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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · 13h

**Contest is for Media Art Students ONLY… but ALL students are welcome to come trick or treating and get their photo taken!!**

#MediaArts #MediaArtsFutures #Halloween #CostumeContest #HalloweenContest #AMPD #YorkU #YorkUniversity #Mumphurd

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · 13h

First Top 3 winners get to choose from:
🏆$50 YU Bookstore Gift Card
🏆Life Series Desk Mat
🏆Free Large Photo Print/Poster from the Photo Lab

All Top 6 winners get a:
🎟️Free Pass for Late Gear Return Video

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · 13h

[REPOST] Halloween is almost here, and so is our Costume Contest!🎃👻

Come by on October 30th - 31st from 11AM-4PM!

Bring your scariest, funniest, and most creative look.. Because our judges and Mumphurd will be selecting the winners… Legend says Mumphurd’s judgement is ice cold..🐧❄️

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · 1d

*Admission is free, but registration is required*

Register HERE:
www.rhizomemind.com/festival-reg...

Volunteering Opportunities:
www.rhizomemind.com/festival-vol...

A Working Program:
www.rhizomemind.com/festival-pro...

#YorkUniversity #WesternFilmArtFestival #FilmFestival #Volunteer #Art

Registration | RhizomeMind

www.rhizomemind.com

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · 1d

Join us for three days of screenings and talks that explore emerging visions of AI, art, and environment — plus networking opportunities to connect with peers, creators and leaders across arts, culture, and scholarship.

Registration | RhizomeMind

www.rhizomemind.com

Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · 1d

Hey, Media Arts!
Registration is now open for the Western Film & Art Festival on Nov 7–9 @ McKellar Room, Western University!

@york-university.bsky.social
@westernu.ca

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · 6d

* Contest is for Media Art Students ONLY… but ALL students are welcome to come trick or treating and get their photo taken!! *

Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · 8d

Here’s one of our fun #GearWasLate piece by Parnian Farshhomayounzad!

Students are required to submit a creation of media for us to share it on our Social Media! Perhaps we can call it… #SocialShaming

#Comic #Art #Illustration #ComicArt #DigitalArt #MediaArts #YorkU #Whimsy #WhimsyTheAngryCloud

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · May 29

Cinespace Studios Toronto wins Studio of the Year at the 2025 Global Production Awards in Cannes! This prestigious award highlights is the studio’s partnership with YUMMS, our one-of-a-kind space at Cinespace that puts our students at the heart of the film and television world 🏆

#television #film

Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · May 29

#YUMMS #cannes #ampd #cinema #mediaarts #yorku #production #awards #filmmaking #directing #screenwriting #cinematography #cinespace #studio #film #television #indie #industry #community #connection #producing #toronto #canada #finals #York #University #media #arts #performance #design #video #award

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · May 21

We are excited to join Blue Sky Social so we can share our student's work. #media #arts #film #documentary #interactive #vr #cgi #installation #art

Join a community of students creating positive change. Working to build a more innovative, just and sustainable future.

ampd.yorku.ca/media-arts/

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · May 20

They’ve reached the finish line, and can’t wait to show off their hard work! Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard on their 4101 - Fourth Year Projects for 2024/25. Look for all the trailers to be posted here over the coming days.

#Graduate #University #School #film #interactive #artist

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · May 14

"Souvenir is a 3D animated short film inspired by Pixar that follows the story of Sammi and the wonders of imagination."

Media Arts 2024-2025 Fourth Year Project Trailers

#mediaartsfutures #ampd #capstone #fourthyearprojects #shortfilm #blenderanimation #blender #animatedfilm #robot #Short #film

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · May 14

"Singles Night is a visual novel in which you attend a singles night event! Mingle with some people that could potentially become the love of your life.... til death do us part, right?"

Media Arts 2024-2025 Fourth Year Project Trailers

#visualnovel #romance #singlesnight #theresatwist #renpy #game

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · May 14

"The Essence of Highschool is comprised of first person accounts detailing what "the essence of high school" is to them, and a #music #video speaking on the experiences we have in high school."

Media Arts 2024-2025 Fourth Year Project Trailers

#documentary #musicvideo #multimedia #highschool #teen

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · May 14

"To See and Be Seen is a 360 video experience in which the viewer is 'placed in a jar' and are taken to various locations across the world."

Media Arts 2024-2025 Fourth Year Project Trailers

#360video #jar #travel #360film #experimental #viewpoint #travel #world #adventure #explore #pov #art #ind

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · May 14

"Finding Wallace is a #PSX style game about your dog who gets lost on school grounds after bringing the pup for show and tell. Now you have to find him before a teacher does."

Media Arts 2024-2025 Fourth Year Project Trailers

#unrealengine #game #ue5 #dog #videogame #school #puppy #teacher #fun

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · May 14

"Visible Yet Unseen is a documentary discussing the unhoused crisis and it’s affect on big cities and small towns. It looks at accounts from real people struggling with homelessness, why and how it happens."

Media Arts 2024-2025 Fourth Year Project Trailers

#documentary #homelessness #advocacy

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · May 14

"Echo Lure is a horror short film touching on the terrifying consequences of exploration beyond the boundaries of reality. Scientists and military personnel uncover the horrifying truth."

Media Arts 2024-2025 Fourth Year Project Trailers

#unrealengine #unrealenginefilm #shortfilm #horror #mocap

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · May 13

"Spacedogs Kitchen Is a sci-fi-alien-cooking-radio show. Our crew aboard the Space Dog are scientists stranded without food. They must find out how to eat the aliens they study, and even how to cook."

Media Arts 2024-2025 Fourth Year Project Trailers

#podcast #space #cooking #aliens #radioshow

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · May 13

"A human knight and elven noble from feuding homes become unlikely travel companions, and eventually close friends, until the contents of a letter the knight is carrying are revealed."

Media Arts 2024-2025 Fourth Year Project Trailers

#shortfilm #goldenseal #fantasy #film #multimediafilm #ue5

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · May 13

"Step into an eerie, unsettling world. A psychological horror game where the line between reality and illusion begins to blur. Will you uncover the truth behind this strange reality, or will your inaction shape your fate?"

Media Arts 2024-2025 Fourth Year Project Trailers

#unrealengine #game #ue5

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · May 13

"Blinker is a short film about friends who get high together for the first time. Each high is unique as is what follows… it is a chaotic and overwhelming story for each of the three."

Media Arts 2024-2025 Fourth Year Project Trailers

#blinker #edibles #shortfilm #multimedia #cannabis #abstract

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · May 13

Project Link

player.stornaway.io/watch/0ed56b...

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Media Arts Futures @mediaarts.yorku.ca · May 13

The Moon Lily, an interactive animated film.

"The Moon Lily is an interactive fantasy film about a witch who has to save her brother from a curse, all while facing the grief of losing her mother."
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Media Arts 2024-2025 Fourth Year Project Trailers

#stornaway #interactivefilm #unrealengine

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