There were new learning experiences for everyone at the 8th New Media Film Festival which has always been on the cutting edge of film making and this year did not disappoint. Susan Johnston, Founder/Director, New Media Film Festival always makes sure that Film Fest impresses international audiences with its diverse genres and cutting edge methods of storytelling – from web series, 3D, 360, AR, AI, 5D to VR. There were Eighty-seven (87) new media films and content from 34 countries and outer space shown at festival along with 29 World Premieres, 11 US Premieres and 21 L.A. Premieres. These are the top 21 New Media Films and Content for 2017 includes Web Series, TV and Episodic: Best of the Best: The Dark & The Wounded directed by James Picard and Jeff Dean. Country: Canada, USA
Best 3D:
Country: Singapore
Best Animation:
Bosatsu – Year of The Dragon directed by Siddharth Ahluwalia Country: USA
Best App:
Recontact: Instanbul directed by Eray Dinc Country: Turkey
Best Digital Comic:
The Nothing Spirit Written by Grace Fioree Country: USA
Best Documentary:
The World of Games, Revealed directed by Jeremy Snead Country: USA
Best Drone:
Running into air directed by Sebastian Wöber Country: Austria
Best Feature:
Non – Transferable directed by Brendan Bradley Country: Turkey, USA
Best Mobile/Tablet:
Cuba Libre directed by Felixe de Becker and Colin Bates Country: Cuba
Best Music Video:
Inertia by Orfan Inspired by the sentiments of Werner Herzog directed by Ted Beagles Country: UK
Best New Media:
My Millennial Life directed by Maureen Judge Country: Canada
Best Pilot:
Adventure Travel directed by Ho Kwok Man, Berry Country: Hong Kong
Best Script:
Render written by Kirill Kiselev Country: USA
Best Short:
Mate directed by Tom Connolly Country: UK
Best Snipler – 30 Second Pitch
Life Interrupted directed by Steven Wishnoff Country: USA
Best SRC – Socially Responsible Content: Ode to Lesvos directed by Talal Derki Country: Greece
Best Steam:
Adrift directed by Cath Le Couteur Country: USA and space
Best Student:
Aeon a 3D Student Film directed by Derek O’Dell, Country: USA
Best Trailer:
Dream Big: Engineering Our World directed by Greg MacGillivray Country: Space and USA
Best Virtual Reality:
Et Moi – 360 directed by Herman Fredlund Country: Sweden
Best Web Series: You are nothing Ep 3 directed by Mike Stivala and Mark Travis Country: USA
About The New Media Film Festival Founded in 2009 by Susan Johnston, Director of New Media Film Festival, she is known as a Media Futurist. The New Media’s mission and objective is to honor stories worth telling. The New Media Film Festival constantly introduces new technology; communication of ideas through panels and Q & A’s to implement a more expansive use of 21st technology in storytelling for artists and content creators. Hailed for making “the cutting edge accessible” by Huffington Post, The New Media Film Festival celebrates the ever-changing world of new media. As noted by Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Matthew Modine, “New technologies have empowered and enabled creators outside of a studio or network system to make their own movies and develop cutting edge entertainment. Affordable cameras and editing software allow artists to create and express their skills for a multitude of new distribution platforms. We are presently witness to how storytelling is being redefined in the 21st Century. New Media Film Festival highlights and showcases what will come next." The 9th Annual New Media Film Festival will be June 12-14 2018 in Los Angeles. CA For more information visit our website and social media at: http://newmediafilmfestival.com https://twitter.com/NewMediaFF https://www.facebook.com/NewMediaFilmFestival https://www.youtube.com/user/newmediafilmchannel https://newmediafilmfestival.wordpress.com
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Chrysalis directed by Ina Conradi and Mark Chavez 
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