
The Best in New Media, honoring stories worth telling
SPECIAL GUEST, ACTRESS DIANE SALINGER Batman Returns (1992) | Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985) | Ghost World (2001) TO HOST FEATURE FILM Q & A
WHAT TO EXPERIENCE TODAY WEDNESDAY JUNE 7TH 2017 – EVENT DETAILS FREE – Networking Lounge in The Wine Bar during festivalFREE – New Media Marketing Table – Place 1 Take 1FREE – International Art Exhibit
June 7 Screening 3: Web Series 2, Mobile/Tablet, Scripts, Q & A, Web Series Superstar Panel (6-8pm) Director: Teresa Vilaseca A group of people attend group therapy because they have really lame superpowers. Unfortunately the inexperienced therapist, Tim, isn’t much help and might be keeping a secret. Heyday vintage TV Ep 1 Studio 54 Director: JC Diaz & Nico Belha Heydays Vintage TV is a unique magazine style show that honors the best of yesterday while embracing the wonder of today! Non Moms Ep 1 Director: Joe Wesley When one of their own gets pregnant, four friends grapple with the idea of motherhood while trying to plan a baby shower. Riley the Web Series Ep 2 Director: Jeffrey Scott Basham Riley is an original comedy series about a former teen pop star. Now in her thirties, she’s struggling to overcome a publicly humiliating downfall and subsequent nervous breakdown. But, it’s the power of friendship and the quirky characters she meets along the way that just might get her through… #GradGirls Director: Daniel Noah When three girls live together things get interesting! Say Hello Ep 3 Director: Brooke Elliott Say Hello is a comedic reunion of two childhood acquaintances whose lives become entangled. Little Acorn Ep 1 Director: Maria Theodorakis All the laughters, tears, tantrums and endless drama of a suburban childcare centre….and then there’s the kids. DuAl Ep1 Director: Fernando Moreno Dorian is offered a pill that allows him to travel to his past life and correct his mistakes. Maybe Baby Ep 1 Director: Amanda Griswold Racing against her biological clock, a baby-crazy single city-girl searches for Mr. Right in the hopes of not becoming a crazy cat lady. Keeping Up with the Reapers Ep 1 Director: Christopher Game You’ll get this couple. And eventually, they’ll get you. Shiny Baby Goats Ep 2 Director: Alice Nicholas Wood A semi-autobiographical comedic series about best friends and aspiring artists who are trying really hard to drop the “aspiring.”
Director: Liri Navon A silent film about a lonely Barbie doll who shops a Valentine online. Cuba LIbre Director: Felixe de Becker and Colin Bates Young business man journeys to Havana Cuba for work, only to find a beautiful distraction…
Written by: Anthony Salamon & Ronnie S. Riskalla Fire mountain is the story of brave men who stayed behind to save their village and their country during one of its worst natural disasters. Based on real events. ALAN Written by: Lone Hernandez & Ursula Romero A mother that comes up with a cunning plan to make sure her husband and 14 year old son become close again after realizing she has irreversible cancer. The story speaks out about many things, but most of all of the importance of gestures, contact, time, affection and good intentions that almost always end up giving as an answer unexpected results and in this case love. Clear Blue Sky Written by: Michael Spiros Brazda A curious writer is sucked into a criminal conspiracy when a loaf of white bread falls from the sky and kills a man who looks just like him. Dope Mister Dee Written by: Juliet DeVette When a 12-year old boy searches for his missing father in the ocean, he finds a way to understand his loss by revisiting the imaginative stories he was told as a child. Render Written by: Kirill Kiselev A woman who can enter the minds of artificially intelligent machines is pulled into a hidden war with a corporate government. Homefront Written by: Alex Stathis A Korean War veterans’ return home is cut short when his wife dies, causing him to deal with his psychological scars, fight to regain custody of his sons, and struggles as a single parent in the mid-20th century. Clash of the Gods Written by: Qian Yi Jie Adapted from Chinese legends and mythology, ‘CLASH OF THE GODS’ tells a fantasy story from a contemporary point of view, illustrating a fantasy world of Chinese super heroes gathering together with the common goal to reform the heaven palace. Web Series Superstar Panel: New Media Content, Looking to the future. With Multi platform viewing options, technological expansion, learn how to engage a global audience. Includes questions from the audience. Doug Bresler – Doog Toons
Doug “Doog” Bresler podcast personality best known for Doogtoons.com. He has directed an official Weird Al Yankovic music video and was the animation director on Youtubes Paranormal Action Squad. Jake Watson – Corridor Digital
Corridor Digital is an independent digital video studio founded in 2009 by Sam Gorski and Niko Pueringer with content across YouTube, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and YouTube RED. Corridor specializes in visual storytelling with a cinematic edge, and has grown from humble beginnings into a well-respected creative studio with over 5 million online followers. Lon Strickland, Moderator
Lon is a producer and director with over twelve years of filmmaking experience and worked as a development executive for Machinima, a popular digital network recently acquired by Warner Brothers. Lon is one of three co-founders of Octopie, an animation network that services both digital and traditional platforms. Octopie was responsible for Paranormal Action Squad, YouTube Red’s first official animated series. Q & A Question and Answer period with Web Series creators immediately following the panel. http://tinyurl.com/
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