Cindee
Cindee is a platform that gives independent filmmakers a permanent home for their work, connecting festival screenings to direct-to-audience streaming and audience-building tools. It combines festival ticketing, filmmaker profiles, and a curated film library so audiences can discover films and follow them from premiere to streaming. The platform offers transparent weekly payouts and audience data dashboards, positioning itself as an alternative to traditional distribution middlemen.
- Media & Entertainment
- Creator / Creative Economy
- Commerce & Shopping
- Events
- Software Only
Funding
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Product
Problem
Independent filmmakers struggle to convert festival screenings into lasting audiences. After a film plays at festivals, there is often no central place for audiences to follow the film's journey, find the next screening, or stream it online. Filmmakers leave festival circuits with no contact list, no data, and no way to reach the people who just watched their work.
Solution
Cindee provides a dedicated ecosystem for independent films, combining festival ticketing, direct-to-audience streaming, and audience-building tools on one platform. The platform is built by filmmakers to give indie films a discoverable home that follows the entire journey from festival premiere to streaming. Filmmakers can build profiles, upload their films, set their own prices, and connect directly with audiences, receiving transparent weekly payouts. Festivals use Cindee to sell tickets and manage screenings while sharing audience data with the filmmakers they select. The platform also enables film fans to discover films playing near them or streaming now and to tip or directly support filmmakers.
Target Audience
Primary customers are independent filmmakers and creators who want to own and monetize their audiences, film festivals seeking to empower their selected filmmakers, indie theaters managing screenings, and film fans looking to discover and support independent cinema.
Features
- Curated library of independent features and short films, with trending sections for major festivals like SXSW and Sundance
- Detailed festival pages with event listings, ticketing, and schedules for festivals and indie theaters
- Verified filmmaker profiles with filmographies and biographies
- Direct-to-audience streaming with no aggregators or middlemen and the "smallest take rate in the industry"
- Audience data dashboards and transparent weekly payouts for filmmakers
- Tips and direct support feature allowing audiences to tip filmmakers directly
- Festival and theater ticketing infrastructure integrated with filmmaker tools, connecting audience data back to filmmakers
- Genre-based browsing and discovery organized around festivals, filmmakers, and stories