Christopher Coppola ”DigiVangelist” Brings PAH-FEST (Project Accessible Hollywood) to Chicago – Saturday, March 22 Through Sunday, March 30

Christopher Coppola, filmmaker, “DigiVangelist”, nephew of Francis Ford Coppola and the brother of Nicolas Cage is bringing PAH-FEST, his groundbreaking digital media festival to Chicago. PAH-FEST is a weeklong, free digital media festival that has been traveling to cities throughout the US and internationally. People from all walks of life, ages 9 – 99, with stories to tell, are provided with digital equipment and a professional “helping hand” enabling them to create their own short digital film. PAH-FEST: Chicago offers participants the opportunity to discover “the artist within us all,” and to provide entertaining, quality content to the general public. The finished work is posted on the www.pahnation.com online theatre, where the public and a pool of celebrity judges review it.

SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 11 am – 4 pm Millennium Park

Circus Vision Challenge: for children 14 and under – will be provided with a video enabled cell phone. Kids capture images portraying a list of concepts given to them at the start of the contest. 1st prize $500. Registration details www.pahnation.com

MONDAY, MARCH 24 – 30 – PAH-FEST: Chicago Headquarters – Columbia College 1104 So. Wabash 8th floor – Ludington Building – 312/344-6720.
CATEGORIES:

1) Mobiflicks: teams of four people submit their idea for a short, 6 minute film, through the form provided on the www.pahnation.com website. If chosen, we will provide cameras, a professional coach to help guide them, editing and scoring. They will work on their film during the week of 3/24 – 3/30. 1st Prize – $1,500.

2) DigiPortraits: Using a video enabled cell phone participants make a 2 minute or less short film portraying themselves or another individual. Cell phones are provided and help with editing and uploading is available. 1st prize $500.

3) Cell Phone Art: Using a video enabled cell phone participants make a 1 minute or less film – in one continuous shot – portraying a theme that will be given to them at the start of the contest. 1st prize $500

Coming from a storied Hollywood family, and having directed movies himself, Christopher has one foot in the studio filmmaking system and the other on the frontier of new media storytelling. Christopher calls himself the “Pirate” of the Coppola family because his main goal is to “bridge the gap between Hollywood and the heartland.” Believing that great productions – whether short films, cell phone art, or cell phone films – come from everyday people. He created PAH-FEST (Project Accessible Hollywood) to give voice to those individuals.

According to Mr. Coppola, “we are excited about PAH-FEST: Chicago because the Digital Arena is being used in a powerful way to share individual points of view and interpretations while at the same time bringing individuals closer together through the creative process. Chicago is a city of neighborhoods with individuals and stories in every area of the city and suburbs. Schedule of events are available by visiting www.pahnation.com. For questions, call (312) 344-6720 or email info {at} pahnation(.)com.

Contacts

The Eventors
Jane Canepa, 312-217-JANE (5263)
Eventors {at} aol(.)com
or
PAH Nation
Kate Langrall Folb, 323-645-4353
kate {at} pahnation(.)com