This Week in Indies – 1/22/16

A weekly collection of articles, interviews, and filmmaker tips to keep you in the know.

VOD News

How Netflix and Amazon Add a Big Wrinkle to Sundance Deal-Making

What’s Coming to Hulu This February

Netflix Expands Movie Slate with Five Titles

Filmmaker Tips & Tricks

Making a Short Film Budget

Emerging Technologies

Aereo Founder to Unveil Wireless Internet Access Startup

Industry by the Numbers

The Cost of Piracy

What We Learned From Last Year’s Sundance Box Office Successes

What to Watch

The 15 Netflix Original Series to be Excited About in 2016

5 Must-See Shorts at Sundance

Awards & Festivals

Hot Docs Announces Recipient for 2016 Outstanding Achievement Award

Tribeca Announces 2016 Documentary Fund Grantees

Academy Overhauls Membership, Voting Rules to Promote Oscar Diversity

DFP Announces New “Art of Nonfiction” Initative