New Media Film Festival
Encyclopedia
The New Media Film Festival is an event held annually on May 20 and May 21 at the Los Angeles Film School
in Hollywood, California. It showcases 3D and animated shorts, web series
, mobile media, apps
, and music videos, awarding over $12,000 in prizes and offering distribution to non-traditional and web-based filmmakers of the digital era.
, Spencer Halpin, and a variety of other Oscar, Grammy, and Sundance winners and nominees.
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.
Los Angeles Film School
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in Hollywood, California. It showcases 3D and animated shorts, web series
Web series
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, mobile media, apps
Application software
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, and music videos, awarding over $12,000 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 Lorne LanningLorne Lanning
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, Spencer Halpin, and a variety of other Oscar, Grammy, and Sundance winners and nominees.
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.
History
The New Media Film Festival premiered to critical acclaim in June 2010, followed by a corollary event in San Francisco in 2010. The Festival was founded by Susan Johnston of Select Services Films, who became its director.External links
- New Media Film Festival official site http://www.newmediafilmfestival.com
- San Francisco Chronicle article about the New Media Film Festival http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/04/08/prweb5232634.DTL
- Screen Actors Guild profile on the New Media Film Festival http://www.sag.org/sag-national-lgbt-actors-committee-and-sag-new-media-sponsor-new-media-film-festival-sf