The Humanitarian Media Foundation (HMF) Launches May 1, 2008, Announcing Its First Public Initiative

The Humanitarian Media Foundation (HMF) Launches May 1, 2008, Announcing Its First Public Initiative

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The Humanitarian Media Foundation (HMF), which launches officially May 1, 2008, has announced its first public initiative, The 2008 HMF International Film/Media Festival & Conference, which will be held in New York City December 10-14, 2008 at the Tribeca Cinemas, Gallery and Event spaces.

   The 2008 Festival & Conference will include the following components:    1) A high-profile international, competitive film festival for      international film, both narrative and documentary, in short and long      forms, with sidebars representing specific humanitarian crises.    2) Art/Photographic gallery openings and exhibitions, from among      internationally-known artists and photojournalists, both to explore      critical humanitarian crises and subject matter, and to raise funds for      the issues themselves.  Several key slots will also be open for a      competitive Call for Entries.    3) A high-profile conference among international policy institutions,      international journalists, news agencies, new media companies,      representatives of social media and Web 2.0, filmmakers and      documentarians, humanitarian NGO's and aid agencies to better      facilitate collaboration critical to humanitarian media exposure.    

Calls for Entries for the Film Festival and open slots for the Art/Photographic Exhibition, and a Call for Papers for the Conference portion, will begin June 1, 2008.

The HMF will also be instituting General Program and Emergency Media Grant Funds, as well as the HMF Film Fund, to help fund major narrative and documentary projects, starting in 2009.

Further information about the HMF and the 2008 Festival & Conference may be found on the HMF website: http://www.humanitarianmedia.org/.

Humanitarian Media Foundation (HMF), a non-partisan, non-sectarian 501(c)(3) entity in the United States, employs multiple forms of media (film, television, journalism, photojournalism, new media, art, photography, music) to explore aspects of domestic and international humanitarian crises, issues and histories; raise awareness for humanitarian matters; encourage collaboration among media entities and international stakeholders; and facilitate change in areas where it is most needed.

Scope of Humanitarian Matters: Including, without limitation: refugee crises, medical relief, human rights, war, genocide, debt relief, cross-cultural and political conflict, other war crimes and international criminal tribunals, indigenous populations and conflicts within and without their communities, and humanitarian needs during natural disasters.

For further information about the HMF, including interviews with the HMF Co-Founder/Board Chairman, please contact us at pr@humanitarianmedia.org.

   Contact:    Mary Morgan   646.390.8546 (NYC)   310.861.1335 (LA)   pr@humanitarianmedia.org    

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CONTACT: Mary Morgan of Humanitarian Media Foundation, +1-646-390-8546
(NYC), +1-310-861-1335 (LA), pr@humanitarianmedia.org

Web site: http://www.humanitarianmedia.org/

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