Roanoke Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church issued the following announcement on June 2.
Six sessions spread over six weeks yielded time for exposure to career possibilities for attendees.
The annual young adult film festival sponsored by the North American Division became an extended virtual experience through a six-session-long program on Gather.town, a customizable video-conferencing space that allowed for enhanced virtual interactivity among attendees. Sonscreen Film Festival 2021 took place every Friday, from April 2 to May 7, from 4-6 p.m. EDT, on the gamified platform that has been described as a combination of Zoom and the “Among US” video game.
Gather.town allowed participants to join the festival as avatars and interact with other attendees in a more natural manner with ability to “walk away” as well as have group and/or private conversations.
“In Spring 2020, Sonscreen led the way in being the division’s first event to quickly and fully transform into a virtual experience due to the pandemic. We built on the momentum from last year’s festival to pioneer another ‘first’ for the division — a uniquely interactive six-week event that allowed for intentional, seamless interactions between presenters and other filmmakers,” said Julio Muñoz, director of Sonscreen, and an associate director of NAD Communication. “We’re so proud of how it all came together.”
The Sonscreen “Metropolis,” or customized Gather.town virtual space, was created by Tanya Musgrave, Sonscreen operations manager and freelance filmmaker, who’d first explored the platform for her previous employer and was able to roll over the basic design for Sonscreen to give the festival a head start.
Musgrave and Rachel Scribner, a professional filmmaker, joined Muñoz; Kimberly Maran, an association director of NAD Communication; Mylon Medley, assistant director of NAD Communication; and Georgia Damsteegt, senior editorial assistant for NAD Communication, in organizing the extended Sonscreen experience.
“With Sonscreen, we’re always striving to have more representation of various life experiences both in our film selections and with the voices who are shaping the festival. This year, it was so refreshing to have five women on our planning committee who offered their highly skilled expertise and passions to make this program a success,” added Muñoz.
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Source: Roanoke Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church
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