![]() ![]() That news is noteworthy for the date alone-and, in fact, that’s a big part of the reason West and her producing partner Chris Schwartz opted for Vimeo, which allowed the movie to be released closer to its buzz-building SXSW appearance. ( MORE: Childhood in Two Minutes: Why a Dutch Dad’s Time-Lapse Video of His Kids Went Viral) Though the movie will show at four big-screen cinemas (in Seattle, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City), through screenings personally arranged by the filmmakers, most people will find the movie more accessible on Vimeo, where it will be available for streaming ($5) or to download and own ($10 ). So, fast forward a few months, and on June 28, Some Girl(s)-the story of a man visiting his ex-girlfriends-will become the first-ever feature film to be released globally on Vimeo On Demand “day-and-date” (read: on the same day) with a theatrical release. “It wasn’t what we were thinking of, but we were intrigued.” “We got a couple offers at the festival, in a traditional sense,” recalls Some Girl(s) producer Patty West, but then they heard about Vimeo’s news. But then something else premiered at SXSW too: Vimeo, the artsy web-video host, announced a video-on-demand service of their own. When it premiered at South By Southwest this past March, that seemed plausible: the film, based on a play by Neil LaBute and starring Adam Brody alongside Kristen Bell, Emily Watson and others, would probably get picked up for distribution and see theatrical release and video-on-demand availability in early 2014. Follow the producers of the indie movie Some Girl(s) had to decide on a distribution strategy, they could have gone the “normal” route, or at least what constitutes normal for independent movies these days. ![]()
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