Advancing widespread charitable giving into the digital age, the new website Beneflix has launched. Integrating the opportunity for novice filmmakers to gain valuable exposure and for charities to reach a previously untapped resource, Beneflix offers these two seemingly unrelated groups an unprecedented marketplace for networking and fundraising.

Given the national obsession with online video and the struggle lesser-known charities are facing during the global economic downturn, Beneflix fills the need for a communal online destination offering both entertainment and an opportunity to give back. Beneflix is the brainchild of web designer James Malley, with backing from a group of industry professionals.

All user transactions on Beneflix take place using what the site team has dubbed “cNotes.” Film makers upload a scene to kick off a movie fundraising drive and users then vote on what should happen in the next scene, by attaching cNotes ($0.25 each) to their preferred idea. These are donated to the charity indicated by the maker of the film, and the users effectively influence the outcome of the films with their charitable donations.

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