Outfest
Partners with Amazon Prime Video
60+ Films Now Available to Stream
Amazon
yesterday announced that over 60 official selections feature
films from Outfest are now available on Prime Video.
The
collection of films are made available through the Prime
Video Direct (formerly Amazon Video Direct) self-publishing
program which enables rights holders, from filmmakers to distributors,
to make their content available to Prime members and earn royalties
based on customer engagement.
"These are challenging times for many and reports of violence
against LGBTQ citizens are on the rise,” said Christopher Racster,
Executive Director of Outfest. “I still believe though in the
power of our stories to change that narrative be it for a young
teen in Iowa can watch a fully developed LGBTQ character to
see a path forward for their own life, to a parent turning on
the TV to better understand their child, to the millions who
have attended any of our Outfest film festivals over the past
35 years who want to relive a favorite Outfest moment or see
something they missed. It is a relationship like this with Prime
Video Direct that will carry our stories across the widest network
and reach the most individuals."
The official selections from past Outfest Film Festival’s
currently streaming on Prime Video include:
• A
Sinner in Mecca, winner of 2015 Outfest Grand Jury Award
for Best Documentary
• Open,
the first American film to win the Teddy Jury prize at the Berlin
Film Festival
• The
Gymnast, winner of 2006 Outfest Grand Jury Award: Outstanding
American Narrative Feature
• GBF,
Outfest Screenwriting Lab script and 2013 Outfest Los Angeles
Closing Night Film
• Women
Who Kill, nominated for Film Independent's 2018 Best
First Screenplay
Prime members will be able to stream the films via the Prime
Video app for compatible TVs, connected devices including Fire
TV, mobile devices, and online at www.amazon.com/primevideo.
ABOUT PRIME VIDEO DIRECT:
Prime Video Direct is a self-service program for studios, distributors,
and content creators from around the world to make their video
content available to Amazon customers and earn royalties based
on customer engagement. Through presence at international film
festivals and through direct/strategic relationships with studios,
distributors and filmmakers, PVD aims to support the overall
growth of Prime Video worldwide.
ABOUT OUTFEST
Founded by UCLA students in 1982, Outfest is the world’s leading
organization that promotes equality by creating, sharing and
protecting LGBT stories on the screen. Outfest builds community
by connecting diverse populations to discover, discuss and celebrate
stories of LGBT lives. Over the past three decades, Outfest
has showcased thousands of films from around the world, educated
and mentored hundreds of emerging filmmakers, and protected
more than 35,000 LGBT films and videos. Outfest Los Angeles
LGBTQ Film Festival is the preeminent LGBT film festival with
eleven days of world-class films, panels, and parties. Outfest
Fusion LGBTQ People of Color Film Festival highlights films
and offers classes and seminars on filmmaking to ensure all
voices are represented in our community.