MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – A new movie channel is streaming independent films from the Myrtle Beach International Film Festival.<\/p>\n
The Myrtle Beach Movie Channel<\/a> is now live on YouTube. Films are available to stream for free, 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n Jerry Dalton, founder and co-director of the Myrtle Beach International Film Festival<\/a>, said people kept asking what happened to the independent films after the festival ended. That demand led him to create a way for viewers to keep watching them at home.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had to create something that satisfies everyone; why not create our own movie channel,\u201d Daltons said. \u201cPeople come through; we have some of the best films from around the World come through, but they get lost in the shuffle afterwards. People want to see them again, and if they weren\u2019t able to make it to the festival, they want to see those movies somewhere, so the best thing I could come up with was a free movie channel.\u201d<\/p>\n Dalton said the channel will premiere a new movie every Friday at 8 p.m. starting in about two weeks, along with special events to celebrate each release.<\/p>\n Dalton said filmmakers will benefit financially once the channel is monetized.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the filmmakers, as soon as the channel is monetized, which should happen soon, they\u2019re going to get a revenue share, so it\u2019s good for everybody,\u201d Dalton said.<\/p>\n Dalton said the channel will feature films from multiple countries.<\/p>\n \u201cWe got {films} from Sweden, France, Germany, a lot of the United States; of course that\u2019s the bulk of them,\u201d Dalton said. \u201cIf they are a foreign film, they\u2019re subtitled in English. So, we got one that will be going up from Sweden.\u201d<\/p>\n Dalton said he focuses on independent films because of how they are made.<\/p>\n \u201cIndependent film is scripted directly from the heart. I always wanted to change that name. Why? because it can have a 200-million-dollar budget and have all the stars,\u201d Dalton said. \u201cSo, we\u2019ve had a lot of stars at the Myrtle Beach International Film Festival; independent is a designation for made outside the major five studios.\u201d<\/p>\n Dalton said he finds the films through submissions to the Myrtle Beach International Film Festival.<\/p>\n \u201cThe submission process starts first of June and goes to the end of December, so we get a load of films,\u201d Dalton said.<\/p>\n Dalton said the film festival is also building a website for the channel.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re building a website for it also, but right now it\u2019s on a YouTube channel,\u201d Dalton said. \u201cYou go, and you look at the description; we\u2019ll have trailers, you watch it, and you decide you want to watch it, you just click the little button, and you start watching. Like I said, it\u2019s free and will remain free as long as we run it.\u201d<\/p>\n Dalton is also building a 20,000-square-foot movie studio. He said the first film from the studio is expected to be released in 2027.<\/p>\n Feel more informed, prepared, and connected with WMBF. For more free content like this, download our apps.<\/a> Have feedback that can help us improve? Click here.<\/a><\/p>\n Copyright 2026 WMBF. 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