Streaming! - Silverdocs Film Festival And Tribeca Film Institute Team Up For The “silverdocs Transmedia Lab”
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The Silverdocs Documentary Film Festival and Tribeca Film Institute have teamed up to present the first “Silverdocs Transmedia Lab” this Friday, June 24, 2011 in Silver Spring, Maryland. From the official press release:
AFI Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival and the Tribeca Film Institute announced today the co-presentation of “The Silverdocs Transmedia Lab,” a unique one-day event open to observers that will give six filmmakers the chance to develop the cross-platform, interactive elements of their projects with experienced mentors.
A private morning session will give filmmakers a chance to work closely with the mentors with a focus on taking their interactive projects to the next level and ready to pitch. The public afternoon sessions will consist of presentations from all the mentors followed by pitches from the filmmakers. The audience and the mentors will choose a winning pitch to be awarded $5,000. The presentations and pitches will also be streamed live at and the online audience will be included in the vote for the winning pitch.
The presentations and pitches will be streamed live, Friday, June 24, 2011, on TribecaFilmInstitute.org from 2-6pm EST, and the online audience will be able to vote for the winning pitch....