This Week in Indies: May 26th, 2017

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

VOD News

BBC Store to Close Because People Prefer Streaming

Blackpills Launches Streaming Video App

How Netflix Has Gone from Renting DVDs to Global Streaming Giant

Snapchat Shows: Inside the Plan to Reimagine TV for the Mobile Era

Filmmaker Tips & Tricks

3 Key Questions for Indie Filmmakers Building a Career in the Age of Netflix and Amazon

Industry by the Numbers

Netflix Releases Viewing Trends

Gina Prince-Bythewood Becomes First African-American Woman to Direct Studio-Made Superhero Feature

GLADD Report Finds LGBTQ Characters Are Either Invisible or Used As Punchlines in Studio Movies

Facebook to Pay as Much as $250,000 per Episode for Originals

2017 Trends/Predictions

WGA Ratifies New Film and TV Contract

The Best Indie Film Directors Are Working on One Hulu Show, and Most Just Happen to Be Women

How the Cannes Market Lost Its Mojo

What to Watch

The 25 Best Films Directed by Women of the 21st Century

Masterclass – Master Filmmakers

Masterclass with Alfonso Cuarón

Awards & Festivals

Cannes Film Festival 2017: Who Won, Who Lost in the First Week

BAFTA Announces Student Film Award Finalists

Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Says Cannes Film Fest Now ‘Less Attractive’ to Streaming Giant

Innovative Middle East Fest to Launch in Amman