The Official Selections of the 4th annual Independent Television Festival have been announced, completing the slate of indie web series along with OzGirl and Operation Midnight Climax that we teased out last week. Not surprisingly, the majority of the nine selections are Los Angeles based, but there are international selections hailing from France and Australia, and one series out of New York. Avid Tubefilter readers will notice a lot of familiar faces. Also noteworthy is that despite the abundance of comedy web series out there, nearly half the selections are dramatic. The festival takes place in Los Angeles from July 31st to August 6th.
We traced this web series from Johnny Borda as it launched out of Los Angeles’ Channel 101 community into a Clearwire deal this past October. The comedy series follows a Hollywood stuntman who loses his memory when the perfect stunt goes wrong and who must embark on a tireless quest through the great Los Angeles area in search for his own identity. The series stars Matt Peters, Bennie Arthur, and Chad Fogland, is directed by Oren Kaplan.
This mystery web series from Paris-based director Laurent Touil Tartour follows an American tourist in Paris who is pursued and terrorized by a malevolent security camera operator. The series stars Vincent Sze and is executive produced by production company Napoléon Première.