The Story Continues!

Mark your calendar and make travel plans to visit one of the greatest cities in the world! The 8th Annual Digital Storytelling Festival is coming to San Francisco, where the roots of digital storytelling began and the examination of the use of story, voice and narrative in a digital world continues.

Home to legendary icons such as fog, the Golden Gate Bridge, the San Francisco Giants, Fisherman’s Wharf and a vibrant downtown, San Francisco will provide an energetic, exciting and diverse urban setting for this years Festival.

DSF8 (2005) will mark an important milestone in the history of the Festival, by celebrating the tenth anniversary of it’s founding. Digital storytelling has gained significant recognition in the past ten years and the use of story continues to expand into many applications with positive results and powerful impact.

The Digital Storytelling Festival continues to place great importance on providing a rewarding and enjoyable experience to all who attend. The Festival will once again showcase the compelling projects, inspired art and innovative technology that define and lead the digital storytelling movement. The Festival program will be comprised of featured speakers, panel presentations as well as audience discussion opportunities and special evening presentations.

This year’s premier sponsor and host venue for is Public Broadcasting Flagship station KQED and the KQED Digital Storytelling Initiative. KQED is a leader in delivering quality programming and thought provoking information. KQED is a multi-media organization that delivers television, radio and internet content that makes people think, feel and explore new ideas. As part of the KQED’s Education Network, the KQED Digital Storytelling Initiative is a national leader in community created digital content.

The Festival will kick-off with registration and an exciting evening of presentations on Friday October 7 – so plan to be in town in time for the evening festivities. DSF8 will once again offer hands-on digital storytelling training in the optional registration Digital Storytelling Bootcamp Workshop. Two workshops are available this year, a pre-Festival workshop will take place October 5 – 7 and a post-Festival class is scheduled for October 10 – 12.

Please continue to visit the DSF8 website for updates as speakers, sponsors and events are added. We’re looking forward to another great event, to being inspired, educated and surrounded by a community that values story in their lives and work.

See you in San Francisco!

Denise Atchley
Co-Founder and Director
denise@dstory.com