“Follow My Steps,” A Short Film By Andrew Hida

Follow My Steps (Trailer) from Andrew Hida on Vimeo. Follow My Steps, a short film by multimedia storyteller and awesome former intern, Andrew Hida, will screen at the IFC Center (323 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY) on Wednesday, November 20th, 2013. Follow My Steps follows Andrew Cunningham, a typical 13 year-old. He complains about studying, and spends hours playing on Xbox Live with friends. The only difference is he is in a powered wheelchair. Born with a rare form of muscular dystrophy, Andrew relies on his father Tom for nearly everything. As Andrew enters the roller coaster of adolescence, he must deal with growing pains, as well as his struggle with independence, and the uncertainties of his disease. In an unlikely relationship, Andrew finds a brother in 21-year-old Tony Reuter, born with brittle bone disease. Finding his way out of a difficult childhood, Tony guides Andrew as they both approach milestones in…

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AI-AP Presents Big Talk and The Party

Join American Illustration – American Photography (AI-AP) for a symposium, Big Talk. Attendees will get an inside look as the symposium brings the American Photography 29 and American Illustration 32 jurors, designers and special guests together for a series of panel discussions. Winners in the Latin American competition and a screening of the Motion Art winning projects will also be presented.

Register now to attend.

Event Details

Wednesday, November 6th, 2013
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
School of Visual Arts Theater
333 West 23rd Street (btw 8th and 9th Avenues)

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  • RSVP includes The Party on Thursday night. Seating is limited but open, so bring your friends.
  • Tickets are $25 for chosen winners and all students, and $50 for guests and general admission. Big Talk only is free.

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Digital Storytelling With Brian Storm at the Global21 Fall Conference

On Saturday, November 9th, 2013 MediaStorm's Brian Storm will present Digital Storytelling and the Cinematic Narrative at the Global21 Fall Conference. Citing work by MediaStorm, Brian will emphasize how storytelling continues to evolve as a result of technological innovations and an expanding media universe. The digital age gives filmmakers, documentary photographers and photojournalists extraordinary and unprecedented new ways to tell stories. The conference will take place between Saturday, November 8th and Sunday November 9th. About Global21 Global21 is a network of student-run international-affairs magazines at premier universities around the world. The organization was jumpstarted in 2005 with a $50,000 grant from the Yale Entrepreneurial Society. Global21 is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit with chapters at twenty universities around the world including Yale University, University of Oxford, University of Cape Town, Peking University, University of Sydney, the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Singapore Management…

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Tim Hetherington Grant Calls for Applications

World Press Photo and Human Rights Watch invite press photographers and photojournalists around the world to apply for the third Tim Hetherington Grant. The annual grant, worth €20,000, will be awarded to a photographer to complete an existing project on a human rights theme.

The judges will look for the qualities that defined Tim’s career when reviewing the applications: work that operates on multiple platforms and in a variety of formats; that crosses boundaries between breaking news and longer-term investigation; and that demonstrates a consistent moral commitment to the lives and stories of the photographic subjects.

Fernando Moleres received the second Tim Hetherington Grant in 2012 for his project “Waiting for an opportunity”.

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