Netflix Bulks Up Indie Slate

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix has signed a number of new deals to add some 300 additional independent films to its service, with viewers able to stream the movies instantly.

Films from such distributors as The Criterion Collection, Gravitas Ventures, Kino Lorber, Music Box Films, Oscilloscope Laboratories and Regent Releasing are headed to Netflix. In total, around 300 new indie film titles have been added to the roster and are available to be watched instantly or will become available to do so early next year. In some cases, Netflix has struck output deals to stream all new releases from particular distributors as they become available during the course of the agreements. Among the new films added are Departures, Wendy and Lucy, A Nos Amours, Au Revoir Les Enfants, Good Dick, As It Is In Heaven and Seraphine.

"We have always been committed to offering our members the most expansive and diverse library of films and TV episodes and have found that a large number of members enjoy the innovative, artist-driven nature of independent film," said Robert Kyncl, the VP of content acquisition for Netflix. "These new deals are intended to delight our members with a mass of great new indie films and to continue to provide filmmakers and distributors with a big, receptive audience for their work."