The What IFFF? Kids Film Camp is shaping up to be an outstanding opportunity for anyone 8-18 who is passionate about filmmaking. Rich Samuels, a three time Emmy Award winning director, will be leading the Advanced group of filmmakers through an intensive week of filmmaking with the final films submitted to be streamed on-line and competing for college scholarships.

It has been confirmed by our sponsor, Sole Technologies, Inc., the great company that creates Etnie, Emerica, Etnie Girls and other great action-sports brands, will loan out their internationally famous action-sports cinematographer, Mike Manzoori, for a special half-day with all of the film makers. This is the opportunity of a lifetime to have a face-to-face with one of the real legends of filmmaking. He will be leading the filmmaking team at the X-Games this year and is stopping to share with young filmmakers on his way there.

The Indian Stunt Team, responsible for all the cool horse stunts you see in great western films, will be spending a couple hours with the camp filmmakers, as well as the Fight Choreography Team whose work has been seen in Master and Commander, Hook, The Gladiator and many other major films.

The Make-Up Designery, MUD, is sending a team of special effects make-up artists to help the filmmakers working on a project and to demonstrate some of the latest techniques in make-up effects. Their work is world renowned and we are always delighted to host them at the What IFFF? Kids Film Camp.

Finally, this year we will offer kids some practical advice and help on licensing their films to some of the new distributors who are lookjing for films made by kids for the new media outlets. We will spend time helping the filmmakers copyright their work and package it to license.

The five day film camp is shaping up to be the best we have ever assembled. Space is limited so be sure to make your reservations as quickly as possible. Information is on-line at www.iffilmfest.org and all registration forms can be printed and faxed.

We are extending the deadline for a discounted registration to June 1, 2006. All submissions received by June 1, 2006 will receive a 15% discount.
Sole Technologies Joins What IFFF? Kids
What IFFF? Kids Film Festival and Film Camp is proud to welcvome a new sponsor. Putting their money and support where their mouth is, this leading manufacturer of footwear and clothing for skateboarding, BMX Biking, and other action sports has joined young filmmakers to lend their experience in action sportsa cinematography, much needed funds to support the program, and award certificates for the film and screenplay winners in their categories.

What IFFF? Kids extends a warm welcome to Sole Technologies, Inc. and encourages everyone to go on-line and check them out. they are a neat company, full of soul, who truly care about encouraging creativing in kids of all ages.

We all thank you for your generosity and hope this becomes a long term relationship helping young filmmakers grow and proisper in their craft.
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Say Hello to Digital Blue

Talk about a cool sponsor! Another first time sponsor to the What IFFF? Kids filmmaking program is Digital Blue. Whatever you are doing go immediately to their website and CHECK THEM OUT. To help insure that all young filmmakers had their hands on a camera, Digital Blue donated cameras, editing software, microphones, animation stations and mix master music mixing boards to the program. Thanks to their generosity- every kid in the film camps and in the school programs will shoot film, mix their own music and edit their own film. This is really filmmaking- not just kids acting for a camera being held by an adult who will then edit the film and give each kid a copy. No! This is real! Kids will write, shoot, edit and score for themselves- finally, telling their own stories their way. Every young filmmaker owes a big thank you to this company.

Check them out on-line at www.playdigitalblue.com. And don’t be fooled- these cameras and equipment may look like toys but they are serious tools for beginning filmmakers.

So- a BIG Thank You- to Digital Blue. They are an awesome company- buy their products and support them. We want them to grow and prosper- they care about kids and creativity and they speak our language.
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All 8-18 year-old filmmakers- Get Your Films and Screenplays Submitted by June 1, 2006.

Reserve your space for the Film Camp by June 1, 2006 and SAVE 15 %.

If you have a potential sponsor that you think would be interested in this great world of independent filmmaking for all ages please have them contact Suzanne@actsofcreation.com or let Suzanne know and she will give them a call herself.