LOCAL STREAMING SERVICE OFFERS 20 YEARS OF FILM FEST SELECTIONS/EARLY-BIRD TICKET SALES FOR SFFF

A Santa Fe-based media company, Xerb.tv, has partnered with the Santa Fe Film Festival to stream selections from the festival’s 20-year history, available by subscription at $5 per month. The Santa Fe Film Festival has been held annually since 2000 and focuses its screenings and events on independent and smallbudget movies, as well as on the New Mexico film industry. According to a press release, the Santa Fe Film Festival is the first festival in the world to launch such a streaming service. Sixty-three percent of the subscription proceeds go to the filmmakers and the rest are split between the Film Festival and Xerb.tv. In the press release, company co-founder and CEO Eric Streeper said that he created the service to give independent creators access to distribution and a mechanism for potentially leveling the playing field between grassroots filmmaking and large media companies. To see the films available from the festival, as well as other Xerb channels, go to xerb.tv/discover.

Early-bird ticket sales for the film festival’s 11th outing (Feb. 12-16, 2020) begin Oct. 16 and run through Oct. 20. The discounted passes are $250 and include access to all films, performances, panels, workshops, and after-parties (but do not include admission to the filmmaker brunch). Regular passes cost $325 and go on sale Sept. 23. Early-bird passes are available until Sept. 9 at goelevent.com/SIFF/Pass/Sale.