New Media Film Festival
The New Media Film Festival is an event held annually that celebrates the interactivity of new technologies and formats for Media and Cinema with global consciousness. A festival that Honor Stories Worth Telling that are created by people of All Ages-All Cultures-All Media.
The 2012 Third Annual New Media Film Festival is on June 12 and 13 at the Landmark Theater-Westside in Los Angeles, California.
It showcases 3D and animated shorts, web series, mobile media, apps, and music videos, awarding over $45,000 in prizes and offering distribution to non-traditional and web-based filmmakers of the digital era.
Event features
The event screens more than a dozen select submissions from around the world, often featuring well-known actors and industry professionals in addition to student filmmakers. The Festival also includes world premieres and discussion panels. Films submitted to the Festival are reviewed by a panel of judges including Pixar, The Caucus, Industrial Light & Magic Lorne Lanning, Spencer Halpin, and a variety of other Oscar, Grammy, and Sundance winners and nominees.[1]
Awards presented
Awards are given out in the following categories at the conclusion of the Festival:
- 3D Shorts
- 3D Features
- Animation
- Apps
- Digital Comics
- Documentary
- Feature
- LGBT
- Mobile
- Music Video
- Shorts
- Webisode
- Web Series
Winners in each category are viewed by a distributor with a chance of online, TV or theatrical distribution in addition to monetary prizes. Each category’s winner is included in the “Best of LA” screening series, submitted to additional festivals worldwide.[2]
History
The New Media Film Festival premiered to critical acclaim in June 2010, followed by a corollary event in San Francisco in 2010.[3] The Festival was founded by Susan Johnston of Select Services Films, who became its director.
External links
- New Media Film Festival official site
- San Francisco Chronicle article about the New Media Film Festival
- Screen Actors Guild profile on the New Media Film Festival
References
- ↑ Jay Randy Gordon April 8, 2011 (2011-04-08). "3D, Jason Alexander, Yoko Ono Music and Lorne Lanning Screen at 2nd Annual New Media Film Festival 2011". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
- ↑ Esther Lim November 1, 2010 (2010-11-01). "Hollywood Comes to San Francisco with the New Media Film Festival". Girls in Tech. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
- ↑ SAG November 16, 2010 (2010-11-16). "SAG National LGBT Actors Committee and SAG New Media Sponsor New Media Film Festival SF". Screen Actors Guild. Retrieved 2011-04-15.