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2016 ShortFest Archive
Short Films in the Age of Smartphones and Facebook
With hundreds of millions of hours of short form content being watched on YouTube and Facebook, there has never been a greater demand for short film and video. How does this change our understanding of what a "short film" is? Paying special attention to new developments in online video, including video essays, Facebook video, and smartphone viewing habits, our experts will cover the biggest challenges and the best new opportunities.
SATURDAY JUNE 25 | 11:45AM-1:00PM | Renaissance Hotel
Kevin B. Lee is Chief Video Essayist at Fandor. He has made over 300 video essays exploring film and media. His award-winning "Transformers: The Premake" was named one of the best documentaries of 2014 by Sight & Sound Magazine and played in several festivals including the Berlinale Film Festival Critics Week. He was supervising producer at Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies, and has written for The New York Times, Sight & Sound,Slate and Indiewire. Follow him on Twitter at @alsolikelife.