EXCLUSIVE:For those awards voters looking for a centralized place where they can find information about contender screenings going on around town, now there’s finally a destination. Ryland Aldrich is an independent film producer and has launched FYCit, the ultimate app for the awards season. It tracks all screenings and events at major studios and distributors.
The app is currently only available for limited public preview. It’s available on iOS, Android, and Google Play. Or you can visit. https://fycit.app. Oh, and by the way, it’s completely free.
FYCit keeps track of every movie that has been designated as a contender for each studio. If it’s listed on the studio’s awards or guild website, then it’s listed on the app. FYCit then lists every screening that a studio publishes on those awards sites, or as the app programmers learn about them; complete with date, time, venue information, and potentially other info like if there’s a reception or Q&A. The app links users directly to each studio’s specific RSVP page so users can reserve directly with the studio.
FYCit will alert users when new screenings are added. App users can choose the movies they wish to see. You can also add specific venues to your favorites list and be notified when new screenings are added to your theater. You can filter by genre, director, studio or search for a director. Awards voters can also mark the movies they’ve already seen for the season, thus creating a convenient list when it comes time to vote.
Says Aldrich, “The app came about when I realized how impossible it is to find a comprehensive list of FYC screenings. Like most guild members, as a member of the PGA my inbox is flooded with studio invites, guild invites, screening series invites, and more. But if I just want to see what screenings are available on any given Friday evening, I would have to click around to every single studio’s awards website, click on every movie, click the city, and more. So I thought, I wish someone would just compile all the different studios’ screening data into one place. Then I thought, wait, why don’t I compile all of the different studios’ screening data into one place. That’s FYCit.”
FYCit has partnered with Kyle Katz Consulting to promote studios.
Aldrich’s production company Point + Drop Productions has produced several narrative and documentary feature films, series, and audio projects. Sundance 2017 film is just one example. It happened in L.A. Tribeca 2016 Film Folk Hero & Funny Guy Staring Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s Wyatt Russell Girls‘ Alex Karpovsky; and Hazart’s sci-fi movie It’s a difficult problem This year, it was presented at the Cinequest Film Festival for the first time. Aldrich has been a member of many film festival jury panels and advisory boards. She is also a contributor and editor for the popular film website. Screen Anarchy.