EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Jamie Kellner, certify
that:

(1)  
          I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of ACME Communications, Inc.;

(2)  
          Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement
          of a material fact or omit to state a material fact     
          necessary to make the
          statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were
          made, not misleading with     
          respect to the period covered by this annual report;

(3)  
          Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
          included in this annual report, fairly present in all     
         material respects the
          financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as
          of, and for, the periods presented in          this annual report.

(4)  
          The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for
          establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as     
                   defined in
          Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and have:

|a. |  | designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material
               information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
               is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
               period in which this annual report is being prepared;
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|b. |  | evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and
               procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effective of
               the disclosure controls and procedures, as of December 31, 2003, based on such
               evaluation; and
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(5)  
          The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
          our most recent evaluation, to the registrants auditors and the     
                    audit committee of registrants
      board of directors:

|a. |  | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
          of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
          adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and
          report financial information; and
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|b. |  | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
               who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over
               financial reporting; and
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Date: March 12,
2003

/s/  Jamie Kellner
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board