We’ve really managed to refine and define the very relatable ‘first-world problem’ that we’re trying to solve. In the UK alone every year there’s 3 billion minutes spent choosing what to watch – that’s what we’re going after – that wasted time searching around which is very frustrating. Today, the internet gives us thousands of films to watch at the touch of a button, so making that decision gets harder. Going back to before the days of online streaming providers, deciding what films to watch used to be easy because we’d pick a DVD out of our cupboard, visiting HMV on a weekend to expand our collections. Neil McClure: Filmies is a utility for film fans who, like me, watch a lot of films but can’t decide what to watch. The startup is now focusing on growing its user base and testing marketing assumptions while preparing for a seed round later this year. The answer? Twenty-two minutes, which over the course of the year would allow the “average film fan” to sit through every Tarantino feature film three times in a year, the company says.ĬEO Neil McClure believes that Filmies has more powerful search functionality than today’s streaming services due to its partnership with the Internet Movie Database (IMDB), and community-driven tagging system.įilmies closed a pre-seed funding round on Seedrs in 2016, raising just under £20,000 to develop a beta version of the app while providing a modest marketing budget. The Leeds-based startup behind it took to university campuses to research just how much time people waste picking a film. ![]() Filmies is a smartphone app that aims to help you find something you want to watch faster, learning about your viewing habits over time. With an ever-expanding number of online streaming services available – from Amazon Video to Netflix – film fans are spoilt for choice. ![]() ![]() This article was originally posted on the Tech North website.
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