Video game creator Lorne Lanning (Oddworld Series including Oddworld: ABE’S ODDYSEE), and director/filmmaker Spencer Halpin of the controversial violence in videogaming documentary Spencer Halpin's Moral Kombat, will be joining founder/director Susan Johnston for the 2nd Annual New Media Film Festival, to be held May 20-21, 2011. Showcasing the best in new media and featuring award-nominated and winning filmmakers from all over the world, the New Media Film Festival is dedicated to the creation, development, and distribution of new media content in all forms and across all platforms, honoring stories worth telling. 

With a decision forthcoming from The Supreme Court of the United States (Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association), SPENCER HALPIN’S MORAL KOMBAT is a timely and polarizing look at video games, containing interviews with experts on both sides of the matter:

Joseph Lieberman - Connecticut Senator and former Vice Presidential Candidate

Dean Takahashi - author and lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat

Dr. Henry Jenkins – Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts, a joint professorship at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and USC School of Cinematic Arts, formerly of MIT Media Lab

Lorne Lanning - OddMobb; Former Co-founder of Oddworld Inhabitants

Douglas Lowenstein - co-founder, former President of the Entertainment Software Association (previously IDSA)

Vince Broady - founder, Gamespot

Dr. David Walsh - President and founder of the National Institute on Media & the Family

Jack Thompson - activist and former Florida attorney

Marie Sylla - Vice President of Federal Government Relations at Verizon

Richard Oh - NPD Group