Exclusive: Mobile streaming service Ficto has formed several new content partnerships and fleshed out its content offering of more than 50 shows as it prepares to go live in the first quarter of 2020.
Led by CEO and co-founder Mike Esola, a former agent at UTA and Wme, Ficto was first announced about a year ago. The service is free to download and supported by revenue from advertising as well as data monetization, artist contributions, e-commerce and other areas.
Programming ranges from unscripted sports and lifestyle shows to interactive and Ya properties to scripted thrillers and comedy. (See slate highlights below.) Entire shows run about 30 minutes, with episode lengths in the 5- to 7-minute, “snackable” range.
Ficto will launch just before the April debut of Quibi, a high-profile, mobile-focused startup overseen by Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman. While Quibi gained notice by raising $1 billion in initial financing,...
Led by CEO and co-founder Mike Esola, a former agent at UTA and Wme, Ficto was first announced about a year ago. The service is free to download and supported by revenue from advertising as well as data monetization, artist contributions, e-commerce and other areas.
Programming ranges from unscripted sports and lifestyle shows to interactive and Ya properties to scripted thrillers and comedy. (See slate highlights below.) Entire shows run about 30 minutes, with episode lengths in the 5- to 7-minute, “snackable” range.
Ficto will launch just before the April debut of Quibi, a high-profile, mobile-focused startup overseen by Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman. While Quibi gained notice by raising $1 billion in initial financing,...
- 12/18/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
After a successful launch in 2019, the Coven Film Festival is returning to San Francisco next year with an expanded 3-day program and new Festival Programmer Faridah Gbadamosi. With an eye on increasing the quality and expansiveness of their programming, Coven Co-Founders Cameo Wood and Connie Jo Sechrist wanted to bring in a professional festival programmer for the fest's second year. Cameo first met Faridah in 2017 at Mill Valley, where they had an amazing conversation about women in film after seeing Dee Ree’s Mudbound. Since then, they've kept in touch and Faridah has been a huge supporter of Coven since the beginning. Says Cameo, “Faridah was our first choice, and I’m so delighted that she accepted our offer to join the team....
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- 8/6/2019
- Screen Anarchy
Director Cameo Wood had a very busy weekend, traveling from Indiana to California to accept Two awards for her film, “Real Artists.” The science fiction short won “Best VFX” at the prestigious HollyShorts festival in Los Angeles, and “Best Science Fiction Film” at GenCon in Indianapolis. "Real Artists" (previously featured in indieWIRE) explores the future of creativity. It stars renowned actress Tamlyn Tomita (“Four Rooms,” “The Joy Luck Club,” “The Day After Tomorrow”) and marks the debut of Tiffany Hines (“24: Legacy,” “Bones”) in a sci-fi indie role. Director Cameo Wood has studied artificial intelligence and neuroscience at Simon's Rock College of Bard and Duke University, participating in the first “Original Imitation Game” (aka Turing Test) as seen in Wired. Set in an unsettling tomorrow, "Real Artists" is the new...
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- 8/29/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Here’s your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress, as presented by the creators themselves. At the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite.
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Real Artists
Logline: In the near future, a young animator is offered what should be her dream job. But when she discovers the truth of the modern “creative” process, she must make a hard choice about her passion for film.
Elevator Pitch:
“Real Artists” is based on a short story by Nyt bestselling author Ken Liu, starring Tamlyn Tomita (“The Joy Luck Club”) and Tiffany Hines (“Bones”). Our story discusses the use of AI in film creation & generation – something that’s just about to blow up in the film industry. Our two main leads are...
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Real Artists
Logline: In the near future, a young animator is offered what should be her dream job. But when she discovers the truth of the modern “creative” process, she must make a hard choice about her passion for film.
Elevator Pitch:
“Real Artists” is based on a short story by Nyt bestselling author Ken Liu, starring Tamlyn Tomita (“The Joy Luck Club”) and Tiffany Hines (“Bones”). Our story discusses the use of AI in film creation & generation – something that’s just about to blow up in the film industry. Our two main leads are...
- 10/10/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
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