New Media Film Festival Announces Los Angeles Film School State-of-Art Facility as Festival Venue

Feb. 2, 2011 - PRLog -- The New Media Film Festival (NMFF) announced today that this year's festival will be hosted by Los Angeles Film School (LAFS) featuring two days of events with screenings, panels and red carpet premieres at the new RealD 3-D-enabled main theater. The festival will run from May 20th-21st and will feature categories ranging from features to web series, socially responsible content to 3D and will also include animation and music videos.

The New Media Film Festival is an IMDb qualifier festival helping filmmakers with distribution, monetization and exposure to a wider audience while being judged by top industry leaders. With over $12,000 in prizes and a wide variety of categories for filmmakers to submit to, the Festival highlights the winners in a "Best of" tour while curating their content for future reference and other opportunities. Industry support for the festival include entertainment and technology professionals from Industrial Light & Magic, Pixar, Summit Entertainment, and United Talent Agency to name a few.

"We're excited to be hosted by the leader of film education at the LAFS this year in their newly equipped 3D-enabled theatre," said NMFF director Susan Johnston. "We were looking for the perfect venue to showcase this years winners so it was very important for us to have the right facility with the right technology."  

The New Media Film Festival's list of categories include Mobile, Web Series, Shorts, Animation, iApps, Documentaries, Features, (SRC) Socially Responsible Content, Audience Choice Awards (Online Competition for Web Series), Music Videos, LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender), Digital Comics and projects shot in RED or in 3D.

NMFF's deadline for submission for the Los Angeles Festival is April 15, 2011. A list of categories is available at their site http://www.newmediafilmfestival.com.

The New Media Film Festival is also accepting sponsorships for the festival that will give brands visibility to cutting edge filmmakers, festival audiences and industry professionals via monthly newsletters, social media marketing, red carpet events, industry panels, gift bags, media coverage and visibility on the festival website. Prospective sponsors are encouraged to connect via email info@newmediafilmfestival.com. Sponsorship options are listed at: http://www.newmediafilmfestival.com/Sponsors.php.

People Are Talking About the New Media Film Festival:
“The New Media Film Festival is the Sundance for the FaceBook crowd” (Crystal Clear Culture Rehab). The New Media Film Festival has also been recognized by industry leaders for "bringing together top-shelf social media entrepreneurs... for the next decade's ways of digital, immersive storytelling" (Jay Randy Gordon, Associate Director for the Northern California ScreenArtists and "the future of new media for storytelling is limitless... New MediaFilm Festival... will open your mind to mutiple possibilities" (Frank Colin, Gulture Enterprises).

About New Media Film Festival
The New Media Film Festival brings together Industry Professionals and Content Creators across Film, TV, Games, Publishing, Mobile, Web and Tech. Founded by Independent Filmmaker, Susan Johnston and launching in Los Angeles, June 2010, the two-day event features the Best of New Media and includes Short Film, Mobile, Games, Web, iApps, Animation, Technology Platforms, and New Film Technologies. Past screenings have included Sundance, Cannes, Los Angeles and World Premieres as well as the best local Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area talent working in new media. Panel discussions and demos highlight New Technology, Financing & Monetization, the Convergence of Media, and where Traditional Media meets New Media. New Media Film Festival is produced in partnership with Producers Guild of America, NATPE, and other Entertainment Industry organizations. New Media Film Festival is currently accepting submissions athttp://www.newmediafilmfestival.com. For more information about the Festival and/or sponsorships, please contact Susan Johnston, the Founder, and Director of the New Media Film Festival, at 310-288-1100 or info@NewMediaFilmFestival.com. Visit their website for more information at http://www.newmediafilmfestival.com.

About The Los Angeles Film School
The Los Angeles Film School (LAFS) is an accredited college with a campus located in the heart of Hollywood that includes the historic RCA Building at 6363 Sunset Boulevard. The private post-secondary educational degree-granting college, which has quickly become a leading academic center for aspiring filmmakers, offers degrees in film, computer animation, game production and audio with an exceptional curriculum in state-of-the-art facilities. Its campus comprises of over 250,000 square feet dedicated to labs, studios and theaters equipped with the latest technology including Avid, ProTools and Digidesign. Its faculty of industry professionals has earned credits on a number of major motion pictures, video games and albums. Graduates have also been honored as winners in numerous Independent Film Festivals throughout the world and some of their credits include GRAMMY awards and nominations, engineering multi-platinum albums and placing the final touches on theatrical releases. In addition, The Hollywood Reporter named LAFS "One of the best-equipped private learning centers in the country." For more information about LAFS, please visit www.lafilm.edu or call (323) 860-0789.

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