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FILMGATE MIAMI

FILMGATE MIAMI is a not-for-profit film organization that empowers actors, writers, and independent filmmakers in Florida. We strive to bring audiences and creators together through workshops, screenings, and educational events that benefit our community at large.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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SPHERES VR • Florida Premiere w/ creator Eliza McNitt + Darren Aronofsky • SPHERES • The high-concept CGI project also made waves when it was acquired by distribution venture CityLights in a deal valued in the low- to mid-seven figures at Sundance, billed as the world's first acquisition of a VR experience. Welcome new media artists & filmmakers to see where this new medium can take audiences. A warm Miami ☀️ welcome to Eliza. Exclusively at FILMGATE INTERACTIVE MEDIA FESTIVAL 2018 DEC 1st & 2nd Downtown Miami
OFFICIAL BEER 🍻 SPONSOR @bousa_brewing of FILMGATE INTERACTIVE MEDIA FESTIVAL 2018 • Join the largest gathering of Florida Actors & Filmmakers • End of the Year meetup! Cheers 🍻 NOV 30th 9:30pm • 7235 NE 4th Ave, Miami, FL 33138
LAST DAY! PRESALE VIP PASS! $150 ALL ACCESS • 19 remain • see you NOV 30th
15 DAYS AWAY!!! Just off the boulevard that drives you into the the heart of the Magic City sits a brilliant gem of a motel with stories waiting to be heard. We’re getting your room ready, and all you have to do is check in! Juggerknot Theatre Company is thrilled to announce the next edition of Miami Motel Stories in the historic MiMo District at The Gold Dust by Selina, written by resident playwright Juan C. Sanchez and directed by Mia Rovegno November 30 - December 23 The Gold Dust by @Selina, MiMo District 7700 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami Tickets available at www.miamimotelstories.com Three ticket types unlock different experiences at the Gold Dust Motel. The first floor allows you to come and go as you wish through the motel rooms. You'll meet and mingle with characters from the neighborhood, and get to the heart of Miami’s MiMo District in an experience through decades of its music, culture, history, and crime. The second floor is designed to be an intimate experience; you will enter these rooms, two/four at a time, for a close-up look at the people who lived or stayed in the hotel through time. FILMGATE @filmgate_interactive member base will be in attendance NOV 30th - enjoy the immersive experience! @juggerknotco @tanyabravo
🎶⭐️ Head of Audio, Music Production and Licensing music With Over 20 years in the industry, Adrian accolades ranger from having earned multiple Platinum awards and Latin Grammy nominations, endorsements from audio brands like Waves Audio and Phoenix Audio, to recording and/or mixing projects for artists and labels like CNCO, Ha*Ash, Roberto Carlos, Alex Sensation, Danny Ocean, Kany Garcia, Sony Music, Universal, and Warner. Adrian’s work has also branched into audio post for videos, movies and video game companies such as Paramount Pictures, SyFy Channel, NBC, Universal Pictures, E1 Entertainment, 2KGames, Ad Agencies like Leo Burnett, Alma, Deutch LA, The Axis, Edelman as well as composing music for brands like: Disney, Sprint, Toyota, BurgerKing to name a few.
⭐️Sally Reynolds is a Designer at global creative technology and VFX studio The Mill. ⭐️ As a multi-disciplinary artist with a rich design background, Sally’s portfolio of work spans experiential, MR, AR and traditional linear projects. Some of her most notable creative highlights include designing interactive filters and graphics for Facebook’s AR studio and Magic Leap’s newly released spacial computing headset. Her love for science and figurative art influence her work to be thoughtful, emotive and weave in a purposeful intention wherever possible.
Creative Director & Co-Owner, Campfire Entertainment, LLC 🔥 Steve Coulson is an Emmy-award winning creative visionary, who has spent over ten years creating immersive participatory programs that launch new products and entertainment franchises. He specializes in developing physical, digital and social experiences that unite passionate fans and inspire them to evangelism, helping propel his clients’ properties into mainstream success. A frequent collaborator with HBO, (True Blood, Game of Thrones, The Leftovers), his work on the Westworld immersive experience led to a Creative Arts Emmy in 2017. Steve has also partnered for some of the most successful entertainment and luxury brands, including USA Networks, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Harley-Davidson, Diageo, Infiniti and National Geographic. His Resistance Radio project for Amazon’s The Man In The High Castle won five Cannes Lions, two Grand Clios and was also Emmy nominated.
15 Days away! Enter the FILMGATE XR PORTAL • Enjoy over 41 sensory experience projects @ FILMGATE INTERACTIVE MEDIA FESTIVAL #06 - we are happy to be amongst all the #artbaselmiami #miamiartweek events. 19 VIP passes remain (designed for tech business leaders, video production company owners & artists of augmented & virtual reality) • TECH PLAYGROUND is FREE at the Downtown Media Center - a video & sound gear expo filled with free film workshops and Florida media businesses booths! Hope you enjoy!
⭐️PhD and MA in Communication, University of Southern California; BA in Physics, Haverford College.⭐️ 😱 •Benjamin Stokes is a civic media scholar and game designer. •He is an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication, and at the AU Game Lab. Previously, he co-founded Games for Change, the movement hub for advancing social change with games. At the MacArthur Foundation prior to academia, Benjamin was a program officer in their portfolio on Digital Media and Learning. Benjamin has also worked at the UC Berkeley School of Information as a postdoctoral scholar in data science. Design experience in civil society includes leading teams at NetAid/Mercy Corps in global citizenship education.
⭐️Hayoun Kwon (KR), born in 1981, is a multimedia artist and cofounder of Innerspace VR. ⭐️ •She graduated from the Fresnoy – Studio national des Arts contemporains and she lives and works in France and in Korea. Her film Lack of evidence (2011) and Village Model (2014) has been awarded several times and shown at a number of film festivals. •The reflection on identity and borders is central to her previous works. She has focused more specifically on the construction of historical and individual memory and their ambivalent relationship to reality and fiction.
⭐️Born in 1985, lives and works in Paris.⭐️ • Balthazar Auxietre is a graduate of Le Fresnoy studio national des arts contemporains, after a course in the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. Currently, he is creative director at Innerspace, a virtual reality studio he co-founded in 2014. Since, he has produced several narrative-driven experiences shipped with the launch of all major VR headsets. • Balthazar is one of the world’s most recognized creator in the field of VR and his piece Firebird: La Péri has received numerous awards for both innovation and artistic direction.
Executive Director of @filmgate_interactive & curator of FilmGate Interactive Media Festival 2018 Diliana Alexander finalizes new virtual reality & augmented reality additions to this years festival - see you Nov 30th in Downtown Miami ☀️ Florida
If you are interested in enhancing your media & new media related art & business we ☝🏼have something for you • FILMGATE VIP PASS the all-access $150 pass ends this Friday. FilmGate Interactive Media Festival 2018 DEC 1st & 2nd we spotlight the ways new technology is revolutionizing the media industry and its relationship with audiences. In other words be here & see how together we can make impactful journalism & sound storytelling happen. Hear it from the people & companies currently are setting the path. Welcome to Magic Leap, The New York Times, VICE media, The Washington Post, Vox , HP and more
A warm ☀️ Miami welcome to KEYNOTE SPEAKER ⭐️JOANNA POPPER OF HP VR • Joanna Popper is a Hollywood and Silicon Valley media executive. She recently became HP’s Global Head of Virtual Reality for Location Based Entertainment. Prior she was EVP of Media & Marketing at Singularity University and VP Marketing at NBCUniversal. Joanna developed a TV show partnership with NBC and Singularity University for a new TV series on technology and innovation. Joanna was selected as “50 👩🏼Women Can Change the World in Media and Entertainment,” “Top Women in Digital: Game Changers,” “101 Women Leading the VR Industry” and is on the Coalition for the Women in XR Fund. Our FilmGate members are thrilled to have Joanna as the KEYNOTE SPEAKER at FILMGATE DEC 2nd in Downtown Miami - Let’s connect!
NOV 30th FILMGATE KICKOFF EXPERIENCE EVENT! Featuring 👉🏼 Miami Motel Stories™ is an, real-time immersive theatre experience that takes place in developing neighborhoods, inside selected buildings. Here, writers will work, alongside developers, to tell the story of Miami’s past, present, and future, one room at a time. The work will reflect the undercurrent of history, both real and imagined, bringing artistry, responsible growth, and home-grown craft to Miami’s ever-quickening rush to develop. Get your FILMGATE VIP PASS! (Limit 30 passes remain)
⭐️Meet Armando Turco ⭐️ Armando Turco is the General Manager of Vox Creative at Vox Media. He leads the creative excellence, growth, and go-to-market strategy of the company's rapidly growing content businesses. Vox Creative is also home to the team that leads creative strategy and production for all of Vox Media’s advertising partners. Since joining Vox Media in January 2017, Armando has nearly doubled the Vox Creative team and launched its offshoot - The Explainer Studio. In the last year, they have successfully overseen the production of more than 75 campaigns for clients like Spotify, the NFL, Volvo, Capital One, Google and more. Armando has nearly 20 years experience in the advertising and marketing industry, working in an executive capacity at world-class agencies such as Redscout, BBH and McCann Erickson. He resides in NYC with his husband and his rescue mutt, Andre Johnson.❤️