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The 13th New Media Film Festival® June 2022 had 125 New Media films & content from 29 countries with 44 World, 6 US & 35 Los Angeles Premieres.
Theme – Showing short form of long form to encourage viewers to find these creators online and support further.
Australia-Bulgaria-Bangladesh-Belgium-Canada-Cyprus-France-Germany-Greece-Hong Kong-India-Israel-Italy-Japan-Korea-Republic of-Lebanon-Malta-New Zealand-Poland-Singapore-South Africa-South Korea-Spain-Syrian Arab Republic-Tahiti-Turkey-Ukraine-UK-USA
2022 Titles stay up until the end of the year.
Submit and buy tickets/badges for 2023 now.
On Sale Now – Tickets/Badges June 7-8 2023
June 7th Online (ticket) 5-8PM
June 8th In Person (VIP Badge) – 4-10:30PM Indoor/Outdoor with VR, International Art Exhibit, Lounge all night long.
4-6 VIP Soiree – Red Carpet Press Junket – Networking – Citrus America Juicing –Nosh.
6-8 Programming – Q & A with Director Nominees in attendance
½ hour break to mix and mingle
830-1030PM Programming – Q & A with Director Nominees in attendance – Awards
Please note, we do not notify winners in advance. We only announce in person at Awards
This is where the magic happens. Nominees, Judges, Speakers, creators, film fans, techies and more meet each other – Funding, hiring, casting, collaborations, even love has happened. Be there.
Event 1 – Wed. June 7th 2023 5-8PM This is a separate ticket from the VIP Badge. Online Screenings, Q&A – different content from June 8th.
Join us online to Mix – Mingle via video & text chat with Industry leaders from the Entertainment & Tech sectors as well as fun loving film & content fans!
Ornette – Take Your Time
In order to fix technical problems that keeps her from shooting her music video with her band, a singer seeks help from a very bizarre and inefficient maintenance team that makes everything getting worse and worse
There to Catch Me
Deep in the Hollywood Hills, overlooking the breathtaking city of LA, a man celebrates his wedding anniversary. What follows is a mysterious and unexpected night in La La Land.
Stranger at the Funeral
Mayhem ensues when the family discovers who the stranger at the funeral is.
The Search for Love
Visions of feeling free from societal judgements, and finding their true superpowers before their time is up.
My Journey: Georges Wassouf Ep1
Renowned Arab singer George Wassouf recounts career-defining moments and reveals secrets he has never shared before.
Playing the Crease
In order to find their renewed purpose, they must step outside their safety zones.
Suburban Fantasy
Tonight is the last night for Rocco in his Rhode Island hometown before leaving to study photography in New York, and he and his girlfriend Sofia have decided that they will continue dating in a long distance relationship.
Leaving Tracks
Beneath his success as a financier and Nat Geo photographer, Bobby Haas grapples with a lifetime of trauma in his quest to create a museum like no other, the Haas Moto Museum.
Away – Behind the Scenes
AWAY was made to explore the storytelling possibilities in the new environment that is virtual production on LED volumes.
Permafrost
Permafrost takes place in a world devastated by climate change, and follows a small crew on an impossible mission to find an artifact from before The Frost.
My Human Experience
Logical and socially inadequate, alien explorer, Lex, is assigned to study the human race from a sociological perspective, a mission way outside her comfort zone. To make matters worse, she’s teamed up with the erratic and emotive, Xalax; her complete opposite.
Where Hope Lives
A story about a Colorado grandmother who saw social inequity and injustice and decided to do something about it. The result is Hope Haven Rwanda – an African school producing scholars of the highest order, outpacing the best schools in Africa. It provides education and food for the children and employment opportunities for their families! This documentary show how one person CAN change the world.
Growing Peace in the Middle East
A 7th grader from New York is inspired by a visit to Sindyanna of Galilee in Israel - a unique non-profit organization led by a team of Arab and Jewish women working together to create social change from the ground up.
Honorable Lviv Lady
A modern, cultured woman Penelope, who lives in Lviv and works in an archive. The life of Penelope is based on the usual routine: family - work. So everything is decent, polite and ... unbearably boring. But one wonderful day everything changes.
Pineapples in Winter
In King Louis’s XV’s France, a married noblewoman becomes a once-in-a-century mathematician. When she meets Voltaire, a once-in-a-century wit and playwright, their passionate love affair threatens the monarchy itself and shows that nothing is more absurd than reality. Based on true events in the lives of Emilie du Chatelet and Voltaire.
Find Bailee Ep1: How You Come at Me
The search for the truth after uncovering the intricate lies and detailed facade of a catfish Facebook account that dated back eight years and spanned across the globe.
Tempo Rubato Enigma – An Argentinian Mozart – Francesco Cordio
A great Argentine musician of Italian origin -from the early 20th century- mysteriously dies at an early age.
The Collins Story – Connecting the Moon to the Earth – Steps to the Moon
In the days before personal computers, before the Internet and the worldwide web connected us to global information, before smartphones connected us to one another, before GPS guided our journeys…Before this technology was a part of everyday life, American astronauts explored new frontiers in space and on the moon.
Little Enchantress
Mariyka, 11 y.o. girl, dreams of becoming a Tik-Tok star. Her father Mykhailo works as a border patrol officer. Money is tight for him and he is unable to come to a decision – is he going to be a good officer, or a rich one.
Generation Z
Eight friends try to survive in Mariupol during the first 10 days of the war between Russia and Ukraine. The leading character Vika does not want to leave the city without Tim, the bartender she is in love with. She is stuck in the underground nightclub with him and their new companions who are all 18 y.o.
The Savior of Coney Island
Meet Dick Zigun, Honorary Mayor of Coney Island and learn about the beginnings of Coney Island USA.
Mercury XX
To design the original look of the film an AI model was trained on thousands of space fashion images and was tasked with developing speculative sketches of costumes and the fictional spaceship.
Paradisiac
An elderly lady remembers the autumn mornings she spent on a vast river in the company of her friends, when they were children. In this immense setting, they rowed towards an island
they had named... Paradisiac.
Festival Programming Schedule
Event 1:
Full Day Access
Watch from anywhere in the world. Online Screenings w/ Q & A
Event 2:
4:00-6:00PM
Our legendary VIP Soiree. Nominees, Judges, Speakers, creators, film fans, techies and more meet each other – Funding, hiring, casting, collaborations, even love has happened. Be there.
Event 3:
6:00-8:00 PM
Opening Night programming – screenings, special guests, Q & A
Event 4:
8:30-10:30 PM
Awards Ceremony, we only announce here, not before. Plenty of special guests and surprises.
Connect
We will mix, mingle, make new friends, learn, discover and connect.
Wine & Nosh
Enjoy a glass of wine & some nosh while you mix & mingle, make new friends, new deals. Pic by QUI
Red Carpet
As always, nominees, celebrities, Industry VIP’s walk the Red Carpet and dazzle.
Q & A
Nominees, VIP’s and surprise guests.
Screenings
Watch World Premieres & original content from all around the globe.
International Art Exhibit
From world renowned artists to new entries in the art world. All mediums have been curated: sculpture, oils, prints, pastels, mixed media and more. Come discover what the art world is creating and exhibiting now.
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Venue:
Los Angeles California USA