The Hollywood Film Festival® and the Hollywood Awards™ were created by New York Times bestselling authors and producers Carlos de Abreu and Janice de Abreu to discover emerging independent filmmakers and multimedia artists. Their mandate is to bridge the gap between the established entertainment industry and the global creative community. Their vision is to merge the existing mediums with the future technologies by recognizing achievement and innovation in a variety of filmmaking and storytelling disciplines that will drive Hollywood into the new millennium. The Hollywood Film Festival® and the Hollywood Awards™ are the first entertainment industry events to focus on all aspects of today's dramatic media revolution. INTRODUCTION From the days of silent films, to the evolution of broadcast media, to the creative innovation of computer-based media in our own time, Hollywood has been the one standard, the absolute leader in defining how entertainment is produced, created, and marketed. Today, Hollywood faces a new era of creative challenge and long-term growth. The personal computer is quickly evolving from a simple business machine, used to create and store information, to a full content delivery platform. As a direct result of these evolutionary changes, the Hollywood of the future will be dramatically different from that generated by the traditional mix of film, TV, literature, and the stage. New ideas, new means of communicating are being invented literally every month and the dynamics of this changing environment demands that Hollywood and the professionals who shape it be able to take full advantage of these changes. In the world of Hollywood's future, the next successful feature film may be based on a computer website or game as readily as any literary or stage property. Similarly, film and the broad bandwidth of television -- national network, syndication, and cable markets -- will shape offerings in emerging high technology media. The Hollywood Film Festival® is the first entertainment industry event to focus upon all aspects of this dramatic media evolution. Rather than confine attention to a single media art form, the Hollywood Discovery Awards® are designed to recognize professional achievement in the principal areas that will shape Hollywood's present and future. The Hollywood Discovery Awards® are where the future of Hollywood takes shape and the entertainment professionals of the next millennium are found. The Third Annual Hollywood Film Festival® August 4-9, 1999 The Hollywood Film Festival includes Screenings, the four-day Hollywood Film Conference(tm), the Hollywood Film Market(tm), and the Gala Awards ceremony. All Finalists in the Film Discovery Awards® will be part of the Festival screenings. The Festival will be Cybercast Live. Submit Entries Now! Festival Passes - Panel Discussions - Awards/Gala Events - Screenings HollywoodMart Exhibits - Ticket Information - Entry Guidelines [Sponsorship Opportunities] [Advertising] [Home Page] Sponsored By: