European Platform Viewster Launches VOD Film Festival

A jury, headed by indie producer Ted Hope, will hand out $100,000 in prize money for the online-only festival. Swiss-based VOD platform Viewster is moving into territory previously occupied solely by bricks-and-mortar events with the launch of an online-only, on-demand film festival. The ad-supported VOD platform begun calling for submissions for its first online film festival on its site Monday. The festival itself is set to go live in March. Independent producers from around the world are bein...