal, "Twenty Four Frames Per Second").

The New Venue and D.FILM have used QuickTime for years to bring quality entertainment to the Internet. Since 1994, D.FILM has offered online viewers downloadable clips from its internationally touring lineup of digital films. In 1998, the New Venue became the first showcase dedicated to movies made specifically for Internet viewing and distribution. The two companies are now working together to create a single point of entry for the best digital films made for theatrical distribution and Internetdistribution as well as special online events.

The D.FILM Digital Film Festival is a traveling and online showcase of films made with computers and new technology. In 1999 the traveling festival was screened in 21 cities around the world and was chosen to be the first ever digital film showcase at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. D.FILM was founded by principal members of the Low Res Film Festival, the first film festival to offer its lineup on the Internet as well as the big screen.
http://www.dfilm.com

The New Venue is the first online showcase for movies made expressly for the Internet. The New Venue caters to a media-savvy audience, offering a curated space to see and be seen for the new wave of online filmmakers. Every week the New Venue features a single movie in QuickTime or Flash which transcends the aesthetic and technical boundaries of the medium. The New Venue also offers valuable resources for online filmmakers. The New Venue was founded by Jason Wishnow in 1998 with support from Stanford University and the D.FILM Digital Film Festival.
http://www.newvenue.com