June 6-8, Los Angeles
New Media Film Festival took place on June 6-8. It featured 29 world premieres including 11 US premieres and 21 LA premieres.
I had a great time attending the red carpet and Q&A with actors and film directors.
At one of these meetings the cast of Non – Transferable shared their experience shooting the movie in Turkey. They faced a lot of obstacles but had a great time filming scenes there: “The point is… you don’t know. You don’t ask. Crazy things happen sometimes if you do ask”, – shared her experience Ashley Clements who portrays Amy Tyler in Non – Transferable. The movie is a love story about two people who finally decide to be together.
Here is the full list of winners:
GRAND PRIZE
The Dark & The Wounded (screened in Short Category) (Director: James Picard, Jeff Dean. Country: Canada, USA)
BEST 3D
Chrysalis (Director: Ina Conradi, Mark Chavez. Country: Singapore)
BEST ANIMATION
Bosatsu – Year of the Dragon (Director: Siddharth Ahluwalia. Country: USA )
BEST APP
Recontact: Istanbul (Director: Eray Dinc. Country: Turkey)
BEST DIGITAL COMIC
The Nothing Spirit (Written by: Grace Fiorre. Country: US)
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BEST DOCUMENTARY
Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed (Director: Jeremy Snead. Country: USA )
BEST DRONE
Running Into Air (Director: Sebastian Wöber. Country: Austria)
BEST FEATURE
Non – Transferable (Director: Brendan Bradley. Country: Turkey, USA)
BEST MOBILE/TABLET
Cuba LIbre (Director: Felixe de Becker and Colin Bates. Country: Cuba)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Inertia ( Director: Ted Beagles. Country: UK)
BEST NEW MEDIA
My Millennial Life (Director: Maureen Judge. Country: Canada)
BEST PILOT
Adventure Travel (Director: Ho Kwok Man, Berry. Country: Hong Kong)
BEST SCRIPT
Render (Written by: Kirill Kiselev. Country: USA)
BEST SHORT
MATE (Director: Tom Connolly. Country: UK)
BEST SNIPLER-30 SECOND PITCH
Life Interrupted (Director: Steven Wishnoff. Country: USA)
BEST SRC – Socially Responsible Content
Ode to Lesvos (Director: Talal Derki. Country: Greece)
BEST STEAM
Adrift (Director: Cath Le Couteur. Country: Chile, USA and space)
BEST STUDENT
AEON (Director: Derek O’Dell. Country: USA)
TOP 3 STUDENT FILMS Aeon, Indomitable & Foot Licker win $250.00 cash prize thanks to http://www.mmbf.co.uk/
BEST TRAILER
Dream Big: Engineering Our World (Director: Greg MacGillivray. Country: Space and USA)
BEST VIRTUAL REALITY
Et Moi – 360 (Director: Herman Fredlund. Country: Sweden)
BEST WEB SERIES
You are nothing Ep 3 (Director: Mike Stivala, Mark Travis. Country: USA)
SPECIAL PRESENTATION TO JERRY COPE – SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE CONSERVATION AWARD PRODUCER A LOVE SONG FOR EARTH (this award was only given to one other person, Leonardo Di Caprio)
Love Song to the Earth
Special Presentation (during awards ceremony) – Love Song To The Earth video featuring Paul McCartney, Sean Paul, Colbie Callait, Natasha Bedingfield, Q’orianka Kilcher and others. Directed by Trey Fanjoy, Produced by Jerry Cope. All proceeds from the Love Song project benefit Friends Of The Earth and the United Nations Foundation. Premiered with Ban Ki-mmon in Paris at UNFCCC COP21.
