NextFrame Film Festival

Congratulations to Carla Tamma for being a finalist in the NextFrame film festival!

Her film Tranquila, Mi Amor (Be Still, My Love) became one of the final films in the festival's Experimental category.


NextFrame is the official film festival for the University Film and Video Association (UFVA), one of the largest organizations of academic and industry professionals within the United States.

The short played at Collorado College in Collorado Springs, CO and tells the story of
Alfonso, a young Mexican man, recounting childhood memories of the time when his closest friend, Felicia, stood in the wake of her mother's death. He remembers how, at that young age, they could not comprehend the situation, but somehow made amends this inescapable event. The bond Alfonso and Felicia form as young children is a symbol of the rebirth that occurs after death. This "starting again" blooms into their adulthood where the spirit of their connection outweighs the loss in their lives.


Here's a link to the festival's site: http://www.temple.edu/nextframe/0809films/tranquila.htm

Dr. Mills' new documentary to be screened at upcoming Environmental Conference

Dr. Lisa Mills' new documentary, Dear Mr. Gore: A Somewhat Cinematic Correspondence Awkwardly Tracing a Circular Journey Constructed on a Warming Planet , will screen at an international interdisciplinary conference at UCF on Tuesday afternoon, January 27th at 1:15pm in room 218 B in the Student Union. The Evolution, the Environment, and Responsible Knowledge Conference is free to all students and is the third in a series of conferences on the ability to acquire, evaluate, synthesize, and use information in responsible ways.

Check Out Prof.Peg O'keef in Parallel Lives this Weekend!

Currently Playing at the Winter Garden Theatre
Parallel Lives
Stories of a Divided World
A play by Beverly Coyle and Bill Maxwell

Featuring Peg O’Keef and Joe Reed
Directed by Jerry Klein

January 9-11, 2009
Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 2pm

Growing up in a segregated world only miles away from one another, two unlikely colleagues tour Florida’s historic “lynching belt” to confront the legacy of Jim Crow in their pasts and just under their skins. Filled with humor and courage, Parallel Lives is stories of a divided world and the evolution of friendship in our own community. Moderated discussions will be held following the performances.

Due to language and subject matter, this show is recommended for mature audiences.

Tickets: $22 ($18 for seniors/college students)

Visit their website for more details and to purchase tickets http://www.wgtheatre.org/

UCF Alum Alicia Conway gets into Sundance 09!!!

UCF Alum Alicia Conway's short film RITE got accepted to Sundance 2009. The film is a story about a young girl undergoing a ritual that does not actually exist in any culture, but it has an element of familiarity that many people will recognize, along with horrific elements that are not so different from things human beings actually do as a matter of cultural practice.

Alicia's hope is that RITE will prompt people to think about and discuss the brutal things people do to each other in the name of tradition. Alicia graduated from the film program in 1998 and has been working in the entertainment industry since 1999. Her crew consisted of a few other UCF Alumni including Ben Rock ('95) and Tim Johnson ('99). The film was shot on the new RED ONE camera.

Check out the film website at http://www.ritefilm.com/main.htm

Also check out the Sundance screening times for RITE at this link http://festival.sundance.org/2009/film_events/films/rite