Edgar Jorge's Film in Orlando Magazine

A Coincidence of Sorts is mentioned in this month's Orlando Arts Magazine.

Here's an online PDF version of the article:
http://unitedarts.cc/docs/2011%20Film%20Fest%20Feature.pdf

Go see A Coincidence of Sorts at this year's Florida Film Festival !

Harris Wins At Ann Arbor!

Associate Professor Christopher Harris has won the Double Documentary Award for his new film, 28.IV.81 Descending Figures at the Ann Arbor Film Festival.  Harris' new film is also slated to screen at the Iowa City Documentary Festival this April.

Alumni Update: Chris Walker

After graduating from UCF Film in 2008 with a BA in Cinema Studies,  Chris moved to New York City to find work in documentary film and television. Shortly after, he landed an internship with Blowback Productions, where he was quickly hired on as an assistant editor on the HBO documentary Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags about the rise and fall of NYC's garment center. After Schmatta, Chris jumped on Brick City, the Peabody award winning Sundance Channel docu series on the trials and tribulations of Newark, New Jersey told through the mayor Cory Booker, and blood and crip gang members, among others. 


Most recently. Chris has been co-editor and associate producer of an HBO documentary on the Triangle Shirtwaist fire of 1911 called Triangle: Remembering the Fire. The film tells the story of the 146 women and men who perished in a workplace fire which sparked labor reform and gave a face to the union movement which is now under attack. The film is now airing on HBO. Also, Chris is editing a documentary about unemployment on Long Island which will air sometime early 2012 on HBO and an independent documentary on street dance in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Intern At Film Fests Around the World

Walter Harris from the American Pavilion will be here informally in the Film office if students are interested and want more info on interning at the Cann and Venice Film Festivals among others. Walter is will speak to students who stop by on March 23rd from 10 to noon in the film office. Please visit the America Pavilion website for more information about their programs.

Less Lost Website

MFA student, Chase Conner's website for his feature film "Less Lost" is now open. Check it out. 

Film Club at Enzian

UCF Film Club invites you to the film event of the season as we proudly present Preston Sturges's classic Sullivan's Travels, on a 35mm print.

This print is one of the last remaining platter reel prints of any Preston Sturges's films...and is one of the few times in your life that you'll get a chance to see such an iconic film as it was originally presented on the big screen.

As Sturges' scathing critique of Hollywood, Sullivan's Travels tells the story of Hollywood John L. Sullivan as he goes through a byzantine, bizarre journey to find the "truth" in the hobo yards Depression-era America.

Attendance is FREE to UCF students. (and everybody else) However, attendance is limited to only 200 people, so keep an eye out for the UCF Film club street team going around UCF passing out the free line-skip passes!


Hope to see you there...if this event is successful enough, you might just see more 35 prints presented by the UCF Film Club in the future!

Check out this event on Facebook.

Time
Saturday, March 26 · 12:00pm - 3:00pm

Location
The Enzian
1300 South Orlando Avenue

Brendon Kingsbury's "One Over Wanderlust" in Competition at Tribeca!

UCF Film Alum Brendon Kingsbury's film "One Over Wanderlust" has been accepted into Tribeca Film Festival! Brendon made this film for his Honors in the Major Thesis while he was an undergraduate Cinema Studies student.

Find out more about "One Over Wanderlust" at Tribeca.

MFA Film Fundraiser!

Film Club Tonight!

 Tonight, March 16th at 7:00 PM in COMM room 145,  a very special film club meeting, featuring the one and only Steve Schlow!


Steve will be presenting The Thief of Bagdad (1940s version)...directed by the always dynamic Michael Powell, Thief of Bagdad tells an exciting story of betrayal, adventure, and romance.


Mr. Schlow will be on hand to give an intimate and intense discussion about this film from his past and how it effected him not at an academic level, but at an emotional and personal one.

Be there for one of the most exciting films of all time and a rare and special talk from UCF Film's most important faculty member!

"A Beautiful Belly" News

Tickets are now on sale for the Florida Film Festival premiere of Andrew Kenneth Gay's microbudget feature, A BEAUTIFUL BELLY, screening at the Enzian Theater on April 16th at 4pm.

To purchase tickets online, visit the Florida Film Festival website: http://www.floridafilmfestival.com/films_events/film_guide/a_beautiful_belly/

For a synopsis, trailer, and clips from the film, visit the official website: http://www.abeautifulbelly.com/story/

Andrew is a current visiting instructor at UCF Film and directed A BEAUTIFUL BELLY as a grad student in the Entrepreneurial Digital Cinema program.

Check out this great article from indiwire.com featuring the scoop on this year's Florida Film Festival, including Andrew Gay's feature "A Beautiful Belly."

A Beautiful Belly / A Coincidence of Sorts World Premire at the Florida Film Festival!

Support recent MFA grad and current visiting lecturer, Andrew Gay, as he prepares to premier his feature film, A Beautiful Belly. Andrew's screening will be held at Enzian Theater on Saturday, April 16th at 4pm.
Read more about Andrew's premier.

Also screening at the Florida Film Festival this year will be undergrad Edgar Jorge's A Coincidence of Sorts. Edgars short film won thie years Brouhaha Shorts competition at Enzian.
Read more about Edgar's screening.

Christopher Harris' New Film to Screen at Major Festivals

Associate Proffessor Christopher Harris' new film, 28.IV.81 Decending Figures, is screening at two major festivals this spring.World Premiere at the Ann Arbor Film Festival (Sat. March 26th)

http://aafilmfest.org/49/index.php/films/28iv81_descending_figures/

Experiments in Cinema v 6.3 (Sunday, April 17th)
http://www.experimentsincinema.com/index.php/about


Shot in July, 2010, "28.IV.81 (Descending Figures)" is an improvised double projection film that was edited in-camera at the Holy Land Experience Theme Park in Orlando, Florida. The noon and 5:00 p.m. performances of the theme park's “Behold the Lamb–Passion Drama" are condensed to separate 100' rolls of film and simultaneously projected side by side.

The “descending figure came in to remind us that a sparked or incendiary ‘someone’… repeatedly flared only to flicker and fade and die down again.” - Christopher Harris