"We live in a world where in each
generation there are people
who become active.mediarights.
Tom Strike, President of CanWest
MediaWorks International, said "This
further demonstrates the Company's continued commitment to pursue
accretive
acquisitions while extending our brands into strategic markets.
radio major
Chief Content Officer
of
Netflix Fast and Reliable (7:53 min) -
Documentary
All That I Can Be (8:30 min) - Tom Soper, Director/Producer
,
Youth Documentary Sean Morrison, Co-Producer
Educational Video Center
, Winner of the Against the Odds
Producer Award presented
by Sam Seder
Winner of the Economic Justice
Award presented by Barbara Neglected
Sky (1:36 min) - Youth
Kopple Animation
John Cooney, Director and
Pizza Surveillance Feature Producer with
Citizens for Global
(2:20 min) - Public Service Solutions
Announcement
Winner of the Environment Award
Micah Laaker, Director, ($1,000)
sponsored by Loreto Bay
American Civil Liberties Union, Company and presented by David
Producer Butterfield of Loreto Bay Company
Winner of the Civil
Liberties
Award presented by New York Young Agrarians (8:00 min) -
State Assembly
Member Documentary
Deborah Glick Johanna Divine, Director
/Producer
Winner of the Nourishing Change
The News
Is What We Make It Award ($1,000) sponsored by W.
The Media That Matters Film Festival
is produced by Arts Engine, Inc, a
nonprofit organization that supports, produces, and distributes
independent
media of consequence and promotes the use of independent media by advocates,
educators
and the general public.com). Q92FM will be
combined into the existing radio operations of CanWest
MediaWorks.link media
Board sponsored by Frank Marshall and
presented by Peter Yarrow of
Peter, Paul and Mary
"We marched a long time ago for the mother of all efforts which let us
know that we could
change things in this country," commented award presenter
Peter Yarrow.directories link
Tickets to the premiere screenings
are $10 each and are
available at the BAM Box Office (718) 636-4100 or through
http://www.movietickets
.com."
This work is paying off as evidenced by the organization's success
promoting the films
in last year's festival. 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. Arts Engine projects include MediaRights (http://www.net.
actresses employment
"Arts
Engine and the Media That Matters Film Festival in particular work
to develop innovative strategies
to get social-issue films to new groups and
individuals.) System Failure (8:00 min) -
- Youth Documentary Documentary
Directed by Gabriel Cheifetz, WITNESS,
Executive Producer, Ella
Produced by Phillips Community Baker Center for Human Rights,
Television Co-Producer
Introduced by Al Franken, Winner
of the Criminal Justice
Winner of the Jury Award Award ($1,000) sponsored by
($1,000) sponsored by Netflix Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation
and co-presented by Tim
and presented by Robin Reid,
Robbins, and Ted Sarandos, Board Member of
Arts Engine, Inc.
Freidus and Curt McPhail, Chia, Directors and Producers
Producers
Winner of the Tolerance Education
Winner of the Youth Voice Award
Award ($1,000) sponsored by Third
($1,000) sponsored by Paola Millennium Foundation
and
Freccero and presented by presented by Carol Stakenas of
Robert McChesney
, founder of Third Millennium Foundation
Free Press
Homecoming (5:30 min) - Youth
Happy Ending (8:00 min) - Youth Documentary
Documentary Brian Schirber and Kirstin
Chris Irrizarry, Director, HBO
Nelson, Directors, Listen Up! and
Young Filmmaker Lab, Producer Perpich Center for
Arts
Winner of the Family and Education, Producers
Society Award presented
by Winner of the Peter Yarrow Peace
Eliza Byard, President of the in Our Classrooms
Award ($1,000)
Arts Engine, Inc.television actresses
The Jury Award was sponsored by Netflix and presented
by Ted Sarandos, the
company's chief content officer.org),
the Youth Media Distribution initiative
(http://www. (NYSE: CWG; TSX: CGS.NV,
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literature museums
At the same
time, it is difficult to reach
audiences with this media through mainstream
distribution outlets," said Katy Chevigny, Executive
Director of Arts Engine,
Inc. Over 50 screenings around the
country and the world were organized
for festival films, and the festival's
website, which offers streaming video of all of the films
, averages 150,000
unique visitors each month.artsengine. The transaction is
expected to close
on or about March 1, 2006 following receipt of certain
regulatory approvals.weblogs level
"It's an exciting
time.K. WINNIPEG, Feb.categories arts
All 16 films were honored with awards and $10,000 in outreach
grants were
distributed. Technology is creating a lot of exciting
opportunities for so many different points
of view, and providing important
new delivery systems," commented award presenter Tim Robbins."
CanWest Global Communications Corp.actresses major
For more information
visit http://www.com), an international
media company, is Canada's largest
media company.museums television
The premiere screenings will be held today
at BAMcinematek in Brooklyn at
7 p."
The sixteen provocative, short, social-issue films in
the festival range
from fast-paced musical animations to insightful personal documentaries that
offer
new perspectives on the war in Iraq, racial identity, global warming,
gay rights, civil liberties
, sustainable agriculture/development, drug
addiction and more."
The Fifth Annual Media That
Matters Film Festival includes a yearlong
program of web streaming, DVD distribution and screenings
around the country
intended to connect audiences to inspiring, independently and youth-produced
short
films that spark debate and action. 16 - CanWest Global Communications
Corp.astrology level
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Sarah McLachlan sent a speech to the awards ceremony commenting on the
importance of social
change.arts weblogs
Fifth Annual Media that Matters Film Festival Celebrates Cinema and Social Activism
NEW
YORK, The Fifth Annual Media That Matters Film
Festival, produced by Arts Engine, Inc.org) and documentary
films such as Deadline (http://www.subcategories acting
org). announced today that its 70% owned New Zealand media operation
, CanWest
MediaWorks (NZ) Limited, has agreed to purchase Q92FM serving the fast-growing
areas
of Queenstown, the Wakatipu Basin and Central Otaga.acting chats
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At the May 26th awards ceremony that honored
this year's crop of visionary
filmmakers, Robbins and Seder were joined by two-time Academy Award
-winning
filmmaker Barbara Kopple, comedian and radio host Al Franken, social activist
and musician
Peter Yarrow ("Peter, Paul + Mary"), media policy reformist
Robert McChesney, filmmaker Rodney Evans
and New York State Assembly Member
Deborah Glick, all of whom presented awards.CanWest Expands Radio
Presence in New Zealand
television animation
m. The Fifth Annual Media That
Matters Film Festival awards ceremony and
reception was held at HBO's New York
screening room.deadlinethemovie.divination television
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Awards were presented
to:
Battleground Minnesota (8 min. I want to pay tribute to all of you [filmmakers] for
carrying
on this work.SV and CGS.awards horoscopes
ABOUT ARTS ENGINE, INC.canwestglobal.
television weblogs
, a nonprofit that
supports the
creation of documentary films that make a difference, today will premiere 16
documentary
films that were celebrated last week at an awards ceremony, which
featured actor/director/writer
Tim Robbins as a presenter and Air America
Radio's Sam Seder as its host. "Media that Matters is
about people making the
switch from apathy to action.divination horoscopes
We have the Internet
to distribute and to
find new material, new voices and new points of view --
points of view that have been thwarted or
kept back by a studio system that is
not very adventurous or daring. Henry and Andrea J.media employment
AWARDS
"Everything I have seen so far has been fascinating," said former
Minnesotan Al
Franken, who introduced Battleground Minnesota, the eight-minute
Jury Award-winning film that follows
a young African-American hip-hop artist
as he gets the low down on the political process from former
vice-president
Walter Mondale and other key political figures in the battleground state. "Netflix
is proud to be back in the Media
That Matters Film Festival because we share the vision that film
is not only
an amazing source of entertainment but also an essential vehicle for social
change
. CanWest is Canada's largest publisher of daily newspapers, and
also owns, operates and/or holds
substantial interests in conventional
television, out-of-home advertising, specialty cable channels
, web sites and
radio stations and networks in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the United
Kingdom
and Ireland.forums employment
and 9:30 p. In addition, all 16 festival films will begin
streaming online for one year
today on the Festival's website
(http://www. "We no longer
have to rely on major corporations
for things to be seen. I'm so happy to have World on Fire be
recognized as a motivator of that kind
of change.
(8:21 min) - Animation Kellogg Foundation and presented
Nickey
Robare, by Nicole de Beaufort, Kellogg
Director/Producer
Foundation consultant
Winner of the Media Reform
Award ($1,000) sponsored by
World on Fire (4:20 min) - Music
Utne Magazine and presented by Video by Sarah McLachlan
Judy Rudrud of Utne magazine Sophie Muller, Director
Winner of the Citizen Engagement
Laptop (0:30 min) - Public Award ($1,000
) sponsored by Green
Service Announcement Mountain Coffee Roasters
Larry
Frye, Director, Public Foundation and presented by
Interest, Producer
Michael Dupee of Green Mountion
Winner of the Digital Divide Coffee Roasters Foundation
Award presented by Sam Seder
The Luckiest Nut in the
World
A Girl Named Kai (8:00 min) - (8:00 min) - Musical
Experimental
Emily James, Director, Fulcrum
Kai Ling Xue, Director/Producer TV, Producer
Winner of the Lesbian, Gay, Winner of the Global Justice
Bisexual, Transgender
Rights Award ($1,000) sponsored by Oxfam
Award presented by Rodney America and
presented by Barbara
Evans, Director of "Brother to Fiorito, Board Chair of Oxfam
Brother" America
Bad Choices (3:00 min) - Youth Something
Other Than Other (7:05
Digital Story min) - Experimental
Aderian
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