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In addition, all 16 festival films will begin
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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
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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."
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. We are very
excited to be able to offer this new resource for our users.

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an amazing source of entertainment but also an essential vehicle for social
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"Arts Engine and the Media That Matters Film Festival in particular work
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individuals.
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Fifth Annual Media that Matters Film Festival Celebrates Cinema and Social Activism

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. The Fifth Annual Media That
Matters Film Festival awards ceremony and reception was held at HBO's New York
screening room.
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.
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 combined to serve more than 20 million unique visitors in
January 2006.

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The Jury Award was sponsored by Netflix and presented by Ted Sarandos, the
company's chief content officer.

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(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
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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 Fair, Director, Natasha Jerry A. 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
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"Independent media of all kinds, especially films that address social
issues have been reaching larger audiences and growing in impact. 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.

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respected authors in their field, which makes Columbia Encyclopedia an
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, 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.
The premiere screenings will be held today at BAMcinematek in Brooklyn at
7 p. Tickets to the premiere screenings are $10 each and are
available at the BAM Box Office (718) 636-4100 or through
http://www.) 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.K. Board sponsored by Frank Marshall and
presented by Peter Yarrow of
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"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.

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This work is paying off as evidenced by the organization's success
promoting the films in last year's festival."
Sarah McLachlan sent a speech to the awards ceremony commenting on the
importance of social change.

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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
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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. I want to pay tribute to all of you [filmmakers] for
carrying on this work . The Word of the Day Mailing List has more than 845,000
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the Youth Media Distribution initiative (http://www.org) and documentary
films such as Deadline (http://www.com).

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"It's an exciting time. I'm so happy to have World on Fire be
recognized as a motivator of that kind of change.

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"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.com and Reference.

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NEW YORK , The Fifth Annual Media That Matters Film
Festival, produced by 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. Henry and Andrea J.

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