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FilmFreeway

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FilmFreeway
Type of site
Film
Available inEnglish
URLfilmfreeway.com
Current statusActive

FilmFreeway is a website for filmmakers to submit their films to hundreds of film festivals globally. Started in Canada in 2014 as a four-person startup, it steadily grew in competition to the much larger Amazon-owned company, Withoutabox.

Until that time, Withoutabox had a virtual monopoly on the digital film festival submission process.[1] With the closing in September 2019 of Withoutabox, FilmFreeway became the default tool for the worldwide film festival submissions process.[2][3][4]

FilmFreeway was acquired by Backstage (magazine) publication and entertainment-industry portal in September 2021.[5]

References

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  1. ^ O'Flat, Chris (22 October 2018). "FilmFreeway Defeated Amazon's Withoutabox Monopoly, and Film Festival Submissions Will Never Be the Same". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  2. ^ Anderson-Moore, Oakley (24 August 2014). "With Free Online Screeners, Is FilmFreeway Braced to Become Withoutabox's Serious Competition?". No Film School. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Freestyle Submission: FilmFreeway Seeks to Box Out Competitors With User-Friendly Features". MovieMaker. 16 May 2017. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  4. ^ Ferrari, Alex (31 May 2016). "Decoding WithoutaBox & Film Freeway – Film Festival Hacks Podcast: 002". Indie Film Hustle. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021.
  5. ^ FilmFreeway (14 September 2021). "FilmFreeway Acquired by Backstage". PR Newswire. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
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