VODO

VODO is an online media distributor offering films, books, games and music under pay-what-you-want pricing models. VODO has recently focused on bundle offers, bringing together a variety of creators under the themes of HP Lovecraft, Big Brother (surveillance and privacy), NSFW (sex positive culture), Otherworlds (sci-fi) and Really Creepy (indie horror).

VODO's background is in distribution of film under Creative Commons licenses, using the BitTorrent protocol.[1] Filmmakers can upload films on the site and selected works are also promoted on third-party sites and services such as uTorrent or The Pirate Bay, Mininova and OneDDL.

Past releases include sci-fi series Pioneer One,[2] The Yes Men Fix the World[3] and Zenith. Users are encouraged to donate after watching the films, and the highest earning to date has received almost $100,000.[4]

VODO releases

As of February 2012, VODO hosts a total of 148 films.[5] Some of the most known are listed below.

Date Title Director Notes
2009-10-17 Us Now Ivo Gormley
2009-11-11 In Guantanamo David Miller
2009-12-19 The Lionshare Josh Bernhard Included Legacy by Grzegorz Jonkajtys
2010-02-08 Mixtape#1 Various
2010-06-15 Pioneer One S01E01 Bracey Smith A REDUX cut was released 2010-12-15 featuring additional footage and re-shot scenes.
2010-07-23 The Yes Men Fix The World The Yes Men Special 'P2P Edition' of the film including new footage from the House of Commerce.
2010-10-02 Person of Interest Gregory Bayne
2010-11-10 Snowblind Kilian Manning
2010-11-10 Four Eyed Monsters Arin Crumley, Susan Buice
2010-12-15 Pioneer One S01E02 Bracey Smith
2011-01-28 Beyond the Game Jos de Putter
2011-03-14 Zenith Part 1 Anonymous
2011-03-28 Pioneer One S01E03 Bracey Smith
2011-04-28 Zenith Part 2 Anonymous
2011-04-28 Pioneer One S01E04 Bracey Smith
2011-05-19 The Tunnel Carlo Ledesma
2011-06-03 Zenith Part 3 Anonymous
2011-07-01 A Lonely Place for Dying Justin Eugene Evans
2011-10-05 Pioneer One S01E05 Bracey Smith
2011-12-13 Pioneer One S01E06 Bracey Smith Season 1 finale
2011-12-27 Otherworlds various six original Sci-Fi short films: The Third Letter, Perspective, The Return of John Frum, Dimensional Meltdown, Candy, Kitty-Kitty and IDT
2012-01-20 The Notorious Newman Brothers Ryan Noel Retro Films Entertainment & Substance Production
2012-02-21 L5 Stanley Von Medvey Studio Hemogoblin

Free Film Fund

As from 17 January 2012, five percent of all VODO income was allocated to the Free Film Fund, an online fundraising forum for the development of free-to-share productions.[6]

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