Twitch Partners With Austin-Based Arthouse Film Distributor For Movie Night

Twitch is trying to bring a decidedly Austin arthouse film aesthetic to its more than 55 million unique monthly visitors.

The live-streaming video platform predominantly for the gamer (and game developer) set recently acquired by Amazon for close to $1 billion just announced a partnership with Texas-based indie video game developer and film distributor Devolver Digital for Twitch Movie Night. Twitch’s main channel will broadcast the select feature films, Devolver will provide the independent flicks and facilitate a live chat during the screenings with the respective filmmakers, and Twitch users will bring their own popcorn and conversation.

“Twitch represents a new frontier for filmmakers looking to connect with an audience who is passionate about video game culture,” said Ben Goldhaber, Director of Content Marketing, Twitch, in the blog post. “Devolver Digital is the perfect example of a studio who understands the appeal of Twitch’s social video format by both documenting our brand in Stream Dream

and scheduling broadcasts of half a dozen gaming films on our platform.”

Check out the screening schedule below. All films are set to start around 2:45PM PST.

• January 9: Stream Dream and Winter Releases Trailer
• January 16: Pixel Poetry – A games-as-art documentary
• January 23: (no broadcast)
• January 30: Angry Video Game Nerd – The movie adaptation of the popular comic web series
• February 6: Gaming in Color – LGBTQ gamer documentary
• February 13: Super Game Jam: The Movie – Game development becomes entertainment
• February 20: To be announced

And if you particularly enjoy one of the title’s above, or like Devolver Digital’s style and want to show your support by purchasing some of its wares, you can use the coupon code TWITCHLIVE for 50% off at it’s VHX-powered pay-to-download site full of “farm fresh indie films.”