New Media Film Festival

An Epic Event That Merges Story and Technology on a Global Scale, New Media Film Festival

The 9th New Media Film Festival will be held on June 16 – 17th. Honoring Stories Worth Telling

 

Los Angeles, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/04/2018 -- New Media Film Festival is an annual event that merges story and technology on a global scale. This year, the highly anticipated festival will be held on June 16th -17th at the James Bridges Theater, Los Angeles, California.

We know it is about the 110 New Media Films & Content from 40 countries, the 36 World – 7 US and 24 Los Angeles premieres. The teens and the Oscar winners that are part of the nominees, the panelists, the sports legends 5 time X Medalist Elliot Sloan, Olympian Gabby Douglas, legendary talent Jeff Bridges, Edward James Olmos, Ed Asner as well.

There are event Legendary musical artists Mos Def, Foo Fighter keyboardist Rami Jaffee, Marceline the Vampire (aka Olivia Olson), Vanderslice that are all part of the festival this year. Among the 9th season, New Media Session 6 is the one that attracts the most attention because it will showcase entries from several different technologies and countries. The complete lineup of New Media 6: Apps-AI-AR-Digital Comic-Drone-Doc-Mobile-Tablet, Q&A 2:15PM - 4:15PM is as follows:

Apps:
The Me App - Director: Paul Wagner - Country: USA
Eyes of Sky - Director: Eray Dinc - Country: Turkey

AR, AI:
AR - Greetings from Columbus Villa - Director: Christopher Ruane - Country: USA
AI - Smartest S^^t in the Room - Director: Jonathan Kitzen - Country: Canada
AR - What is a Z Book - Director: Allah El Henson - Running time::30 - USA

Digital Comics:
Scrimshaw - Written by: Eric Borden - Country: USA

Documentary:
Life or Death Basically Ep 1 - Director: Alex Hughes - Country: USA
Man-o - Director: Adam Christie - Country: Canada
The Human Link - Country: Canada, Argentina, Spain
T(HE)Y - Director: Caroline Callender & Silver Liftin - Country: USA
The Secret Lives of Public Servants Ep 3 - Director: Amen Jafri - Country: Canada
50/10 Saul Turtletaub - Director: Daniel Smith - Country: USA
Crashed - Olympian Gabby Douglas - Director: David Crabtree - Country: USA

Drone:
Faroe Islands - The Hidden Secret - Director: Thomas Vitali - Country: Faroe Islands
My Alaska - Director: Mike Criss - Country: USA
Dreaming of Peru - Director: Angel E. Vera - Country: Peru

Mobile/Tablet:
Vote for Me - Italy's migrants - Director: Claudio Lavanga - Country: Italy
Creepy Feeling - Director: Jules David - Country: USA

"In the 21st century, technology has strongly redefine filmmaking and storytelling. We want to honor content creators who are brave enough to work outside the boundaries and help aspiring New Media content creators to find more opportunities to develop themselves and their art," said the representative of the festival.

Industry leaders from the Emmys, Grammy, HBO, BMI and Marvel are participating in this festival as judges, which increase the reputation of this annual festival. A total of $45,000 is prepared for the Grand Prize Award winner and also the award winners of each category.

About New Media Film Festival
New Media Film Festival is an event that is dedicated to nurturing new talents and rising content creators in the new media industry. It aspires to provide opportunities for all content creators that submitted their work to the festival instead of just the winners. Participants will have a chance to be invited to reputable movie festival around the world, have their projects funded or win some technological giveaways.

For more information, please visit: www.NewMediaFilmFestival.com

For media inquiries:
New Media Film Festival
2355 Westwood Blvd #381Los Angeles CA 90064
Phone: 310-280-1100
Email: press@newmediafilmfestival.com
Website: www.newmediafilmfestival.com