Now you can self-distribute your films on Vimeo with Vimeo On Demand.
Vimeo creators can now make money off their videos
For more, visit Mashable.
Vimeo Curator Tips: Your Thumbnails and Descriptions
Remember on the web, even 5 minutes can tax someone’s attention past breaking. Vimeo offers you some helpful tips on choosing your video thumbnails and video summaries.
To quote Jason Sondhi, “First impressions count, and the two best ways to exercise control over your video presentation and encourage people to take a chance on your work are your video’s thumbnail and its description.”
Vimeo’s New Pay-to-View Service Heats Up with Six Compelling Films →
In September, video-sharing website Vimeo announced an exciting new feature—Pay-to-View—which allows moviemakers to sell access to their films and videos behind a paywall. Now, the site is making good on that promise.
A Case Study in Gaining Exposure for your Film →
All of those platforms — YouTube and Vimeo — are kind of the way we see filmmaking now… It already has changed everything, but now even more so, young actors and young filmmakers can have something on YouTube and when they go in for a job interview, they have actual credits for their resume.
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Al Madrigal
For more, read Mashable’s coverage of the Reel Works Gala
Vimeo Creators Can Now Make Money Off Their Videos →
Does this open a whole new world to independent filmmakers?
Get Their Attention: 5 Ideas for Memorable Digital Outreach from Vimeo Fest and Beyond
By Amanda McCormick

The Vimeo Festival & Awards (which wrapped its second edition on Saturday, June 9) is definitely not your average film festival. Technology panels are interspersed with workshops on lighting, sound and editing; videos often run in the sub-five-minute range; and unpacking the unique challenges of being a maker in the digital age is always at the foreground of conversation. Which is to say that the focus is pretty much everywhere but the classic 90-minute-ish film you’d see in the movie theater.
A Guide to Digital Dialogue at TFF 2012
By Jon Patricof

The time and space dedicated to discussion about the intersection of film and digital technology at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival is greater than ever.
From our Tribeca Talks Industry panels to our Future of Film Lunch Series to our Third Annual Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards—now it is not just filmmakers, producers and distributors who make up the “industry” at Tribeca but digital marketers, technologists, and brand executives as well.
Live! The Future of Film Lunch Series at TFF 2012
April 23-26, join us at 92YTribeca for a free Lunch Series that brings the Future of Film blog to life. Speakers include Paranormal Activity producer Jason Blum, Tumblr founder David Karp, College Humor founder Ricky Van Veen, Kickstarter’s Elisabeth Holm, and more.