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'NY Times' To Host Online Indie Film Fest

  • Variety, Wednesday, August 21, 2013 3:35 PM
The New York Times Indie Online Film Festival -- a first -- will stream four pictures, curated by nonprofit organization Film Independent, on the paper's website for free from Sept. 2 to Oct. 3. Three companies will sponsor the fest -- Acura, Stella Artois Cidre and new Broadway musical "Big Fish -- but "the Times is not compensating the filmmakers participating in the digital fest, with organizers touting benefits of exposure," writes Todd Spangler.

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