Dovetail Opens Online Voting for Its 'Off the Shelf and Onto the Screen' Film Competition

Dovetail Opens Online Voting for Its 'Off the Shelf and Onto the Screen' Film Competition

Online Destination for DVD/HD-Quality Independent Programming Encourages Artists and Audiences to 'Declare Your Independence'

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- As the election season approaches, one Internet start-up is out to prove that no matter what happens on Election Day, democracy in America still works. Dovetail (www.dovetail.tv), the online destination for independent programming and distribution in high-quality DVD and HD formats, today announced that online voting has begun in Dovetail's "Off the Shelf and Onto the Screen" film competition.

Dovetail audiences, which have flocked to the site since its launch last month, now have the opportunity to vote on more than 60 works by independent film, music and television producers competing for the grand prize of $1,000 and 10,000 shares of stock in Dovetail. Additional winners in five channel categories (Features, Shorts, Documentaries, Music and TV) will each receive $500 in cash. The online voting period is October 16-30, 2006 and the winners will be announced on Election Day, Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at the Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco (TBA).

Audiences are encouraged to help their favorite artist spread the word and increase their votes by using the social-networking capabilities found throughout the Dovetail website. Users can send emails directly to their friends from a preview pane or embed a film preview into their online profile or blog site. Votes are cast by downloading the film, TV show or music video from Dovetail, with each download counting as one vote.

"Independent artists and audiences still struggle to connect with one another and with their audiences despite the successes of the many wonderful music and film festivals that take place nationwide," said Jason Holloway, co-founder and CEO of Dovetail. "As great as they are, the big problem with these events is their limitation in time and geography. Dovetail eliminates this problem by providing an always-open place online where producers can present work that might otherwise languish on the shelf."

Off the Shelf Channel Highlights

From the funny to the furious, gritty realities to stylized animations, the not-too-distant past to the future of creative imagination, five channels of submissions offer film fans all the delights of a grassroots film festival. The audience will have their favorites among each channel and their vote (by download) will decide the winner.

Off the Shelf: Features

The Features Channel flashes back to the 60s with Richard Crawford's Captain Milkshake (1970) and then launches into the future in Meridian (2002) directed by Philipp Wolter. Other works touch upon love lost, freaky neighbors and other various mind trips.

Off the Shelf: Shorts

With more than 30 entries, the Off the Shelf: Shorts channel has something for everyone. From Jodie Alexandra Taylor's film noir stylings in The Refuge (2006) to the imaginative animation stories in Frank Wu's The Tragical Historie of Guidolon the Giant Space Chicken (2006) and A Void (2003) by Justin Wolwode and team, to the dramatic storytelling of Karen Achenbach's The Memory Tax (1999) and Karl Shefelman's Elysian Fields (2006), film fans will not be disappointed.

Off the Shelf: Docs

Spend some time in this channel and you will learn about the history of surfing in Michael Bovee's 1995 Liquid Stage: The Lure of Surfing, discover how love can be found in our passionate pursuits in Dance of Romance (2006) directed by Lana Moscow, and find yourself questioning, "what is art?" when introduced to Curtis Craven's Found Artists: Gary Crom (2004).

Off the Shelf: Music

This channel features six music videos including the very underground Hot Lava (1977) featuring archival footage of the B-52's as they were launching on to the music scene. Those with a pension for whimsy will appreciate the animated Barbie "love" story that is Green Umbrella (2006).

Off the Shelf: TV

The TV Channel focuses on made for television concepts that will have you Lounging Around with Ron Kaplan (2005) and being on the 'inside' in Beverly Hills Limo (2006).

About Dovetail

Dovetail is the online source for quality independent programming and distribution that revolutionizes how professionally produced entertainment content finds its audience. Dovetail, currently in BETA, provides an entertainment destination for independent films, TV Shows, and music videos in high-quality DVD and HD formats. Using peer-to-peer technology the software enables fast uploads and downloads allowing for independent creative content to be seen in its ideal viewing format. Dovetail gives filmmakers a distribution channel where they can remain independent and where audiences can be entertained in new and compelling ways.

For additional information please visit www.dovetail.tv .

Source: Dovetail

CONTACT: Doug Wyllie of Antenna Group Public Relations, +1-415-977-1930,
or doug@antennagroup.com, for Dovetail

Web site: http://www.dovetail.tv/

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