Below is our movie-spotlight courtesy of JustWatch. The links point to a feature film called Plan 9, and it’s sort of an homage to the original Ed Wood (classic?) I’ve placed links to the watch pages because I like seeing indie films with Marquee Value talent (you know, “bankable talent.”) Why is attaching a name-talent to your indie film important?
The answer is easy, because it works like an endorsement. In this case, Plan 9 uses Brian Krause, of the “Charmed” TV show, and it helps Plan 9 stand out among the other films on sites like Tubi, because Brian’s face is well known.
So put yourself in the mindset of the audience…When you’re searching for a movie to watch, and there’s so many to choose from, how do you decide what to watch? A Brian Krause movie just might interest you more than a thousand of the other movies on Tubi.
So, that’s my brief peptalk for all of you indie filmmaker’s out there. Think about it before you cast your best friend as the lead in your film. This being said, let’s move on to my offer.
If you have a movie/show distributed on Amazon or other platforms, then let me know and I’ll do my best to post links to where we can watch it. Note that if you like, I will post your film-poster and a description…just provide the assets, please. I use the JustWatch service to populate links to other platforms.** I don’t get paid anything to do this. Cheers!
**Update July 31, 2026. Plan 9 is available on most of the links below, but UPDATED Youtube, and Amazon links are here, and Pluto, and Fawesome links to need to be updated…
Metro Film Festival puts your fan film on the big screen
You may recall…We enjoyed a nice trial film screening at the church earlier in September 2025 at GPCG, and we’re looking to expand a North/West (somewhere off of 696/Hazel Park-Warren would be nice. We’re going to start with some Star Trek fan-made films, and then we’ll screen winners from the MetroFilmFestival too.
We’re screening family-friendly Fan Made films and television programs like the kind of thing produced at the Neutral Zone studios. You may have watched Star Trek Continues on our NON-COMMERCIAL and FREE “Star Trek Continued” Roku channel.
Not in the Metro Detroit area? Then add our Free, NonCommercial Roku channel called “Star Trek Continued.”
How the Metro Film Festival helps filmmakers get exposure
Metro aims to help filmmakers get exposure and distribution for their films. No matter what your release window is, we are here to help you.
Below is a snapshot taken from our film festival. The article was taken from a newspaper. The article writes of Alex, an indie filmmaker who streamed his film on our Movies Plus Amazon Fire TV channel for 6 months. Alex is a proactive filmmaker. His film is now streaming on Hulu.
A snapshot from our last Festival…
Winners at the Festival Party
Our festival is planned to be re-launched to support Fan Film and Indie Sci-Fi/Action films this year. We’ll have screenings in the Metro Detroit area.
We own an Epson pro-digital projector and a 13 foot theatrical screen. This equipment will be used when/if a venue does not have their own cinema setup.
Contact Dean on Facebook.com/DeanLach if you’d like to talk about partnering on a screening, or the festival in general. Note that our TV-App is Non-Commercial, and we’re open to re-designing it to support our partners. Just reach out and tell us about your project. Thank you.
