Sustainability and eco-consciousness were not lost amidst the glitz and glamor of the 84th Academy Awards. Thanks to her Green Carpet Challenge (of which EMA is the U.S. partner), Livia Firth recruited several Oscar nominees to wear sustainable attire.

Join Jim Carrey, Eckhart Tolle, Marianne Williamson, Jean Houston, Barbara Marx Hubbard for the Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment Story Conference 9:00-5:00 PST and GATE2 6:30-11:00 PST New Entertainment and Media Values for a New World - A Celebration of Transformational Entertainment, Media and Arts.

The theme of GATE 2 is "Only a New Seed Will Yield a New Crop: New Entertainment and Media Values for a New World". The evening will be an exploration of what this new, emerging genre is all about, and an inspiration for attendees to become more involved in sharing the energies of their personal transformation with the world through their work.

Stay tuned for articles and live updates from Sundance.

Sundance Institute announced the films selected for the US and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The Sundance Film Festival takes place January 19-29 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. Robert Redford, Founder and President of Sundance Institute remarked, “We are, and always have been, a festival about the filmmakers. What are they doing? What are they saying? They are making statements about the changing world

The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced a trio of hosts for the December 2nd IDA Documentary Awards, representing the dizzying diversity of documentary filmmaking. Oscar®-nominated Josh Fox, our banjo-strumming guide through last year’s GASLAND and hailed by The New York Times as "one of the most adventurous impresarios of the New York avant-garde,” and Sundance veteran and Webby Awards founder Tiffany Shlain, one of Newsweek’s “Women Shaping the 21st Century,”

Its that time of year again when the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Documentaries Screening Committee select a shortlist of 15 feature length documentaries and that are eligible for consideration for nomination for an Oscar for Best Documentary. From this list of fifteen films, five will be selected as finalists by voting members of the Academy's Documentaries Branch for the Best Documentary Oscar.

Creating a Better World - An Inspired Event

Join us for a very special event that explores the world of E-lanthropy -- a place where art, storytelling, philanthropy, technology, science, social networking and more come together in new and exciting ways to make the world a better place. Learn from some of the most influential people in the industry.

Our Thought Provoking Evening Speakers and Panelists:

The Topanga Film Festival is dedicated to empower, inform and inter-connect all generations of storytellers who wish to pioneer a new era of global trans-format content. The Institute endeavors to promote culture, community, and collaboration through the creative process of storytelling. Since all good stories have an emotional and educational impact we thrive on providing outreach that inspires change.  This year's festival  runs Thursday 7/28 through Sunday 7/31.

Included in the festival's films is a panel by GATE - the Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment. Films include

Colin Firth, Oscar winner for Best Actor in the film "The Kings Speech" went eco-friendly on the red carpet at the Academy Awards Sunday night.  Firth and his wife Livia wore environmentally friendly clothing in an effort to raise awareness that you can look red carpet fabulous and be eco-conscious. Livia is the founder of a Fair Trade boutique called Eco Age in London.  She wore a gown made from old dresses and told Britain’s The Sun,

Entertainment Weekly looks at 12 Documentaries That Changed the World. A dozen nonfiction films with real world impact -- helping free a man (''The Thin Blue Line''), energizing debate on climate change (''An Inconvenient Truth''), altering diets (''Super Size Me''), and more