Welcome to Expressions ~ New Media Youth Festival

Highlights from 2008 festival: Expressions Festival welcomes Aven Fisher! Aven Fisher presents his award-winning films at Expressions Festival. Click image to enlarge. Check out the many animations made April 12th during a workshop with Aven. Herbert goes to the Imax. Click image to enlarge. Halifax film maker and artist Aven Fisher has had his films screened around the world and has won several international awards. His animated characters Herbert, the chameleon (seen above) and Bruno have touched the hearts of many - their stories told throuugh stop motion animation techniques. Aven presented his films to festival audience on Saturday, April 12th at 11:30am at Empire Theatres Studio 7.

"Youth Fest... " article by Joanne Jefferson, South Shore Arts Correspondant for the Chronicle Herald, March 14th [read article]

Mark your Calendar for
FEBRUARY 21st!

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 7th

The 2008 first annual festival was a great success! To check out the winners follow these llinks:

• Film winners
• Animation
• Video Game Design

Expressions is a showcase of film, video, animation and video games created by Nova Scotia youth.

EXPRESSIONS is pleased to announce that the Lunenburg County Film Series is the Official Sponsor for the Film and Animation Competitions

If you live in Nova Scotia and are under the age of 19, you can submit any original film or animation you have created (under 5 minutes in length) or any video game you have designed. Navigate to your area of interest for complete competition details and submission forms.

Along with the youth showcase the festival will feature a selection of films and videos games created for youth and family audiences. Many of these films and video games are produced on Nova Scotia's South Shore.

This event is youth driven with backing from sponsors that include Artech Studios, Empire Theatres Studio 7 and others in the community. On the planning committees are artists, authors, filmmakers and game designers - young and old. Have a look at our sponsors' and volunteers' pages to see how you can help support this event.