Prof Harris Short SUNSHINE STATE To Screen @ Three Festivals

In the month of April, Professor Christopher Harris is screening his new movie SUNSHINE STATE (Extended Forecast) at the Experiments in Cinema Film Festival in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the European Media Art Festival in Osnabruck, Germany and the Athens International Film and Video Festival in Athens Ohio. Check each festival site for more info and screen dates.

Nick Briz Films Playing Toronto & Athens Fests

Nick Briz has landed two of his original short films in festivals. He writes:

My film From The Ground Up In Order, Embrace will be playing at the Images Festival / 21st Festival In Toronto Canada on April 3-13 (my film plays April 7th). Attempting to strengthen my relationship with the digital medium I decided to create a video out of binary code. Binary code is a system of ones and zeros at the core of everything digital, it is the foundation. The result was an entirely new form of exploring digital’s natural aesthetics.

Here’s what the festival wrote about the piece: “An indisputable argument for the healing properties of colour; also the reason why rock n' roll and video are here to stay. A digitally apocalyptic vacuum reminiscent of Zack Morris' sweater.”

Another film of mine, Binary Self-Portraits will be playing at the Athens Int’l Film & Video Festival which takes place at the end of April. This video came immediately after my previous “binary piece” (From The Ground Up In Order, Embrace) which was made entirely out of binary code. I made these self-portraits by altering the binary code beneath the footage. I developed, as a result, an esthetically systemized method of file corruption.

Professor Mills On The Radio

Dr. Lisa Mills will be heard on WMFE-FM, 90.7 on Thursday, March 27th between 6:30 and 7pm. She was interviewed by Becky Morgan for The Arts Connection, a local radio program about arts and culture in Central Florida. Dr. Mills will be discussing the documentary lineup at the Florida Film Festival. She served on the festival's programming selection panel for the 2008 for the Festival.

Professor Lisa Mills Wins Broadcast Educators Association Competition

Dr. Lisa Mills' paper A Tarnished Golden Age: Television Documentary in the 1960s was awarded first place in an open paper competition by the documentary division of the Broadcast Educators Association. Dr. Mills will present her paper at the BEA Conference in Las Vegas this coming April.

FIVE STORIES 2007

As usual, making the final selection was tough (and took a long time). Big props to all the filmmakers and the faculty who helped make the final decisions, as well as everyone who worked on these and other films last year.

THE UNIVERSE CONNECTION
Directed By Phil Chernyak


TO WHERE THE WATER WILL CARRY HER
Directed by Christy Rubenstein


NO-AIR HOUSE
Directed By Marco Cordero


THE UNTEATHERED CITIZEN
Directed by Alix Duggins


HIJAB OF DENA
Directed by Erika Rydell



plus a special bonus track / non-LP B-Side not available on vinyl pressings!!!

(YOU WILL NEVER SEE)IMANCIFI PULSIFI
Directed by Eric Carden


This year, we're please to note the first documentary of the series (HIJAB OF DENA), the first Directing 1 project (NO-AIR HOUSE), the most women filmmakers ever on a FIVE STORIES DVD (three) and a "sixth" story (IMANCIFI PULSIFI), which is included as a special bonus track. Maybe we should call this 5.1 STORIES? Hmmmm...

FIVE STORIES is now in production and we hope to be submitting to festivals soon.