Jolt Streaming Platform Adds Titles Including ‘Girl Climber,’ ‘Anxiety Club,’ ‘Cathedral’ and Doc ‘Can’t Look Away’ (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Lauren Coates Jolt, an AI-driven streaming platform connecting independent films with audiences, has unveiled its latest slate of films, including the premiere of the documentary “Can’t Look Away: The Case Against Social Media.” Other films coming to Jolt include Jon Glassberg’s “Girl Climber,” which follows free climber Emily Harrington, Wendy Lobel’s comedy-drama “Anxiety Club” and Dan Algrant’s “Cathedrals,” which chronicles Algrant’s journey to reconnect with a pair of filmmakers he worked with nearly 50 years prior.

Jolt works to create a “new industry standard by transforming the way independent films are distributed and restoring creative sovereignty to filmmakers,” according to a press release.

As streaming services continue to flood the media landscape with content, Jolt aims to give independent films, especially documentaries, a fighting chance among a sea of “commercialized algorithms.” Recent Jolt titles include “Hollywoodgate,” “Zurawsksi v Texas,” and “The Bibi Files,” a documentary from Oscar-winners Alex Gibney and Alexis Bloom that investigates corruption in Israeli politics.

Jolt was launched by former Sundance chief digital officer Tara Hein-Phillips, Accel founder and Sundance board member Jim Swartz and producer Geralyn Dreyfous, and uses AI to power its Interest Delivery Network, which helps films find engaged, “values-aligned” audiences, according to the company.