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MEDIA FILM

FESTIVAL

Q & A s e s s i o n l e d b y t h e d i r e c t o r a n d f o u n d e r o f N M F F , S u s a n J o h n s t o n . T h e f e s t i v a l w a s h e l d i n -
Q&A session led by the director and founder of NMFF, Susan Johnston. The festival was held in-
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It was challenging to keep track of the many luminaries in remarkable attendee was David Leon, an Emmy-
attendance, each bringing their unique flair and expertise nominated, multiple award- winning composer, and music
to the festival. Leonard Eckhause, a Grammy-winning supervisor at ABC Television. Nagin Cox, a systems
music producer and accomplished author. Eckhause's engineer and manager on multiple interplanetary robotic
film, If I Were A Pony, was nominated for Best Children’s missions for NASA/ JPL. At the end of the day, NMFF
Film. International jazz artist Irina Maleeva also graced the succeeds at bringing together diverse selections of media,
festival with her multifaceted talents. Another both from new and established talents. The festival
provided visibility to many emerging creatives to
showcase their work.
Their submissions were judged by a distinguished panel of
individuals from organizations like Marvel, HBO, ABC,
Emmys, Rolling Stone, Grammys, Simon & Schuster, BBC,
and BMI. Indeed, it is a celebration of the power of
storytelling and creativity — giving us a vision of what
storytelling could be like for the future.
PHOTOS AND REVIEW BY Jomel Fragante
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