AFI BLOG: Media and Technology

Wendy Levy from Bay Area Video Coalition is moderating a panel at Sundance, and I’ll be participating. Ping me at nickd@afi.com if you plan to attend Sundance.

Here’s the relevant information:

ALTERNATIVE STORYTELLING FOR NEW DIGITAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 12:30 P.M.
NEW FRONTIER ON MAIN (MICROCINEMA)

How do you tell good stories in a world where your computer is a television, your cell phone is a movie screen, and your avatar addresses a global virtual audience? Join visionary new funders, media artists, tech pundits and program innovators to discuss the development of next generation content for emerging platforms. Moderated by Wendy Levy, Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC).

PANELISTS
Wendy Levy, Director of Creative Programming, BAVC, www.bavc.org - moderator
Elspeth Revere, Vice President, MacArthur Foundation, www.macfound.org
Claire Aguilar, VP of Programming, ITVS, www.itvs.org
Nick De Martino, Senior VP, Media and Technology, American Film Institute, www.afi.com
Susana Ruiz, Lead Developer & Director, Darfur is Dying (see article http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/30/AR2006043001060.html)
Bernhard Drax, machinima artist/Second Life journalist (see his work http://www.mefeedia.com/tags/drax/)
Nathan Mayfield (and/or Tracey Robertson), Co-Founders, Hoodlum Entertainment (see http://www.hoodlum.com.au/v4/index.php)