Campus MovieFest

Infobox_Company
company_name = Campus MovieFest
company_
company_type = Film Festival produced by Ideas United, LLC
foundation = Atlanta, Georgia, USA (2001)
location_city = Atlanta, Georgia
location_country = USA
key_people = David Roemer, CEO
Dan Costa, President
Vijay Makar, Vice President of Marketing
industry = Film Festival, Motion Pictures
homepage = [http://www.campusmoviefest.com/ campusmoviefest.com]

Campus MovieFest (CMF) is the world's largest student film festival.Fact|date=November 2007 Created in 2001 by four Emory University students, and originally called iMovieFest, Campus MovieFest utilizes Apple Computer laptops, iMovie and Final Cut Pro to give college and university students with all levels of filmmaking experience the opportunity to create short films. The equipment is provided to students for free for one week to create a 5-minute film. [cite news|first=Haining|last=Yu|url=http://www.nique.net/issues/2006-01-20/focus/2|title=Campus MovieFest take "Five"|work=The Technique|date=2006-01-10|accessdate=2007-09-16]

History

The competition became Campus MovieFest in 2003 with the expansion of the program to Georgia Tech and now includes all the major Atlanta-area schools.

Campus MovieFest became a world-wide film festival with the addition of Scotland in 2003 at The University of St. Andrews. CMF expanded to Boston and Florida in spring 2005. San Francisco area was added in the fall of 2005 with a UC Berkeley partnership.

Participating Schools

The following schools have participated in Campus MovieFest:

Atlanta:

*Emory University (2001 - Present)
*Georgia Tech (2003 - Present)
*Oxford College (2003 - 2004)
*Clark Atlanta University (2004 - Present)
*Georgia State University (2004 - Present)
*Morehouse College (2004 - Present)
*Spelman College (2004 - Present)
*University of Georgia (2004 - Present)
*Art Institute of Atlanta (2008-Present)

Boston:

*Boston College (2005 - Present)
*Emerson College (2005 - Present)
*Northeastern University (2005 - Present)
*MIT (2005 - Present)
*Tufts University (2005 - Present)
*Boston University (2007 - Present)

Florida:

*University of Tampa (2005 - Present)
*Rollins College (2006 - Present)
*University of Central Florida (2007 - Present)
*Jacksonville University (2007 - Present)
*Stetson University (2008 - Present)
*University of South Florida (2008 - Present)

California - Bay Area:

*University of California - Berkeley (2005 - Present)
*San Jose State University (2006 - Present)
*Stanford University (2006 - Present)
*Santa Clara University (2006)
*Sonoma State University (2006 - Present)
*University of California, Davis (2007 - Present)
*University of the Pacific (2007 - Present)

New York City:

*Columbia University in the City of New York (2008 - Present)
*Fordham University (2008 - Present)
*New York University (2008 - Present)

Los Angeles:

*University of California, Los Angeles (2007 - Present)
*University of Southern California (2007 - Present)
*Whittier College (2007 - Present)
*Cal Poly Pomona (2007 - Present)

Scotland:

*University of St. Andrews (2003 - Present)

Partners

CMF has partnered with many companies over the years including Delta Air Lines (since 2004), [cite news|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/prnewswire/access/621145721.html?dids=621145721:621145721&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Apr+20%2C+2004&author=&pub=PR+Newswire&desc=Delta+Air+Lines+Honors+Campus+MovieFest+Winners+for+'Lifting+the+World'+Through+Film&pqatl=google|title=Delta Air Lines Honors Campus MovieFest Winners for 'Lifting the World' Through Film|publisher=PR Newswire|date=2004-04-20|accessdate=2007-11-11] and Coca-Cola (since 2006). Supporting partners have also included Atlanta radio station 99x, and The History Channel.

In the Fall of 2005, Virgin Mobile partnered with CMF for the University of California - Berkeley event and to encourage students to create 30-sec videos for their Chrismahanukwanzakah holiday.

In the Spring of 2006, The History Channel joined with CMF to bring the "History Lives!" category to CMF participants.

In the Fall of 2006, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) partnered up with CMF and continues to present the TCM Classic Short Film Award in which students are asked to re-imagine a classic.

In the Spring of 2007, Turner Broadcasting Systems (TBS) joined CMF and are currently presenting the TBS Very Funny Film Award.

In the Fall of 2007, AT&T became a Supporting Partner of Campus MovieFest.

References

External links

* [http://www.campusmoviefest.com Campus MovieFest]
* [http://www.myspace.com/cmf06 CMF on MySpace]