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Thanks for the comment. Yes, It is targeted at indie filmmakers. However, i should add that its a curated site dedicated to bringing the best short films in Afr

by hubrif 11y ago

Thanks for the comment. Yes, It is targeted at indie filmmakers. However, i should add that its a curated site dedicated to bringing the best short films in African or made by Africans in terms of picture quality and story-line. This means that not all films submitted to hubrif gets accepted to be hosted on the platform. We are also looking at partnering with African film festivals all over the world too to host a curated selection of films for an online audience. The first of this partnership is with the maiden edition of Kampala Short Film Festival. the official hubrif channel of the festival will soon go live on the platform. We want to sorely focus on African theme short films for now. I wont say its an African-focused YouTube thing, We want to solve the problem which YouTube cant solve in terms of making African short films easily discovered. lastly, the adoption of video sharing sites in Africa is expanding rapidly and we believe this is the right time for hubrif to be born especially with the fact that short films in Africa are being taken seriously now.

ryporter 11y ago
Why can't YouTube make African short films easily discovered? They have lots of data about their users, including location and past viewing history.
- hubrif 11y ago
  That is a question that i have asked myself a million times in the past. since there is no solution, my team and I decide to find a solution to our own problem. The truth is YouTube has just generally evolved to support personal comedy clips and cat videos. Short films are relegated to the back and given little attention.
  - pjlegato 11y ago
    Why not just make your own African short films YouTube channel and promote it?
    - hubrif 11y ago
      There are a couple of short films channels on youtube and we just dont want to be another shortfilm channel on the platform. We believe having a separate entity platform will make it easier for the world to find us with rigorious marketing in the long run. The whoe idea is that youtube remains d site to go to to watch other video contents while Hubrif be the site to go to to watch African short films

by hubrif 11y ago

ryporter 11y ago

Why can't YouTube make African short films easily discovered? They have lots of data about their users, including location and past viewing history.

hubrif 11y ago
That is a question that i have asked myself a million times in the past. since there is no solution, my team and I decide to find a solution to our own problem. The truth is YouTube has just generally evolved to support personal comedy clips and cat videos. Short films are relegated to the back and given little attention.
- pjlegato 11y ago
  Why not just make your own African short films YouTube channel and promote it?
  - hubrif 11y ago
    There are a couple of short films channels on youtube and we just dont want to be another shortfilm channel on the platform. We believe having a separate entity platform will make it easier for the world to find us with rigorious marketing in the long run. The whoe idea is that youtube remains d site to go to to watch other video contents while Hubrif be the site to go to to watch African short films