”DigiVangelist” Christopher Coppola Brings His MiniPAH Digital Festival to the California HI-DESERT Friday, May 2 Through Sunday, May 4

Christopher Coppola, filmmaker, “DigiVangelist”, nephew of Francis Ford Coppola and the brother of Nicolas Cage is bringing MiniPAH, his groundbreaking digital media festival to the HI-DESERT.

PAH-FEST is a weeklong, free digital media festival that travels to cities throughout the US and internationally. MiniPAH is a scaled down version held over a weekend. 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. MiniPAH: HI-DESERT 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.

MiniPAH: HI-DESERT categories include 1) Cell Phone Art – a 1 minute or less video created on a video-enabled cell phone; 2) DigiPortraits – on a video-enabled cell phone, participants create a 2 minute portrait of themselves or another person; 3) Circus Vision Challenge – using a smart phone, children ages 14 and under, gather a list of visual ingredients at the same, specific location — they will shoot and edit a 90 second piece on the phone; and 4) Cellular Tone Poem – musicians, songwriters and composers shoot a 2 minute video to portray their original music.

The schedule of events will be as follows:
FRIDAY (May 2) and SATURDAY (May 3)
Cell Phone Art:
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM at Water Canyon Cafe (55844 29 Palms Highway, Yucca Valley)
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM at 29 Palms Inn (73950 Inn Avenue, 29 Palms)
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM at Red Arrow Gallery (61010 29 Palms Highway, Joshua Tree)

DigiPortraits:
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM at Water Canyon Cafe (55844 29 Palms Highway, Yucca Valley)
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM at 29 Palms Inn (73950 Inn Avenue, 29 Palms)
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM at Red Arrow Gallery (61010 29 Palms Highway, Joshua Tree)

Cellular Tone Poem:
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM at Water Canyon Cafe (55844 29 Palms Highway, Yucca Valley)
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM at 29 Palms Inn (73950 Inn Avenue, 29 Palms)
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM at Red Arrow Gallery (61010 29 Palms Highway, Joshua Tree)

SUNDAY, May 4
Circus Vision: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM at 29 Palms Inn (73950 Inn Avenue, 29 Palms)
Awards Ceremony: 7:00 PM at 29 Palms Inn (73950 Inn Avenue, 29 Palms)

MiniPAH: HI-DESERT tech crew will be available for help with editing and submitting all the pieces. The Circus Vision piece judged to interpret the list of visual ingredients the most uniquely and accurately, will win a $100 prize. Winners of the Cell Phone Art, DigiPortraits and Cellular Tone Poem contests will win $250 each. Participation is free and open to the public. All prizes will be awarded at the closing ceremony screening on Sunday, May 4, at 29 Palms Inn at 7:00pm.

Information is available at 323/645-4353 or by visiting www.pahnation.org.

Contacts

PAH Nation
Kate Langrall Folb, kate {at} pahnation(.)com
Moon Cho, moon {at} pahnation(.)com
323-645-4353