Stories in Animation, Shorts and Web Series Categories are in Competition for $45,000.00 in Awards for New Media Film Festival June 9 & 10 2015 Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, USA, March 17, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Animation, Shorts and Web Series Categories from Canada 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:

Animation Category
A life with Asperger’s US
Director: Jaime Ekkens
A Life with Asperger’s” is an animated documentary that explores the challenges of growing up and living with Asperger’s Syndrome. It is a voice over narrative that demonstrates that Asperger’s is not simply “being a little awkward”; rather it is about adapting to one’s limitations in the face of anxiety and isolation.

Short Category
RISE Canada LA Premiere
Director: Ali F Mostafa
RISE is a music film based around Yassin ' Narcy ' Alsalmans' newly released Solo Album "World War Free or the illusion thereof". Set in the distant future, RISE is the story of an anxious business man in the Middle East who sold his soul for success on the day his imagination returns to haunt him.

Web Series Category
Flip and Glib…and the Theory of Everything Ep 1 US
Director: Mark L. Taylor
A quirky, off-beat sisterhood is born after cynical Flip and wide-eyed Glib meet by chance and find they have much to learn from each other in matters of sex, love, and UFOs.

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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