POSTED AT 8:06 AM May 24, 2007

Pixelodeon: online video fest June 9-10 in Los Angeles

The American Film Institute will host PIXELODEON on June 9 and 10, and the soon-to-be-annual video festival promises to recognize "innovation, inspiration, and community in global online video" with over "300 videos, four keynote speakers, two dozen curators, and several hundred people interested in independent media [getting] together in one weekend to celebrate the diversity and talent of online video content." Link, tickets are $60. (Thanks Zadi Diaz)

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