New Media Content announcements in Shorts, Machinima and Animation Categories to screen at 6th Annual New Media Film Festival June 9 & 10 2015

LOS ANGELES, USA, March 4, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Shorts, Machinima and Animation Categories from Spain and US are Early Selects for 6th Annual New Media Film Festival Los Angeles CA

New Media Film Festival honors stories worth telling and brings the best in new media to the world. On June 9 & 10th 2015 in Los Angeles CA at the Mark Cuban owned state of the art theatre, The Landmark. Festival goers will experience What's New, What's Next... in all media that are innovative and go beyond the ordinary.

Early selections in programming include:

Shorts Category
The Leaf Spain US Premiere
Director: Alex Barrera
The leaf is essentially a small part of a whole like human existence in the cosmos. Poetic images of places music and evocative phrases encourage the viewer toward an inner journey that will lead him to find his own leaf

Machinima Category
Outworld US World Premiere
Director: Niav Conty
Luis lives out his fantasies in a video game; his hunky avatar is married and with an adorable baby. When his real wife Anna insists he choose between reality and fantasy, his emotions hover in limbo between the real world and the virtual. A live action short which includes Machinima sequences.

Animation Category
I Need My Monster US LA Premiere
This animated short film was created by the University of Colorado’s Digital Animation Center’s class of 2014. It is based on the beloved children’s picture book of the same title.


In the Spotlight today is the 6th Annual New Media Film Festival, offering more than 15 competitive categories that collectively celebrate a broad spectrum of storytelling -- from web series to tablet media to 3D extravaganzas. At the New Media Film Festival, mobile apps, digital comics, and music videos comfortably share the stage with documentaries, animation, narrative dramas, and more. Filmmakers with an itch to discover media trendsetters and extraordinary stories before the rest of the world won't want to miss this exciting celebration.

Judges at the New Media Film Festival include representatives from Marvel, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Television Academy and other pioneers in the entertainment industry. There's even a competitive category for Sniplers®, 30-second mini-trailers featured to garner attention for films not yet made. Filmmakers vie for a chance at $45,000 USD in awards. The festival also offers further screening opportunities to winning works on the newly launched New Media 3D channel and other distribution opportunities.

MovieMaker Magazine has dubbed The New Media Film Festival one of "25 Festivals worth the Entry Fee," and Culture Rehab has called it "Sundance for the Facebook crowd."

Submissions accepted until April 20th 2015 and the schedule locks May 10th 2015. Individual Tickets and festival badges are on sale at www.NewMediaFilmFestival.com




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