Launching the Eighth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival
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Hope everyone rested up over the weekend in time for all of the events happening here at Arts Engine with the eighth annual Media That Matters Film Festival!
This year’s collection includes some amazing films focusing on such issues as the essential role of youth in a democracy, the burden of war on a young boy’s life, the changing face of nomadic life in Tibet and the importance of honeybees on the environment. After watching these films and meeting with the filmmakers, we are proud to provide this platform to celebrate these visions of hope through film.
Tonight’s world premiere will feature 12 new inspiring short films from around the world at the IFC Center in New York City at 7pm. The filmmakers from this latest collection will be participating in a Q&A soon after the premiere, so come out to meet these great new advocates for social change through film. Get your tickets quick! The collection will also be simultaneously launching online at the Media That Matters website.
In case you can’t make it to our Wednesday premiere, due to popular demand, we’ll be having a second screening on Friday, May 30 at Tribeca Cinemas at 7pm where you’ll join many of our partners for a run of these same 12 films with many of the filmmakers for a follow-up Q&A session. Bring your friends to Tribeca Cinemas this Friday!.
And if all of this isn’t enough, join us for the official Media That Matters after-party on Saturday, May 31 as festival winner African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal‘s filmmaker and featured artists spin tracks and lay down beats at the Rose Live Music center in historic Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
I hope some of you are able to attend our events — but in case you can’t, check out the festival online!
Stay tuned for more screenings and events around the world with Media That Matters.
See you there!
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| Posted on May 28, 2008
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