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The Humanitarian Media Foundation (HMF), which launched officially May 1, 2008, will be holding an Art/Photographic Exhibition at the 2008 HMF International Film/Media Festival & Conference in New York City December 10-14, 2008 in the Tribeca Cinemas http://www.tribecacinemas.com/gallery/.

Call for Entries begins May 28, 2008. (Deadline: August 1, 2008) $15,000 in Audience Awards. For further information, please see: http://www.humanitarianmedia.org

The 2008 HMF International Film/Media Festival & Conference will include:

1) A high-profile international, competitive film festival for international film, both narrative and documentary, in short and long forms, with sidebars representing specific humanitarian crises.

2) An Art/Photographic gallery opening and exhibition, from among internationally-known artists and photojournalists, both to explore critical humanitarian crises and subject matter, and to raise funds for the issues themselves.

3) A high-profile conference among international policy institutions, international journalists, news agencies, new media companies, representatives of social media and Web 2.0, filmmakers and documentarians, humanitarian NGO’s and aid agencies to better facilitate collaboration critical to humanitarian media exposure.

The Humanitarian Media Foundation (HMF), a non-partisan, non-sectarian 501©(3) entity in the United States, employs and multiple forms of media (film, television, journalism, photojournalism, new media, art, photography, music) to explore aspects of domestic and international humanitarian crises, issues and histories; raise awareness for humanitarian matters; encourage collaboration among media entities and international stakeholders; and facilitate change in areas where it is most needed.

Scope of Humanitarian Matters: Including, without limitation: refugee crises, medical relief, human rights, war, genocide, debt relief, cross-cultural and political conflict, other war crimes and international criminal tribunals, indigenous populations and conflicts within and without their communities, and humanitarian needs during natural disasters.

For further information, or should you have any questions, please contact pr@humanitarianmedia.org.