Zip.ca to Sponsor Vancouver DOXA Documentary Film and Video Festival 2004
May 14, 2004
Ottawa, ON - May 14, 2004 -
Zip.ca, Canada's leading online DVD rental club, is sponsoring the DOXA Documentary Film and Video Festival in Vancouver, May 25 - 30.
"Film and video are integral to our culture, documentaries as much so as entertainment," said Rick Anderson, President and CEO of Zip.ca. "DOXA is doing tremendous work showcasing the exceptional talent and achievements of independent documentary filmmakers. Zip.ca is delighted to join other forward-looking organizations in encouraging DOXA's continuing growth and success, and to offer our unique distribution channel as a means for Canadians from coast to coast to appreciate the quality films and videos being presented at DOXA."
"On behalf of the DOXA Documentary Film and Video Festival, we thank Zip.ca for their generous partnership and promotion of the Festival, as well as support for documentary film and filmmakers here, in Canada, and abroad," said Kristine Anderson, Festival Director for the DOXA Documentary Film and Video Festival.
Zip.ca is Canada's leading online DVD club, offering members Canada's largest selection of DVD titles (over 15,000 titles) at Canada's best prices for DVD rentals. Thousands of Zip.ca DVD rentals are delivered to Canadians' doors daily.
As part of Zip.ca's DOXA sponsorship, Zip.ca will afford space on its website for information about DOXA and a list of films presented there. Zip.ca will also acquire and distribute DVD copies of DOXA films whose distributors wish them to be distributed to a national audience through Zip.ca's unique distribution channel, making festival films available to national audiences for the first time.
Since launching in February, Zip.ca has quickly become Canada's leading online DVD rental club. In just three months, Zip.ca members have added more than 121,000 DVD requests to their personally managed online ZipLists of must-see DVDs. To date, Zip.ca has already shipped more than 35,000 DVDs to members' homes.
About Zip.ca:Zip.ca (www.zip.ca) is Canada's leading online DVD rental club, offering Canada's best selection, best service and best value in DVD rentals. Zip.ca offers Canada's most extensive DVD library, provides members with 24/7 online convenience for creating their own personal must-watch list of great DVDs, and then delivers those DVDs right to members' doors. For a low monthly membership fee, Zip.ca provides unlimited DVD rentals, with no deadlines, no late fees, and free two-way shipping. Based in Ottawa, Zip.ca is a member of the Momentous.ca family of online enterprises, providing customers with high-quality high-value online services.
DOXA is presented by the Documentary Media Society: a Vancouver based non-profit society (incorporated in 1998) composed of film and video makers, curators, and cultural workers devoted to presenting independent and innovative documentaries to Vancouver audiences. The society exists to broaden the audience for documentary film and video, and to broaden the definitions of documentary. Although the trend in Canada has been to move the documentary form toward a strictly television format, DOXA is committed to promoting and presenting work that Canadians would not usually see on their television screens. The Documentary Media Society exists to foster community dialogue and critical discussion about world issues, shared experiences and cultural diversity, while exploring unique visions and innovations within the documentary form.
For more information on Zip.ca, please visit Zip.ca
Media Contact: Susannah Kilroy
(416) 524-5730 or susannah@zip.ca
For more information on DOXA, please visit www.doxafestival.ca
Media Contact: Deanne Esdale
(604) 646-3200 or doxapublicity@yahoo.com
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