Jesse Wolfe's "Eye of the Hurricane" in Hollywood Reporter

UCF Film Associate Professor Jesse Wolfe's new film Eye of the Hurrican was mentioned briefly in a recent article appearing in the Hollywood Reporter. Find the article here.

Sundance at Enzian

2012 Sundance Film festival

comes to Orlando

Orlando, Fla. - (Sept. 28, 2011) – Enzian joins a lineup of nine hand-picked art house theaters from across the country to participate in the 2012 Sundance Film Festival USA program, an event that sends officially selected Sundance films and their filmmakers to play before audiences in distinguished independent venues nationwide. 

Other participating theaters include New York’s BAM, Boston’s Coolidge Corner Theatre and Nashville’s The Belcourt.  This will be the third year of the initiative and the 2012 event will take place Thursday, Jan. 26.

As part of Sundance Film Festival USA, held the second Thursday of the Sundance Film Festival, filmmakers will travel from Utah to the nine cities, courtesy of Official Airline Sponsor Southwest Airlines. In each city, the filmmaker will introduce and screen their film and participate in a Q&A with the audience. An introduction video featuring highlights from the Festival will precede each screening.

“Every year, our goal with the Sundance Film Festival is to make it an extraordinary event for those who attend, and with Sundance Film Festival USA, we’re bringing the Festival experience to independent film lovers nationwide,” said John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival. “In many cases, those audiences feel a connection to independent film because of the year-round work of their hometown theatres. Sundance Film Festival USA shows both our gratitude to these theatres for their contributions to the independent film community as well as our support and commitment to helping them grow their existing audiences.”

“Enzian has fostered a unique and passionate film-going community that’s developed over the past 26 years and we’re thrilled Sundance has acknowledged their importance as discerning independent cinema supporters,” said Henry Maldonado, President of Enzian.  “We look forward to bringing this event, a national salute to new voices in cinema, to Orlando.”

Film selections will be announced in December and tickets will be available for purchase on www.Enzian.org.

Enzian

Enzian is Central Florida's only full-time, not-for-profit cinema for first-run independent and international film, classic revivals, documentary features, and select family entertainment. Enzian, a member-supported organization serving the community for over 26 years, is home to the Florida Film Festival which attracts more than 21,000 guests annually, and the Eden Bar.  For additional information, visit www.Enzian.org or call general information at (407) 629-1088.

Sundance Institute

Sundance Institute is a global nonprofit organization founded by Robert Redford in 1981. Through its artistic development programs for directors, screenwriters, producers, composers and playwrights, the Institute seeks to discover and support independent film and theatre artists from the United States and around the world, and to introduce audiences to their new work. The Institute promotes independent storytelling to inform, inspire, and unite diverse populations around the globe. Internationally recognized for its annual Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Institute has nurtured such projects as Born into Brothels, Trouble the Water, Son of Babylon, Amreeka, An Inconvenient Truth, Spring Awakening, I Am My Own Wife, Light in the Piazza and Angels in America. www.sundance.org.

Central Florida SAG Mixer

Central Florida SAG Mixer

When: Friday, September 23, 2011
6:30 – 9 p.m.

Where: EMBER
42 West Central Blvd
Orlando, FL 32801
Tower Bar (located outside at the back right corner)
www.emberorlando.com


The Central Florida SAG office invites you and a guest to our next SAG Mixer in Orlando. Come join SAG members and invited industry guests for an evening of socializing and networking.


No-Host Bar


Happy Hour specials will be available

Nice casual attire

If film students are interested in attending this mixer it is not necessary to RSVP.

Click here for a map of the parking lots and garages in downtown Orlando.

For more information, please contact SAG South Region Executive, David Fazekas at (407)788-3020, or (800) SAG-0767, option 7, or via email atdavid.fazekas@sag.org.

Mega Producer Jerry Bruckheimer Tweets About a UCF Film in Vancover

Hollywood stud Jeremy Bruckheimer recently tweeted about UCF film student Max Rousseau whose Capstone film "Opus" is in competition at Vancouver International Film Festival. Here is a link to the tweet. The Bruckheimer tweet links to a recent Central Florida Futures article about Max and his film found here. Bruckheimer currently has over 88,000 twitter followers. Max is currently enrolled in the UCF FIlm MFA program working on his first feature film.

Work on a Student Film!

LOOKING FOR A STUDENT FILM TO WORK ON?

Kevin Murray
Will do anything but particularly interested in getting into cinematography. My availability to help with the films are any day till 6 pm except for Mondays and Tuesdays. If more availability is needed Kevin can improve it if notified ahead of time. My email is kevinmurray@knights.ucf.edu and my contact number is 352-346-7846




LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEER CREW:


Matt Huston
I'm currently getting everything together for my D2, which will be shot in Orlando between Oct. 14th and Oct. 18th. I still need to the following crew positions filled:


2 PA's
1 Grip
1 Boom Op


Matt can be reached at MattLHuston@gmail.com or at 954-592-4408.

UCF Film Meet & Greet

The Meet and Greet is today, Friday September 16, 4-6p on the sound stage!


The purpose of the Meet and Greet is to bring together our UCF student directors and producers with the students who want to volunteer to work on these productions. It's like a job fair for UCF student film projects.


DATE: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 2011


TIME: 4:00 to 6:00pm


LOCATION: UCF MAIN CAMPUS SOUND STAGE, NICHOLSON SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING (NSC 181B)

An Encounter with Simone Weil

An Encounter with Simone Weil
A deeply personal journey to understand the thinker and activist Simone Weil

UCF Screening and Presentation by the Director Julia Haslett
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 8:00-10:00 pm in HEC 125

"Belly" Cointinues Hot Streak!

A Beautiful Belly won the Crystal Apple Award (filmmakers' choice) at the Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival last weekend, where it was also the opening night showcase film.

The film has also just been chosen to screen at the Jacksonville Film Festival, October 13-16 (exact screening time TBD). http://www.jacksonvillefilmfestival.com/

UCF MFA Films Casting

Attention SAG/Non SAG talent:



The students in the UCF MFA program in film production are casting for five feature films that are expected to go into production in Summer 2012. More information about UCF Film can be found online at www.film.ucf.edu.



Auditions will be held on Saturday, September 17, from 9am-8pm in downtown Orlando at the UCF Center for Emerging Media, 500 W. Livingston St.. Please submit your headshot and resume to the individual films listed below, specifying which role you would like to audition for and what time you are available. If you are unable to attend the audition, you are welcome to obtain sides from the director and submit a video audition.

Harris' New Film Screening World Wide

UCF Film Professor and internationally recognized experimental film artist will see his latest work screened at several international film festivals in the coming months. Follow the links for more information. 

Also, a recent article from Cinema Scope explored Chris' recent film as well as his progression as an artist. Find the article here.

 
December 2011



28.IV.81 (Descending Figures) at Other Cinema, New Experimental Works in San Francisco, CA

November 2011



28.IV.81 (Descending Figures) at L’ALTERNATIVA, Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain



28.IV.81 (Descending Figures) at Olympia Film Festival in Olympia, WA


October 2011



28.IV.81 (Descending Figures) at Antimatter Film Festival in Victoria, BC, Canada
October 2011




28.IV.81 (Descending Figures) at WNDX – Winnipeg’s Festival of Film & Video Art in Winnipeg, MB, Canada

HDSLR Workshop

UCF alums, Michael Caibio and Daniel Cardona are working for Photomart Cine-Video who will be sponsoring an HDSLR workshop, put on by CineStories, called "The Get in Motion Tour" at the Orlando Marriot Airport on Tuesday, September 20th. This event is for anybody who would like to learn more about the popular trend of HDSLR filmmaking.

Don't forget the $10 off coupon code to the event: ORLVID

Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/GetInMotionTour?sk=info

YouTube Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8keTfIR0LhA&feature=player_embedded

HTML Invitation:
http://montezucker.com/gimt/orlando.html

Their Website:
http://www.getinmotiontour.com/

Our Photomart University Blog Post:
http://www.photomartuniversity.com/?p=3392

Call For Entries

CALLING FOR ENTRIES!
Visit www.LoveYourShorts.com to enter.

The 2012 Love Your Shorts Film Festival (LYSFF) will be held February 10-12 at the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in downtown Sanford, Florida.

The LYSFF screens only short films under 30 minutes in length. Films are divided into different blocks for screening. Audience members at each block vote for their favorite film and winners are announced on the spot.

The winning films from each block advance to a final block for a panel of judges to pick the overall festival winner. Winners of each block earn cash prizes and the festival’s award, the “Monroe,” an original piece of metal artwork named after Sanford’s Lake Monroe.

Other events during the festival will include an opening night party, time for filmmaker networking, and a filmmakers panel.

“I really enjoyed LYSFF. It had a wonderful community feel and everyone involved was clearly passionate about the art form. Sanford is a beautiful town and it serves as a perfect setting for such an event.” – Charles Frisby, Director of 2011 LYSFF Official Selection “The Hard Road”

 

Support Nick Briz's GLI.TC/H Confrence

Please Support UCF FILM BFA Alum Nick Briz's GLI.TC/H Conference 2011. This is the second annual GLI.TC/H conference put together by Briz and other glitch artists around the world.

GLI.TC/H was a simple idea that was hatched upon the notion of folks gathering together and engaging/chatting/debating the issues/theories/concerns of failure, systems, art, & glitches. GLI.TC/H is spreading from the web to Chicago: US; to Amsterdam: NL; and Birmingham: UK; GLI.TC/H will launch in Chicago on NOV: 4TH, 5TH, & 6TH. Amsterdam will commence on NOV: 11 & 12. Birmingham: UK; will follow on NOV: 19. GLI.TC/H is both a physical and virtual event with always-on online games, galleries, easter-eggs, downloadable artware, scavenger hunts, APIs, and loads of other experimental components.



GLI.TC/H on KICKSTARTER

Nick's Personal Website: nickbriz.com

UCF Alums Make Horror Flick for Unique Contest

 The film is called T is for Toss, and its in competition to win The ABCs of Death. The short was directed by Erica Harrell and Jenn Rose. UCF grads Alex Bornstein (music), Scott Uhfelder (cinematography), Judson Scott and Daniel Baxter (producers), as well as John Heppe and James Holden all worked on the film as well as Desirée Proctor.

If they make the top ten in the contest, they are eligible to be included on the ABCs of Death film.

Click Here to show your support!

Watch Mills' film "The Circle Closes" on WUCF-TV This Weekend!

Watch UCF Film professor Dr Lisa Mills' film The Circle Closes on WUCF-TV (Brighthouse Channel 9) this coming weekend. It runs 33 minutes and will air three times:

Friday, Sept. 2nd, 8:30pm
Saturday, Sept. 3rd, 7:30pm
Sunday, Sept. 4th, 3:30pm

This film features a new composition by Dr. Stella Sung, lighting design by Mr. Ray Zwarich, and music direction of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra by Christopher Wilkins. The film was directed by Dr. Lisa Mills, with Ben Jaffe directing photography and Timothy George Brown editing. It won "Best Editing" from the Florida Motion Picture Association and a bronze Telly award. It will soon be downloadable to subscribers of Naxos Digital Services.