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UCF SHows up big at BROUHAHA!

6 UCF FILM'S HAVE BEEN SELECTED

TO PLAY IN THIS YEAR'S FLORIDA

FILM FESTIVAL'S BROUHAHA FILM

& VIDEO SHOWCASE!

PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND AND FESTIVAL (ONLY $5 PER

PROGRAM) AND SUPPORT YOUR FELLOW FILMMAKERS. MANY OF

THESE FILMS WILL GO ON TO SCREEN AT THE 2010 FLORIDA FILM

FESTIVAL.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE FILMMAKERS FOR THEIR

ACHIEVEMENTS:

The Brouhaha Film & Video Showcase will be held at

The Enzian Theater and Eden Bar

1300 South Orlando Avenue Maitland, FL 32751

Info Line: (407) 629-0054

December 5th and 6th, 2009

For specific dates and times please see Program

details below:

Saturday, December 5th

Program # 1 – 11:00am - 90 min

Making Movies (3 min, Rollins, comedy)

The Drifter (10 ! min, FilmSlam/UCF, drama)

Air Heart (8 ! min, UCF, drama)

Space Town, USA (8 min, doc)

Murder For a Dime (14 min, FSU, western)

Dim Sum (2 ! min, Ringling, animation)

Oxygen (2 ! min, Ringling, animation)

Anchored (3 min, Ringling, animation)

Little Girl Hiding in Red Hoody (6 min, Dr. Phillips, drama)

Drift (15 min, FSU, drama)

World on Fire (3 ! min, FilmSlam, music video)

Coffee and Pie (13 min, FilmSlam, comedy)

Program # 2 - 1:30pm - 89 min

The Exposition Report (10 min, UCF, comedy)

Cinq (5 ! min, USF, drama)

Covenant House (7 min, Full Sail, doc)

A Dream Within a Dream (2 min, Dr. Phillips, drama)

“Digital Art @ Stetson” (18 ! min, Stetson, comedy/experimental)

Cadillac 59 (2 min, Ringling, animation)

Hit and Run (3 ! min, Ringling, animation)

This Side Up (2 ! min, Ringling, animation)

Maddy and the Butterfly (3 min, drama)

March 31 (11 min, UCF, drama)

One for Words (3 min, FilmSlam, comedy)

Head in Hands (3 min, FilmSlam, music video)

Lighthouse (17 ! min, FSU, drama)

Sunday, December 6th

Program # 3 - 11:00am- 90 min

Two in the Bush (9 min, FilmSlam, comedy)

Threshold (15 min, Rollins, drama)

Gone to the Moon (6 min, UCF, drama)

Keep Your Head Up (2 ! min, Dr. Phillips, music video)

The New Soul (10 ! min, FSU, doc)

Gretel & Hanzel (2 ! min, Ringling, animation)

Heavenly Appeals (2 ! min, Ringling, animation)

Frank-n-Brains (2 ! min, Ringling, animation)

The Darndest Things (17 ! min, FilmSlam/Univ. of Miami, comedy)

Get Known (7 min, FSU, doc)

Shattered (15 min, Full Sail, drama)

Program # 4 - 1:30pm - 86 min

Picture Day (17 ! min, FSU, comedy)

Key West: When Paradise Was Ours (8 min, doc)

Heartbreak Alley (3 ! min, UCF, music video)

The Cost (15 ! min, Full Sail, drama)

Wild Dogs (2 ! min, Ringling, animation)

Nuri (2 min, Ringling, animation)

Monster (2 ! min, Ringling, animation)

2:22 (8 ! min, FilmSlam, horror)

Confession (2 min, drama)

Singularity (6 min, FSU, sci-fi)

Happy Birthday Jesus (4 ! min, FilmSlam, comedy)

Suspensions (13 min, FSU, doc)

Posted at 9:30 AM, Friday, November 20, 2009 by Tom Hurter 0 comments

Film Scoring!!!

The Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program is now accepting

submissions of student made films for free original scores.

For the last 12 years the students of the PNWFS program have composed

and recorded original scores for films submitted by student film

makers from film programs all across the US. To date the program has

supplied original scores to over 100 student films in all genres -

rock, jazz, classical, ethnic, etc. - and with a wide variety of

instrumentation/ensembles/orchestras as large as 52 musicians. We

have scored animated, live action and documentary films from many

schools including Bellevue Community College, University of

Washington, Seattle Film Institute, Savannah College of Art and

Design, The Brooks Institute, Chapman University, Seattle Central

Community College, Evergreen State College, the NW Film Center in

Portland, Vanarts (Vancouver) and Eastern Washington University.

This service is offered for free to student film makers - it is the

final step in the education of the students of the PNWFS program - to

use the skills that they have learned during a 2 year educational

program and apply them to an actual film. The music is licensed to

the film makers free of charge for use within their films in any and

all media and for promotional use (trailers, etc.) in connection to

those films. The music remains the property of the composers and the

PNWFS program.

WE DO NOT ACCEPT ANY PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIONS - the submitted films

must have been made as part of an educational program.

If you have a completed film (locked by the time you submit it to us)

and are interested in submitting your film for consideration. Please

get in touch with me and I can send you submission instructions. Our

schedule is that submissions received by the middle of January, 2010

(and accepted by the program) will be scored in a recording session

in late spring/early summer. You will work directly with the film

composers and have creative control of the process - the student

composers will be working under the supervision of PNWFS faculty.

For additional details about the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring

Program and to hear samples of some previous student's scores, please

visit our website at:

http://www.pnwfilmmusic.com

Please circulate this e-mail to any student film makers that you know

who may be interested in this unique opportunity.

Thanks -

Hummie Mann

Film Composer/PNWFS Program Creator

Tim Huling

Film Composer/PNWFS Lead Instructor

206/230-0222

800/546-8611

www.pnwfilmmusic.com

www.hummiemann.com

Posted at 2:57 PM, Wednesday, November 18, 2009 by Tom Hurter 0 comments

UCF/UCLA SUMMER INTERNSHIPS

The University of Central Florida Summer Internship Program at UCLA offers students the unique opportunity to work six weeks in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles from June 2010 to August 2010.

Ø Students will be housed on the campus of the UCLA, conveniently located in the center of the campus and within walking distance of Westwood Village.

Ø Package plans for room and meal rates include triple air-conditioned rooms with shared bath and two meals a day (breakfast and dinner). All rooms come equipped with alarm clocks, cable television, maid service, telephones, and internet access. Students enjoy all the amenities of the UCLA campus.

Ø All internships are 6-8 credit hours – this requires a 40-hour work week.

Ø For additional information please contact:

Prof. Jones: 407-823-3309 or: rsjones@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu

$3000 includes room & board for 6 weeks plus air fare.

Tuition must be paid directly to UCLA.

OPEN TO ANY UCF JUNIOR OR SENIOR

OR MATURE OLDER STUDENT

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Visiting Artist!

Film Producer MICHAEL HAUSMAN

(Recount, Taking Woodstock, Brokeback Mountain, All the King’s Men,Goya’s Ghost, Gangs of New York, Amadeus, Places in the Heart, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and more!)

Michael is coming to town this week and will be doing his annual one-on-one meetings with students. You can schedule time to have a consultation with Mr. Hausman by coming to the Film Office and signing up for a half hour time slot. Times are available for both Thursday or Friday OF THIS WEEK. Meetings will be held in the Capstone editing suites. You can show him a film, or use the time to discuss other areas of interest.

Mr. Hausman will also be leading an evening event at 7 pm on Thursday (Nov 12) in COMM 145, with highlights from his latest project, GREEN HORNET, due to be released December 22, and starring Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Chrtoph Waltz, and Edward Furlong.

Posted at 11:56 AM, Monday, November 09, 2009 by Tom Hurter 0 comments

Angry Filmmaker Visits UCF!

Angry Filmmaker Visits UCF

Kelley Baker, aka "The Angry Filmmaker" made UCF a stop on his national tour for the first time this week, speaking to Rich Grula's sound design class and Dr. Mills' graduate seminar. Baker holds a BA and MFA from USC and has directed several independent feature films and documentaries. He was the sound designer on six of Gus Van Sant’s feature films including, MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO, GOOD WILL HUNTING, and FINDING FORRESTER. He also designed the sound on Todd Haynes feature film, FAR FROM HEAVEN.

Baker warned students against going into debt to make their films and offered advice on how to get people to work for free. "Be nice, be respectful, and feed them well," he told MFA students Wednesday night. "Build relationships. It's one of the most important things you can do."

"Baker was exactly the kind of energetic and inspirational cheerleader of this paradigm that grad students have wanted to hear," said MFA student Andrew Gay.

Baker tours universities and high schools every fall, living out of his van with his chocolate lab Moses. For more information, go to www. angryfilmmaker.com.

Posted at 8:51 AM, Thursday, November 05, 2009 by Tom Hurter 0 comments

GREAT OPPORTUNITY!!!

GLOBAL 5 COMMUNICATIONS is seeking experienced, well-trained videographer/editor with current equipment to work from my Altamonte Spring office, shooting and editing network quality video news releases, Web promos, training and corporate videos.

The right candidate will receive free office suite, use of in-house green screen studio and conference room, and on-going monthly production work. This opportunity is reserved for business minded professionals who are seeking a long-term, stable environment in class-A office space to build their own business while producing exceptional work for our existing clients.

Contact:

Mary Hamill

President & CEO

GLOBAL 5 COMMUNICATIONS

2180 West State Road 434, Suite 1150

Longwood, FL 32779

marykhamill@global-5.com

407.571.6761

Posted at 12:23 PM, Wednesday, November 04, 2009 by Tom Hurter 0 comments

UCF Associate Professor Chris Harris’ film SUNSHINE STATE (EXTENDED FORCAST) to screen at renowned Leeds Fest.

UCF Associate Professor and world-renowned experimental film artist Christopher Harris does it again! Harris’ films have screened at festivals all over the world and this November, he will grab another noted laurel. Harris’ film SUNSHINE STATE (EXTENDED FORCAST) has been officially selected to screen at the 23^rd annual Leeds International Film Festival in the United Kingdom. Harris film will falls under a selection entitled "Cherry Kino Shorts: Cameraless Films! (Revolting Bodies)" and will screen on Tuesday 17th November at 5pm in the Hyde Park Picture House.

Christopher Harris’ awards winning experimental films have explored post-industrial urban landscapes, black outlaws, the cosmic consequences of the sun’s collapse and a child’s nightlight. His work has screened at festivals, museums and cinematheques throughout the United States and Europe including the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the VIENNALE-Vienna International Film Festival, the San Francisco Cinematheque and Rencontres Internationales Paris among others.

In 2009 Harris founded Sunspot Cinema, a unique group dedicated to bringing experimental film to the central Florida area. Sunspot Cinema collaborates with UCF Film to host visiting artists and present experimental film screenings in the Orlando area.

Fort more information on UCF FILM events, screenings and visiting artists visit www.ucffilm.blogspot.com

For more information on Leeds International Film Festival visit www.leedsfilm.com

For More information on Sunspot Cinema visit http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=154178737952

Posted at 2:44 PM, Monday, November 02, 2009 by Tom Hurter 0 comments

Experimental Film Artist Roger Beebe preforming at UCF!

Experimental Film Special Event
Hosted by UCF Film/Sunspot Cinema

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Please share with students, family, friends and colleagues.....

Renowned experimental filmmaker ROGER BEEBE, whose films have shown around the globe, is presenting his program of multi-projector films as apart of a 6-week US tour. Beebe explores the possibilities of using multiple projectors--running as many as 8 projectors simultaneously.

WHEN: Friday, October 30, 7:00 PM

WHERE: UCF Main Campus - Communications Building, Room 181-A - The Film Sound Stage (#75 on the attached map)

PARKING: Free in Garage H (#78 on the attached map)

For more information, please join the Facebook group "Sunspot Cinema"
and visit
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/rogerbb/films/fall09tour.pdf

Posted at 10:56 AM, Wednesday, October 28, 2009 by Tom Hurter 0 comments

Halloween!!!!!!!

Hey everyone!

Check out a number of cool events Enzian is hosting this spooky season. UCF student discounts are available on most events at Enzian and if you haven't been to the new Eden Bar you have to check it out!

Posted at 10:06 AM, Thursday, October 22, 2009 by Tom Hurter 0 comments

Toronto International Film Festival Talk-Back and Horror Film Discussion

Great opportunity for undergrads and MFAs!

The Toronto International Film Festival ranks among the most prestigious

international film festivals in the world. For ten days, film lovers,

filmmakers, industry professionals and media watch the best in new

cinema from established masters and new talent. This September, Chris

Blanc, GM for Enzian and the Florida Film Festival spent a week at TiFF

navigating his way through over 30 films, its forums, panels, and

parties on very little sleep. Chris will be present before Enzian's

Movie Club discussion on Horror Movies to discuss his experience at TiFF

2009. Chris will also take questions and give advice to film students

and indie filmmakers interested in learning more about submitting to and

exhibiting at film festivals.

Thursday, October 29 at 6:30

Eden Bar at Enzian Theater

For more information, visit Enzian.org

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Experience NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD on 16mm and FREE Horror Classics

Guys, this one is a classic! Definitely check it out if you've never seen this movie.

Halloween weekend, Enzian will screen a compilation of classic horror

films that defined the genre, outdoors at Eden Bar for FREE. Then,

don't miss two midnight 16mm screenings of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD on

the big screen.

Outdoor Screening Schedule:

FRI Oct. 30 - THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1920) - 7PM

THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA (1973) - 8:30PM

HOSUE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959) - 10PM

SAT Oct. 31 - NOSFERATU (1922) - 7PM

CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962) - 8:30PM

DRACULA (1931) - 10PM

For more information or to purchase tickets to NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD,

visit Enzian.org.

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Coen Brother's A SERIOUS MAN Opens Friday Exclusively at Enzian

Guys, check this film out. It's supposed to be great!

The latest from Academy Award-winning writer/directors Joel and Ethan

Coen, A Serious Man opens Enzian exclusively this Friday, October 23.

Imaginatively exploring questions of faith, familial responsibility,

delinquent behavior, dental phenomena, academia, mortality, and Judaism

- and intersections thereof - A SERIOUS MAN is the story of an ordinary

man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on

the radio and F-Troop is on TV.

Take advantage of your UCF student discount on tickets.

To view the trailer or to purchase tickets, visit Enzian.org

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Great American Directors Marathon!

The UCF Film Club and

Cinemateque present the first

semi-annual Great

American Directors Marathon, a

weekend-long retrospective of

the classic films of

legendary filmmakers.

The purpose of the event

is to introduce

students to great films and

filmmakers that have

influenced and inspired

contemporary filmmakers

all over the

world, and in doing so inform and inspire their own work as filmmakers. The inaugural marathon

will focus on the

films of extraordinary master

storyteller and craftsman William

Wyler, the most Academy

Award-honored director in history, whose monumental films covered a variety of genres and have endured as film classics to this day.

The event will take place Friday/Saturday/Sunday -- October 23/24/25 -- in Comm 145. Come for as many films as you want. Learn and enjoy. There will be food, camaraderie and a series of great movies. Following is a schedule and brief description of each film in the marathon:

FRIDAY 10/23

7:00 PM -- DIRECTED BY WILLIAM WYLER -- A. Scott Berg and Aviva Slesin's acclaimed one-hour documentary introducing the man and his films, including interviews with those who worked with him

8:00 PM -- THE BIG COUNTRY (1958, 167 minutes) (Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Burl Ives) One of the all-time great westerns, this epic Academy Award-winning saga of power and greed on the frontier is a film classic.

The film will be

introduced by UCF Film

Chair Steve

Schlow

SATURDAY

10/24

12:00 NOON

-- THE HEIRESS (1949, 116 minutes) (Montgomery Clift, Olivia DeHavilland, Ralph Richardson) Based on the great Henry James novel Washington Square, this powerful drama of twisted love was nominated for 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Director, and won 4.

2:30 PM -- ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953, 118 minutes) (Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn) Audrey Hepburn made her film debut and won an Oscar in this charming, beloved romantic comedy classic nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.

5:00 PM -- THE COLLECTOR (1965, 119 minutes) (Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar) This chilling, electrifying thriller about obsessive love was nominated for 3 Academy Awards, including Best Actress and Best Director.

7:00 PM -- complimentary food for those attending both the preceding and following

films

8:00 PM -- THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946, 168 minutes) (Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews) Winner of 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, this epic American saga of soldiers returning home from WW2 and adjusting to civilian life while haunted by their war experiences is a landmark film and an unforgettable motion picture masterpiece.

SUNDAY 10/25

2:00 PM -- BEN-HUR (1959, 212 minutes) (Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith) One of the great epic films of all time, this classic spectacle of ancient Rome, sea battles and chariot races won a record 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director.

6:00 PM -- THE LETTER (1940, 95 minutes) (Bette Davis) This spellbinding film noir mystery about sex, murder and blackmail stars Bette Davis in one of her greatest roles and was

nominated for 7

Academy Awards,

including Best Picture, Best Actress and Best

Director.

7:30 PM -- complimentary food for those attending both the preceding and following films

8:30 PM -- FUNNY GIRL (1968, 155 minutes) (Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif) Barbra Streisand made her legendary film debut and won an Oscar in Wyler's great musical comedy romance. Nominated for 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture, this gloriously entertaining masterwork is a triumphant end to Wyler's career and our first marathon

Posted at 12:21 PM, Thursday, October 15, 2009 by Tom Hurter 0 comments

Student Cinematheque Screening!

Wong Kar-wai Trilogy

OCT 10

This Saturday, October 10th, The Student Cinematheque will hold our first weekend event of the year: a screening of Wong Kar Wai's Trilogy which includes Days of Being Wild, In the Mood for Love, and 2046. Seen together, these films ambitiously map the emotional terrain of Hong Kong in the past, present and future with love, deception, desire, politics and decorum.

The event will start at 3:00pm in Communications Building 145.

A meal will be provided for a small fee.

Posted at 10:30 AM, Thursday, October 08, 2009 by Tom Hurter 0 comments

UCF MFA Grad Screening

KEITH MORRIS' GUTTER KING to SCREEN October 22 at the PLAZA CINEMA

Thursday night, OCTOBER 22ND, 7:30pm and 9:30pm the PLAZA CINEMA downtown is

rolling out the red carpet for a huge bash and 2 back-to-back screenings of

GUTTER KING (and Driving the Dead)! One night only-- in the beautiful Theater 7.

Tickets are $10 pre-sold online at gutterking.tv beginning Friday, Oct 9, at 6 pm when they go on sale.

Let's support Keith and the culmination of his graduate work!

Posted at 11:54 AM, Monday, October 05, 2009 by Tom Hurter 0 comments

FILM CONTEST

FILM CONTEST!

World Food Programme, Washington D.C

The contest is a joint project by the World Food Program and YouTube, and

the videos be showcased on our website and YouTube pages, which both have

international reach. The winners will be chosen by a panel of celebrity

judges - so this is also a great opportunity for students to have their

work seen by major players in the industry. Last year's judges included

leaders in film, web and humanitarian aid, including Edward Zwick, Director

of “Blood Diamond” and “The Last Samurai,” Oscar-winning producer Cathy

Schulman (“Crash,” “Darfur Now,” “The Illusionist”) and Steve Grove, head

of YouTube News and Politics. The winners were sent to Ethiopia to see a

project first hand and film with WFP.

We are looking for 30-60 sec spots that highlight the issue of hunger.

We’re looking for the edgy and provocative videos about hunger; whatever it

takes to make people think and to change attitudes. Film, stills, montage,

animation – anything goes!

We begin accepting submissions on October 16th - World Food Day - and the

competition ends December 31. For more information and to see past winners,

check out www.wfp.org/hungerbytes. This year, the world has reached an

historic milestone with more than a billion people, or one in six people on

this planet, going to bed hungry. Hunger Bytes is one action among many

under WFP’s Billion for Billion Campaign, which focuses on engaging the 1.6

billion online users to step up and help the billion hungry people in the

world.

WFP is the world's largest humanitarian agency and the UN’s frontline

agency for hunger solutions. In 2009, WFP aims to feed 108 million people

in 74 countries. We receive no UN dues and have a 7% overhead. We don't

have a huge PR team or hire out firms to do our marketing, so we rely on

partnerships and creativity to help us get the word out – and that’s where

motivated, creative students can make a big difference raising awareness,

while showcasing their own talent.

For More info

Jennifer Mizgata

World Food Programme, Washington D.C. - Public Affairs

Assistant

Telephone: +1 (202) 653-1140

Jennifer.Mizgata@wfp.org

Posted at 10:01 AM, Wednesday, September 30, 2009 by Tom Hurter 0 comments

Andy Warhol's “Chelsea Girls” next Monday

There will be screening of Andy Warhol's “Chelsea Girls” next Monday, September 28th, in the Communications Building Room 145 at 7:00 PM.

This is a rare opportunity to see a film that is currently unavailable in the United States outside of the occasional Museum and Art Gallery. If you are not aware, Chelsea Girls is Andy Warhol's American underground classic from 1967 and is often regarded as one of the best films of the 20th century. The Student Cinematheque is a student-run organization, that creates an open forum for academic exploration and discussion of audio/visual media.

For more information about the event or the Student Cinematheque, please join the Facebook group:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=79356373592

Posted at 1:28 PM, Thursday, September 24, 2009 by Tom Hurter 0 comments

American Film Directors three-day marathon

The Film Club and Cinemateque are presenting the first semi-annual American Film Directors three-day marathon of films from legendary directors from Friday, October 23, 2009 to Sunday, October 25, 2009.

Come to Comm 145 for the event

Friday 10/23 6:00 PM - 2:00 AM

Saturday 10/24 noon - 2:00 AM

Sunday 10/25 noon - 11:00 PM

Posted at 10:05 AM, Tuesday, September 22, 2009 by Tom Hurter 0 comments

Film Screening!