The Sundance Film Festival began humbly in 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival, created to showcase films outside the Hollywood studio system. That sounds familiar! Its identity transformed in the early 1980s when the late actor and filmmaker Robert Redford joined the movement, helping shape the festival into a bold platform for independent voices.

Some worlds begin with words on paper, a screenplay, a notes app... BizarreBeasts began with a sketch. What started as one artist's hand-drawn outsider creatures slowly turned into a full onchain universe: a community, a token, mini-games, comics, music, and now BizarreBeasts is the first place recipient of the DCP Award for Base Creators! A new chapter is on the horizon: short animated films bringing BIZARRE worlds to life. BizarreBeasts is one of the strongest examples of what creator-own...

Gobble Gobble FilmCrew, I’m writing this with a hot chai tea in hand and a fire crackling in the background — the kind of quiet moment that makes you reflect on the people and projects that truly matter. As Thanksgiving rolls in, team DCP wants to take a beat and share how grateful we are for you. Decentralized Pictures is more than awards and submissions — it’s a gathering place for storytellers, dreamers, and everyone who believes in championing independent voices. This year, we’re especial...

The Sundance Film Festival began humbly in 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival, created to showcase films outside the Hollywood studio system. That sounds familiar! Its identity transformed in the early 1980s when the late actor and filmmaker Robert Redford joined the movement, helping shape the festival into a bold platform for independent voices.

Some worlds begin with words on paper, a screenplay, a notes app... BizarreBeasts began with a sketch. What started as one artist's hand-drawn outsider creatures slowly turned into a full onchain universe: a community, a token, mini-games, comics, music, and now BizarreBeasts is the first place recipient of the DCP Award for Base Creators! A new chapter is on the horizon: short animated films bringing BIZARRE worlds to life. BizarreBeasts is one of the strongest examples of what creator-own...

Gobble Gobble FilmCrew, I’m writing this with a hot chai tea in hand and a fire crackling in the background — the kind of quiet moment that makes you reflect on the people and projects that truly matter. As Thanksgiving rolls in, team DCP wants to take a beat and share how grateful we are for you. Decentralized Pictures is more than awards and submissions — it’s a gathering place for storytellers, dreamers, and everyone who believes in championing independent voices. This year, we’re especial...

As we close out 2025, we wanted to share a snapshot of the moments that made this year such a cinematic one for DCP . Let’s take a look back at what we accomplished together.

As we close out 2025, we wanted to share a snapshot of the moments that made this year such a cinematic one for DCP . Let’s take a look back at what we accomplished together.

I know what you're thinking, and that's not it (don't worry, we thought the same at first). But Tie Me (k)Not isn't about sexuality. It's about something far harder to talk about: the courage it takes to surrender control, to trust another human being, and to confront parts of ourselves we were taught to keep tightly bound— metaphorically, that is. So what happens when you literally bind yourself? For filmmaker Umut Vedat, the rope becomes a language, a way to revisit generational wounds, eve...

I know what you're thinking, and that's not it (don't worry, we thought the same at first). But Tie Me (k)Not isn't about sexuality. It's about something far harder to talk about: the courage it takes to surrender control, to trust another human being, and to confront parts of ourselves we were taught to keep tightly bound— metaphorically, that is. So what happens when you literally bind yourself? For filmmaker Umut Vedat, the rope becomes a language, a way to revisit generational wounds, eve...

There's a moment after something breaks where you don't really know what comes next. You only know that what existed before no longer fits. This is exactly where my mind went when I first saw The Fragmentation on DCP. The second chapter in a trilogy by filmmakers Eva Muilerman and Lisa Danilkovych, the short lives in that moment of uncertainty when what you know unravels. Following The Motion, which introduced a woman caught in the grinding cycles of time, expectation, and performance, The Fr...

There's a moment after something breaks where you don't really know what comes next. You only know that what existed before no longer fits. This is exactly where my mind went when I first saw The Fragmentation on DCP. The second chapter in a trilogy by filmmakers Eva Muilerman and Lisa Danilkovych, the short lives in that moment of uncertainty when what you know unravels. Following The Motion, which introduced a woman caught in the grinding cycles of time, expectation, and performance, The Fr...

"If Louise Brooks knew how men controlled her image now, she'd scream. If she knew they were whitewashing it, she'd scream louder." That is the logline Charlotte Siller submitted with A Curious Idol to the DCP Award for Base Creators. Kinda blunt... a little angry... very accurate. Before we get into the details, here's a few things that stood out to me during my conversation with Charlotte. Independent filmmaking is tough (I know, we've been here before), but, at the heart of it are the stor...

"If Louise Brooks knew how men controlled her image now, she'd scream. If she knew they were whitewashing it, she'd scream louder." That is the logline Charlotte Siller submitted with A Curious Idol to the DCP Award for Base Creators. Kinda blunt... a little angry... very accurate. Before we get into the details, here's a few things that stood out to me during my conversation with Charlotte. Independent filmmaking is tough (I know, we've been here before), but, at the heart of it are the stor...

I wish I could set as cozy a scene as Matt did at Thanksgiving, but unfortunately, I’m in the office as I write this, fighting off the glare of giant overhead white lights (I much prefer warmer light, and I’m not sure why that’s not the norm?). Still, there’s no better place to take nostalgia-tinted walks down memory lane than when you’re procrastinating. Ironically, in my attempt to procrastinate via daydreaming, I ended up here. It’s December, which means my brain is contractually obligated...

I wish I could set as cozy a scene as Matt did at Thanksgiving, but unfortunately, I’m in the office as I write this, fighting off the glare of giant overhead white lights (I much prefer warmer light, and I’m not sure why that’s not the norm?). Still, there’s no better place to take nostalgia-tinted walks down memory lane than when you’re procrastinating. Ironically, in my attempt to procrastinate via daydreaming, I ended up here. It’s December, which means my brain is contractually obligated...

Last Saturday, my wife and I sat down in Fort Worth, Texas with Dylan and Kate, the creators behind BizarreBeasts. There were chips. There were drinks. And somewhere in between, there was a story that perfectly captures why BizarreBeasts was the right selection for the Arts3 Web3 Startup Award #2.

Last Saturday, my wife and I sat down in Fort Worth, Texas with Dylan and Kate, the creators behind BizarreBeasts. There were chips. There were drinks. And somewhere in between, there was a story that perfectly captures why BizarreBeasts was the right selection for the Arts3 Web3 Startup Award #2.

I know for a fact at least 9 out 10 people have fantasized about leaving life behind and restarting in nature (guilty). Disappearing into the wild, trading notifications for nature, and seeing what's left when the noise drops out. Kyle and Angela didn't just fantasize about it... They did it. After fifteen years living fully off-grid in the remote lakelands of Canada, building their own home and surviving winters that plunge to -53°C, the pair made another radical choice: trading ice and snow...

I know for a fact at least 9 out 10 people have fantasized about leaving life behind and restarting in nature (guilty). Disappearing into the wild, trading notifications for nature, and seeing what's left when the noise drops out. Kyle and Angela didn't just fantasize about it... They did it. After fifteen years living fully off-grid in the remote lakelands of Canada, building their own home and surviving winters that plunge to -53°C, the pair made another radical choice: trading ice and snow...