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Upcoming Short Premieres

Armand Lucas — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:23:33 +0000

Premiering January 29, 2010

Summon Lovin

A young man, frustrated with his inabilities to get a girlfriend, summons a Lust Demon to help him in his quest for love. A short film by Arie Hovenkamp Starring: Mark Johnson, David Rahovy & Andrea Lucius

If your interested in getting paid to premiere your movie or video project on Hustlefilms – Read This

Premiering February 19, 2010

1916

The year is 1916 and a pacifist comes to grips with reality quickly when he faces his own mortality during a surprise attack. A short film by Joe Van Auken Starring: Cory Boe, Phil Jents, Samuel Krump Johnson, David Horn & Mark Bradley – Total Run Time: 8mins

Premiere Your Movie Or Documentary On HustleFilms!

Armand Lucas — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:21:59 +0000

We will pay you for every free viewing of your new movie on HustleFilms. You will get a premiere weekend date where we will pay you 20 cents for every free individual viewing of your movie on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Have your friends and family help you get paid for your efforts and have them watch your film during the premiere period. After your premiere date we will continue to pay you for free viewings at a lower rate for as long as you choose for up to 1 year.
Older projects that have been previously released will receive 10 cents per free viewing.
This is the biggest payout ever for free viewing of independent movies anywhere online and we at Hustlefilms believe that this is the start of a new revolution in distributing films in the future.
Twitter and Facebook the world about your premiere! You will receive a better response if you let them know that they can view your film for free. Also encourage them to watch your movie during the premiere period to help you get the best return possible.

Content Parameters:

Movies, Short films, Documentaries and Videos of Interest must be 20 minutes or longer to qualify for the 20 cents per viewing during the premiere weekend. Content that is shorter than 20 minutes will be paid 10 cents per view.
You may submit a trailer or your full content through an email link to armand@HustleFilms.com for review – No DVD’s or VHS tapes will be accepted.
Content can be viewed at film festivals first but if it had a wide release (or DVD release) then it only qualifies for the 10 cents per viewing during the premiere weekend.
Online audiences pay nothing to view your content.
You pick your weekend Premiere date between now and June 1, 2010. If there 3 premieres on that weekend you will be notified to pick another date.
A premiere weekend consist of Friday, Saturday & Sunday. You will be paid 20 cents for every new movie viewing per day up to 500 views. Over 500 new views per day during the premiere weekend will be paid at a rate of 5 cents per view. After your premiere weekend you will be paid 1 cent per view of your content for as long as you like your movie content to stay on our website up to one year.
You are allowed to sell merchandising to promote your movie on our site as well (Posters, T-Shirts, etc). We require a 30% revenue share of all merchandising.
Your contract will be non-exclusive. You will be able to show your content on any platform you like during and after the Weekend Premiere. It will be beneficial to narrow your viewers to Hustlefilms.com to make the most money possible within a short amount of time.
No instructional videos will be accepted. Only Drama, Comedy and Action is acceptable as content.
Submissions subject to review and may not fit our requirements.
Your content viewing will be counted with Google Analytics to assure proper payment.
Payments for content viewing are made within 30 day intervals. Payments are through PayPal.com
You must provide an online movie poster and separate picture Header picture to promote your Premiere.
Your movie, short film or video must be uploaded to a video hosting site. We will embed the video onto our site. (Phanfare, Brightcove, Dailymotion, Youtube and Embedr.com is permitted).

For more information on premiering your independent movie or video please email me at armand@hustlefilms.com Hustlefilms.com

AMATUER MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCER CONTEST

Armand Lucas — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:40:59 +0000

Show us what your fans already know. Your a new hot music video producer!
With the advent of affordable but powerful computer programs and HD cameras, a new generation of video producers has cropped up and want musicians to know they are ready for them. These producers can deliver the same hot videos you see on MTV and VH1 at a fraction of the cost the big name production houses charge.

This contest will help promote these music video producers to a whole range of artists who want to show their talent in video. If your a amateur music video producer and would like to show the world what you can do, you can submit a video link of your work (via, YouTube or other video sources) with information about yourself and the video(s) you produced. You can also submit a picture by email.
The submission fee is $15.00.
This contest is only open to individual producers and not to established video production houses.
All contestants videos will be voted on by their fans and HustleFilms website users. 5 contestants with the highest votes will be listed all year as HustleFilms.com “Hottest Music Video Producers” with links to their videos and contact information. All the contestants video and information will be listed for the duration of the contest round. Each round will be voted on for at least one week and their will be three rounds all together.
Submissions are from July 22 to August 15th.
Videos and information will be posted immediately. Winners will be announced on August 30th!

Email your name and video link to armand@hustlefilms.com
You will receive an email response for further instructions.

BEST OF THE MIDWEST HIP HOP WINNERS

Armand Lucas — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:24:07 +0000

Thanks to everyone who participated in the “Best Of The Midwest” Kick off tour contest. There where over 12,000 votes in the final round and the artists with the biggest following are performing in the show. See the results: “Best Of The Midwest” Poll

Check Here Daily To See Performance Line-Up For The Show
Each finalist was voted in from Chicago, Midwest and around the country and it was exciting to see fans checking the site to see the voting numbers skyrocket. To buy tickets to the show click on the ticket to the right.

To use the E-Phonic MP3 Player you will need Adobe Flash Player 9 or better and a Javascript enabled browser.

The Tour starts at Chicago’s RednoFive Nightclub and continues to Milwaukee and Indianapolis.
Performances will include the Hip Hop artist SEVERE with special guest DJ Phantom from WGCI 107.5 and the following winners:

Youngsta
A new Chicago Phenom trying to make craters with his explosive delivery. With a strong following in Chicago we expect Youngsta to rock the crowd and bring down the house.

Keith Gamble
Representing Ways & Means Entertainment. A class act with a big following in the East and throughout the country.

Trulyz
With a sizable vote count in Illinois and the Midwest, Trulyz has proven he can run with the big dogs.
Trulyz is influenced by T.I., Young Jeezy and Lupe Fiasco. We expect his sound to blow up Chicago.

Cavalier
Cavalier proved he can rock the show. His votes and performances in Chicago makes him one of the perfect choices for The Best Of The Midwest. See him perform with Capitol hill in the kick off show.

YP “The Lottery Pick”
YP has a very strong following in Illinois, which we happen to like a lot since we know his fans our close to where the tour kicks off. His multitude of fans range from California to New Jersey.

Letter E
A strong following in the Southeast area of Chicago and Northwest Indiana. Let’s see if he can bring down the house at Rednofive.

Cameron Grey
To get these many votes in such a short amount of time is phenomenal. Like his webpage says, he’s looking to wake people up. Well at least you got our attention. Cameron will be headlining the Dayton, Ohio show with SEVERE. Coming soon in September.