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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.

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 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 [1]
San Francisco Chronicle article about the New Media Film Festival [2]
Screen Actors Guild profile on the New Media Film Festival [3]

References

^ Jay Randy Gordon April 8, 2011 (2011-04-8). "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. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Esther Lim November 1, 2010 (2010-11-1). "Hollywood Comes to San Francisco with the New Media Film Festival". Girls in Tech. Retrieved 2011-04-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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[1] Jay Randy Gordon April 8, 2011 (2011-04-8). "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. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[2] Esther Lim November 1, 2010 (2010-11-1). "Hollywood Comes to San Francisco with the New Media Film Festival". Girls in Tech. Retrieved 2011-04-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[3] 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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