The JOSIAH MEDIA FESTIVAL was founded in 2007 to honor Josiah Miles Neundorf, a talented and prolific media artist from San Antonio who passed away in 2006 from bone cancer. In tribute to their son, Marcus and Nancy Neundorf with URBAN-15 created this unique event.  No one could’ve imagined that a simple idea to honor their son Josiah’s work, would evolve and inspire an internationally recognized film festival.

Now in its 14th consecutive year, young filmmakers from around the world are currently submitting their entries to our 2020 festival. In the meantime--as the world endures physical distancing in an effort to flatten the curve without going stir-crazy--URBAN-15 screens the Best of the Josiah Media Festival all throughout the month of May.

The three placing films from four categories–narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation– will screen every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday from 12pm-2pm CST and again from 8pm-10pm CST. The first week of the month was dedicated to the Best of The Josiah Media Festival of 2016. With much success from the first screening, the week of May 12th-16th will entail the best of JMF 2017. The third week of May, will be dedicated to JMF 2018, and the last week of the month will focus on JMF 2019. All screenings are free and take place online at urban15.org/live-stream.
Featured filmmakers include:

Carol Nguyen- Toronto, Canada
Cecile Elmholt Skou- Hvidovre, Denmark
Anne-Marie Bjerre Koch- Hvidovre, Denmark
Kiersten Wilkins- San Antonio, TX, USA
Abhijit Pastro- Rourkela, India
Max Michel Thillaye- Berlin, Germany
Vivek Jain- Indore, India
Brynne McGregor- Cincinatti, OH, USA
Hannah Kim- Valencia, CA, USA
Mel Wong- London, UK
Dennis Sungmin- Seoul, South Korea

For more information, contact URBAN-15 by email events@urban15.org or josiahfestival@urban15.org