Profile: Media That Matters Film Festival
Year Founded
2000
Type
Non-profit
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Updated on: 06/27/2008 07:52
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Mission Statement

A project of Arts Engine, The Media That Matters Film Festival brings high-impact shorts and Take Action tools to audiences around the country all year long through distribution of an annual DVD with twelve to sixteen winning films, web streaming, broadcasts and community screenings.

 

www.mediathatmattersfest.org

 

 

We no longer have to rely on major corporations for things to be seen -- we have Media that Matters to distribute new material and new voices and new points of view.
-Tim Robbins, Actor

Location
104 West 14th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10011
United States
Phone
1-646-230-6368
Fax
1-646-230-6388
Website
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/
Email
festival@artsengine.net
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The 2008 Media That Matters Film Festival will premiere at the IFC Center on Wednesday, May 28th. Then on Thursday, May 29th we'll host an awards ceremony at HBO headquarters in Manhattan, where all 12 films will be presented with awards and cash prizes. After the premiere, the festival will be available on a DVD, ready for screenings around the world, all year long!  

 

The Media That Matters Film Festival represents the social-issue focused work of a diverse group of independent filmmakers, many of whom are under the age of 21. The films are equally diverse in style and content, with documentaries, music videos, animations, experimental work and everything else in between. This year our filmmakers have produced films focusing on such issues as the essential role of youth in a democracy, a Native American community's exploration of a dark and hidden history, the burden of war on a young boy’s life, the changing face of rural Tibet and the effect of diminishing honey-bees on the environment.

You can visit our site to view films of past festivals, find ways to take action, and participate in dialogues on the social issues that interest you most.

 

Arts Engine supports, produces and distributes independent media of consequence and promotes the use of independent media by advocates, educators and the general public. By fostering the production and use of independent film, video and new media, Arts Engine connects media makers and active audiences in order to spur critical consideration of pressing social issues.


An image captures a feeling,
A story shares a message,
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Now that we've launched...

Although the official premiere of the eighth annual Media That Matters Film Festival has come and gone, our year is just getting started. For the next year, we will be working on outreach through these films. Now that you've watched them, its time to take the next step:

 

Discuss the films...

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8th Annual Media That Matters Film...
You're invited! Arts Engine is pleased to announce the world premiere of the
EIGHTH ANNUAL MEDIA THAT MATTERS
 FILM FESTIVAL!
    WORLD PREMIERE @ IFC Center, New York City Join us for the world premiere of the eighth annual Media That Matters Film Festival!
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Arts Engine is pleased to announce the world premiere of the

EIGHTH ANNUAL MEDIA THAT MATTERS

 FILM FESTIVAL!

 

 




WORLD PREMIERE @ IFC Center, New York City


Join us for the world premiere of the eighth annual Media That Matters Film Festival!

Be among the first to see the 12 inspiring short films we selected this year.



There will be Take Action tables and a chance to meet the festival filmmakers!



Wednesday, May 28, 2008

7-9 pm

IFC Center

323 Sixth Avenue at West 3rd Street

New York, NY

See map



Buy your tickets today at movietickets.com!




SECOND SCREENING @ Tribeca Cinemas


We are pleased to announce that due to popular demand, this year we have added a second

screening to our growing festival event line-up!

Don't be left without a ticket for Wednesday’s Premiere at the IFC!

Book your tickets for the Friday evening screening at Tribeca Cinemas.



There will be Take Action tables and a chance to meet the festival filmmakers!



Friday, May 30, 2008

7-9 pm

Tribeca Cinemas

54 Varick Street

New York, NY

See map



Buy your tickets today at brownpapertickets.com!







OFFICIAL FESTIVAL PARTY @ Rose Live Music, Brooklyn

 

Join us for the official Media That Matters after-party as festival winner

Democracy in Dakar: 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.


 

Rose Live Music & Nomadic Wax Productions presents:

The Waaw Band - Live Senegalese Afro Beat

& DJ Ben Herson spinning Global Hip Hop, Afrobeat, Reggae & more


 

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

10pm - 4am

Rose Live Music

345 Grand Street between Havemeyer & Marcy

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

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There is no cover charge but you must be 21+ to attend!




YOUTH PREMIERE @ Paley Center for Media



June 6th, we're excited to announce that there will be an additional free screening for youth as part

of the annual Media: Overseas Conference, an international celebration of youth and film.



A three-day event, the conference will include screenings and panels from a host of international

participants, brought together to discuss today's current media landscape.

Panelists from Afghanistan, Australia, China, Egypt, Korea, Kuwait, Spain, Sweden, UK,

and the USA will lead the conversations. Attendees will include media industry

professionals, educators, students, and the general public.



Friday, June 6th, 2008

6-8 pm

The Paley Center for Media

25 West 52nd Street

New York, NY

See map



While this event is free for youth, participants will not be

admitted without sending an RSVP to: rsvp@mocnyb.org.




WE’LL SEE YOU THERE!



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Homecoming
When coming out makes Ron a target for attack, he finds a school where respect and acceptance are taught alongside Math and English. His story confirms how essential...
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Happy Ending
Drugs have taken Chris’s mom out of his life but not out of his heart. In this personal travelogue, he goes to Philadelphia in search of a happy ending. I had a...
Tags: film   youth   drugs   health   family   mother   parents
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Battleground Minnesota
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Bad Choices
Without a support system, it’s hard for a teenager to stay out of trouble. Aderian reflects on the lessons he has learned from his bad choices. The film was made...
Tags: politics   family   justice   teenagers   criminal   support   society
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All That I Can Be
William, like many young Americans, feels that joining the military is his only way out of a dead-end job and a rough life. There are more advertisements for chain...
Tags: Money
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A Girl Named Kai
Three years in the making, shot in four countries, A Girl Named Kai is a brave and honest autobiographical vignette in three chapters about Kai Ling’s relationships...
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Slip of the Tongue
"Whats your ethnic makeup?" A young man makes a pass at a beautiful stranger and gets an eye-opening schooling on race and gender. This film shows the power of...
Tags: Women   image   Beauty   gender   poetry   society   racial justice   ethnicity...
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Book 'Em: Undereduc...
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A Girl Like Me
I was constructing an anthology with a wide range of different stories that I believed reflected the black girl’s experience. I conducted interviews with a variety...
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(Hate) Machine
The concept for (Hate) Machine came out of the distortions/biases that I saw in post-911 media. As a Canadian who is regularly exposed to American, British and...
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The Farm Sanctuary
Maryann Hedaa, the head of Saint Ignatius School, sent the fifth grade boys to learn documentary filmmaking while visiting The Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glens,...
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Superstar
With the support and guidance of his family, nothing will stop Naiquan Greene from becoming a superstar. From the Director: Most of my immediate family members...
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Rapping at Fear
This is Andrés’ story. Whether in the Colombian countryside before the rebels forced his family to leave, or the city slum where his family now lives, Andrés Tabares...
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I'm Not a Boy
This is Julie’s story: Julie Joyce is not a boy. She is more than just an intense, fast-talking New York City sixteen-year-old. She’s a trans-gendered youth who...
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Ashray
Ashray, one of the project organizations that makes up the Committed Communities Development Trust, is Bombay’s first home for children who have either been infected...
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