I went to the Where Internet and Film Collide event at the IFC Center last night, presented as part of Internet Week New York and hosted by IndieGoGo and Filmmaker Magazine. You can read more about the event on The Film Panel Notetaker but I wanted to link to some of the cool films I saw last night here too.

First Green Porno. I love Isabella Rossellini – she’s beautiful, funny and the sort of person I would love to eat cheese with. Christopher Barry, who does digital media and business strategy at Sundance Channel, spoke after screenings of Snail and Praying Mantis from the Green Porno series and he seems like a smart guy. He sees both the possibilities and the limitations of digital distribution – speaking of ad-supported models he said “50% of nothing is still nothing.”

I was also impressed with the work of m ss ng p eces. I loved their Pangea Day film, Moving Windmills. They know how to use the limitations of the short form to create strikingly visual pieces, even when they are making corporate vids like their films for TED (I challenge you not to be inspired by them!).

Overall, it was very gratifying to see how much creativity/activity there is out there, even without all the revenue models in place. Here are some links to other work that screened that you should check out:

The West Side

Drawn By Pain

Jamie Stuart’s NYFF45

Beyond the Rave