The 19th UNAFF starts tomorrow (October 20-30)

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The 19th UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival) starts tomorrow, October 20th, and is a “can’t-miss-event” for all documentary film fans in the San Francisco Bay area. The festival, one of the oldest documentary film festivals in the country, shares a lot of the goals MediaStorm strives towards in its mission, promoting education, awareness, and social change through images, dialogue and action. UNAFF celebrates the power of documentary films dealing with human rights issues, the environment, racism, women’s issues, universal education, war and peace. The theme of this year's ten day event is Compass for a Better World, and its program includes 60 films from almost 30 different countries, as well as several free panels on issues such as Guns and Society and Art for Social Change. For more information on UNAFF’s year-round events, and the full festival program and schedule, please visit: http://www.unaff.org

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MediaStorm at Unofficial Google+ Film Festival

MediaStorm is excited to be part of the 2012 Unofficial Google+ Film Festival this weekend. The festival will be held online all weekend on the UGPFF Google+ page. Brian Storm will be participating in the panel on Creative Music and Licensing with Cary LoGrande from Audiosocket at 3:30pm PST (6:30pm EST) tomorrow, Saturday Dec. 1. Tune into the panel online here. Also, find MediaStorm in the festival's online marketplace. The Unofficial Google+ Film Festival The Unofficial Google+ Film Festival is an online, interactive, live, international short film festival that brings the film festival experience into your home or any other location. The festival runs from Friday Nov. 30, 2012 at 11:00 am pst (GMT -8) through Sunday December 2, 2012 at 3:00 pm pst (GMT -8). Anyone with an internet connection can attend and participate. There are also live public showings in Asheville, NC and Los Angeles, CA. Filmmakers from around the…

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Film Festival Strategy with Mark Stolaroff

Mark Stolaroff recently posted a useful guide to festival strategy, Film Festival Strategy: Withoutaclue to Withoutabox in 16 Steps. The guide is based on Stolaroff's 20 years of festival going experience and is offered as a teaser for his upcoming class in Los Angeles, The Art & Science of No-Budget Filmmaking. His 16-step guide focuses on using strategy and persistence to navigate the festival circuit. He gives insight on how to decide which festivals to apply to and how to handle (almost inevitable) rejection. Importantly, he gives some helpful pointers on festival etiquette, including a reminder about how much you stand to gain by just being nice. The two-part guide was featured as a guest post on The Stage 32 Blog. Read the full article. And if you're in LA this August, consider checking out Mark Stolaroff's upcoming course: NO BUDGET FILM SCHOOL PRESENTS: "The Art & Science of No-Budget Filmmaking" Saturday…

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