2024 43rd Season of the Thomas Edison Film Festival Program
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EDISON INNOVATION<br />
AWARD<br />
EDISON INNOVATION<br />
AWARD<br />
The <strong>Edison</strong> Innovation Award (EIA) is presented each year to a filmmaker<br />
who has a distinguished body <strong>of</strong> work that advances <strong>the</strong> mission and<br />
legacy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Thomas</strong> <strong>Edison</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong> and demonstrates significant<br />
recognition, past and present. The filmmaker recognized is also prominent<br />
in <strong>the</strong> community <strong>of</strong> independent filmmaker/artists and is recognized as<br />
a pioneer in new forms and innovations in filmmaking.<br />
<strong>2024</strong> EIA Recipient<br />
James Hollenbaugh<br />
Writer/Director/Producer<br />
James Hollenbaugh is a Pennsylvania-based<br />
filmmaker predominantly working in small<br />
gauge film formats. Focusing primarily in<br />
<strong>the</strong> documentary and experimental genres,<br />
his work has screened in all fifty states and<br />
fourteen different countries.<br />
Hollenbaugh’s films have been seen in<br />
art cinemas, universities, galleries, libraries,<br />
JAMES HOLLENBAUGH<br />
museums and festivals and have been<br />
programmed at Slamdance, The American Documentary <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>,<br />
Chicago Underground <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>, Anti Matter,<br />
Analogica, Maryland <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>, Experiments<br />
in Cinema, Alchemy <strong>Film</strong> and Moving Image<br />
<strong>Festival</strong>, Istanbul International Experimental<br />
<strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>, Revelation Perth International <strong>Film</strong><br />
<strong>Festival</strong>, Iowa City International Documentary<br />
<strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>, <strong>the</strong> Philadelphia International <strong>Film</strong><br />
<strong>Festival</strong>, and A<strong>the</strong>ns International <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Festival</strong>.<br />
<strong>2024</strong> Streaming & Touring Collection<br />
Jim has also lectured extensively and screened<br />
his films at colleges, universities, museums, and<br />
galleries including The National Gallery <strong>of</strong> Art,<br />
Echo Park <strong>Film</strong> Center, Anthology <strong>Film</strong> Archives,<br />
Rhode Island School <strong>of</strong> Design, Savannah College<br />
<strong>of</strong> Art and Design, University <strong>of</strong> Delaware, New<br />
Jersey City University, Emerson College, and<br />
NUTHOUSE DRAWINGS, JAMES<br />
HOLLENBAUGH<br />
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