AmericaFree.TV First Annual Virtual Movie Festival Launches Today

Virtual Attendees can start voting for “People’s Choice” Award today as AmericaFree.TV reinvents the film festival.

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Quote start“AFTV’s goal is to use the most innovative technology – from telepresence meetings among judges to new live-streaming software – to bring filmmakers, audiences, and industry executives together online," Marshall Eubanks, CEO, AmericaFree.TVQuote end

Washington, DC (PRWEB) January 22, 2010

AmericaFree.TV, LLC (http://www.americafree.tv), a leading Internet streaming television and movie broadcaster with 10 million global viewers, officially launches a month-long virtual movie festival today at http://www.virtualmoviefest.com/movies. The AFTV Virtual Movie Festival features independent films across multiple genres and will be available to anyone who visits the Virtual Movie Festival website.

AFTV will award one $2,000 “Grand Prize” and will also award independent films with “People’s Choice” and “Best of Genre” in key contest categories. Viewers can nominate their favorite film for the AFTV “People’s Choice” award by emailing VOTE@AmericaFree.TV and including the title of their favorite film in the email’s subject line*. Viewers can also vote for their favorite film by texting the title of the film to 703-623-3834**.

The grand prize-winning filmmaker will also be invited to New York City, where their film will be featured at a special in-person screening of the Best of the AFTV Virtual Movie Festival at the Lyons Wier Gallery on February 24 from 7:00 p..m - 9:00 p.m. (co-sponsored by Digital Media Wire). Chuck Porter, chairman and co-founder of the Crispin, Porter + Bogusky ad agency, will act as Master of Ceremonies at the screening, introduce the best films from the festival, including the winner of the People’s Choice Award, and join AFTV founder Marshall Eubanks in awarding the $2,000 grand prize. Tickets are $10 and can be reserved by registering at RSVP@americafree.tv (tickets will also be available at the door).

“AFTV’s goal is to use the most innovative technology – from telepresence meetings among judges to new live-streaming software – to bring filmmakers, audiences, and industry executives together online,” noted Marshall Eubanks, AFTV Founder and CEO. “This is an opportunity for anyone with a computer to participate in an independent movie festival. It is truly the future of film festivals.”

To learn more about becoming a sponsor or attendee of the Virtual Movie Festival, please visit http://www.americafree.tv/AmericaFreeFilmFestival.html.

AmericaFree.TV (AFTV) broadcasts professionally-produced content on 20 channels that can be viewed over the Internet. To learn more about AFTV, visit the AmericaFree.tv site at http://www.AmericaFree.tv, or learn about AFTV’s virtual film festival at http://www.virtualmoviefestival.com.

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