New Media Film Festival

A total of $45,000 USD in awards will be presented

NEW – Emmys ® Award Consultant for one chosen entrant.
1st Major Festival celebrating innovation, story, mediums & platforms
20 + Categories
Best in Category – Audience & Grand Prize Awards
All content considered, even online, made public, novice, expert
Member UFFO’s Code of Practices for Film Festivals
IMDB official event
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Attend the 10th Annual New Media Film Festival

1st Major Festival celebrating innovation, story, mediums & platforms
A celebration, discovery, and recognition for all.
VIP Badges and Individual Tickets.
Access to deal makers, creatives and talent.
Enjoy - Red Carpet, Soiree, Live Music, Screenings, Panels, Awards, Networking, International Art Exhibit, Q & A’s, Marketing Table

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Socially Responsible Conservationist Award
- A Love Song to 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.

‘The Legend’ Award

Ray Bradbury was honored with ‘The Legend’ award by Hollywood celebrities at the New Media Film Festival in Los Angeles. The legendary writer for Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles and others, was supposed to attend the event and accept the award. But unfortunately, he passed away a week before the event.

Duncan Rouleau of Ben 10 fame offered tribute to the great writer and then introduced Oscar Nominee Sally Kirkland who accepted the award on behalf of Bradbury. The actress has worked with Ray during the shooting of ‘The Zero Hour’ and had auditioned for ‘Fahrenheit 451’, but her role went to Julie Christie instead. William Shatner’s tribute was read out by Brett Stimley who has worked with Ray Bradbury in ‘Kaleidoscope’.

Responsible Conservationist Award

New Media Film Festival was proud and honored to present Leonardo DiCaprio with the Socially Responsible Conservationist Award for his Conservation dedication and efforts via Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation - Dedicated to protecting Earth’s last wild places and implementing solutions that create a harmonious relationship between humanity and the natural world. This recognition stems from Leonardo DiCaprio's opening scenes in Worst Shark Attack Ever which was programmed in the SRC - Socially Responsible Content Category in 2015. So, it is fitting that the Director of this film and International Surfing Champion, Veronica Grey accepted the award on behalf of Leonardo DiCaprio.

Socially Responsible Conservationist Award

"Thanks to the New Media Film Festival for honoring me with the Socially Responsible Conservationist Award, thats really beautiful, it means a lot to me. And thanks for supporting our film, Living in Futures Past" - Jeff Bridges

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 allows artists to create and express their skills for a multitude of new distribution platforms. We are presently witness of how storytellíng is being redefined in the 21st Century. New Media Film Festival highlights and showcases what will come next

Matthew Modine

Emmy and Golden Globe nominee

As an African American filmmaker I've never felt more relaxed or inspired at a film festival. While #OscarsSoWhite is trending in Hollywood the New Media Film Festival 2016 has quietly shown the world how to honor content makers from across every discipline imaginable - and every ethnicity - without sacrificing its core identity. That's an amazing feat, worthy of imitation. I think the New Media Film Festival is the future of film festivals. Congratulations!

John Carstarphen

Independent Producer/Writer/Director

The New Media Film Festival seemed like an outlier when it started in 2009, with their strange categories, web series, 3D storytelling, digital comics, now all of a sudden these phrases are the new normal. The NMFF is always looking to the future, challenging creators, the market and the audience to discover new storytelling. There are not many festivals pushing the limits - go NMFF!

Nicholas Reed

Oscar Winner

I could not think of a better city where this kind of artistic and cultural exchange could take place, other than Los Angeles. This festival brings the globe to Los Angeles and Los Angeles to the globe.

Paul Koretz

Councilmember

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Jim Wilmer

A very unique curation of films, new media and scripts. And a very entertaining event. The hosts and show staff went out of their way to make sure this was a memorable and special event. The location on the UCLA campus is a big plus.

June 2018

Steven Wishnoff

New Media Film Festival is one of the best and best run in LA. With so many different platforms falling under "new media" it's refreshing to see a festival that understands that Content is King! And the Opening night VIP reception was a terrific networking opporutnity that we took full advantage of.

June 2017