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I THOUGHT I'D
SEEN THEM ALL

I'm Griffin Howes. I've spent more than ten years working in film, and I've been in love with movies since I was a kid.

Nothing ever beat picking a movie off the shelf at Blockbuster with no idea what you were getting, taking it home, and finding out you loved it. Enough trips there, enough afternoons in my local library, and enough nights scrolling streaming apps with nothing to show for it — I wanted that feeling back.

That's Deep Cut. It's been proving me wrong ever since.

Deep Cut is two things at once. It's an independent streaming platform — fourteen channels of award-winning short films, free, running all night. And it's a tool for cinephiles to find their next watch: you sign up, start marking the films you love, and it deals you deep cuts you've never seen, on the services you already pay for.

It's free, and anyone can use it. But a platform like this costs money to run, so if you feel like chipping in, you can.

And supporting the house here does more than unlock the full app. It buys you a vote. 60% of every dollar goes to financing an independent filmmaker's next project. We read every pitch that comes in and watch every director's previous work — what's left is the part we don't decide: which one gets made first.

Griffin Howes

Founder · Deep Cut

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How the picture starts

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RIP YOUR TICKET

Pick films you love — any genre, any era. Guilty pleasures teach us more than classics do.

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MEET THE DEALER

The house works out what you're actually into and deals films to match, filtered to the services you already pay for. Turn the obscurity dial from crowd-pleasers to buried treasure.

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PASS THE MIXTAPE

Seal a playlist and send it to a friend — they cross films off and react, no account needed to peek.

What your ticket actually does

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The fund fills

60% of everything members put in goes into the film fund. A dollar earns a vote.

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We read every pitch

Scripts and reels come in from anyone. We read them and watch them. Only films that can actually be made reach the ballot.

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The house picks one

You spend your votes across the slate. Most votes takes the money, a real crew shoots it, and it premieres here.

Votes decide what we greenlight. They aren't an investment and carry no financial return.

Your taste, in writing

Taste profile · №0417

  • Beautiful Doom

    You love watching power structures implode in flamboyant, violent, gorgeous ways.

  • Midnight Logic

    Dream rules over plot rules — you'd rather feel lost than be led.

  • Crooks With Feelings

    Crime is your delivery system for loyalty, grief, and very bad decisions.

Every profile is written fresh — nobody gets yours

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Only what you can watch

filtered to your services — every pick is one click away

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The Theatre

fourteen channels of award-winning shorts, free, all night

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Obscurity dial

from blockbusters to buried treasure

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Tonight's vibe

scare me · make me laugh · get weird

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Settle It

two films enter, the house rules — argument over

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Just Roll It

pick a channel, lean back, we run the reel

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Profiles with a theme song

your signature film's score plays on your card

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Hot takes wall

250 characters of nitrate-burning opinion

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Letterboxd import

bring your ratings, skip the setup

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The community

follow friends, steal their watches

THE HOUSE IS OPEN.

Doors are open and the picture starts when you do.

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