Digital Storytelling Fest moves to SF

Details of the 8th Annual Digital Storytelling Festival were released tonight. Instead of its usual locale in Sedona, AZ, it's moving to the broadcast studios of KQED in San Francisco on October 7 - 9, 2005. The festival is an annual event where the digital storytelling community gathers to examine compelling projects, to share information and ideas that inspire, invigorate and create a thoughtful dialogue around digital storytelling.

Digital storytelling -- the use of digital technology to create media-rich stories that impart meaning -- has been successfully implemented in the areas of education and training, community building, personal and legacy storytelling, business and entertainment as well as art and creative design. The boundaries of digital storytelling continue to expand, now with the use of hand held devices, such as PDAs and cell phones for situated story purposes.

The Bay Area is one of the most active areas for digital storytelling, and many consider it to be the birthplace of the movement.

Prices:
$350 Festival Registration (Evening of Oct. 7 to Oct. 9)
$200 Festival Registration for students
$725 Digital Storytelling Bootcamp Workshop and Festival. Pre-Festival workshop is Oct. 5-7, Post-Festival workshop is Oct. 10-12.

For more info: dstory.com.