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March 12, 2008
Congrats to a pair of ACM students, and special screenings, events for all.
TWO ACM STUDENT FILMS IN RIVERSIDE INT'L FILM FESTIVAL
Two student films from UH Manoa's Academy for Creative Media have been
selected for screening at the Riverside (CA) International Film Festival,
April 11-20. "Atonement" by Seong Kyu Whang and "My Brother's Keeper" by
Russell Blanchard will join films from the U.S., Spain, Lebanon, Australia,
and the Philippines. Both films were featured in the 2007 Hawai'i
International Film Festival as well.
"ACM has enjoyed a solid relationship with the Riverside Festival, now 6
years old," said Tom Brislin, ACM chair. "They are very discriminating and
accept only the top student films. This is the second year our students have
received this honor." Brislin noted that the festival programmers enjoy the
unique perspective on local life that ACM student films present, stripped
away of stereotypes and tropical clichés.
Both films explore darker themes - poverty, crime, and addiction - that are
balanced by redemption through character relationships. "These are dynamic
stories," Brislin said. "The festival made an excellent choice."
SPECIAL SESSION #1: ASIAN/AMERICAN WOMEN ON SCREEN
Join ACM Asst. Prof. Konrad Ng for a dialogue with Celine Parrenas Shimizu
on "The Hypersexuality of Race: Performing Asian/American Women on Screen
and Scene," next Wednesday (March 19) in Moore Hall 319 - The Tokioka Room -
at 2:30 p.m. It's jointly sponsored by American Studies, Ethnic Studies,
Philippine Studies and ACM.
SPECIAL SESSION #2: GETTING PERMITS FOR YOUR FILM
Kevin Inouye of the Hawai'i State Film Office (and former ACM filmmaker!)
will talk to ACM students on the process of obtaining permits for shooting
locations on Tuesday (March 18) at 6 pm in Crawford 115. It's part of the
ACM 415 Advanced Cinematic Production class. All students are invited.
SCREENINGS WORTH NOTING
* Join the Honolulu Academy of Arts Doris Duke Theatre's Friends of Film
presents Charlie Chaplin's CITY LIGHTS this Friday (March 14), featuring a
discussion of the film by Michael Rooks, the Academy's curator of European
and American Art. Screening starts at 7:30. You can join a pre-screening
reception at 6:30. Cost is $15.
* Doris Duke Theatre is also having a festival of films from Bhutan, March
21-30. A great Spring Break opportunity for a glimpse into this unique
nation and culture. For info, www.honoluluacademy.org
OPPORTUNITIES KNOCKING
* HURRY! National Geographic All Roads Film Project offers seed grants of up
to $10,000 for indigenous filmmakers. Submission deadline March 15.
www.nationalgeographic.com/allroads/index.html
* Global Film Initiative Feature Film Production Grants up to $10,000.
Deadline March 31.
http://www.globalfilm.org/granting.htm
* College of Education's Curriculum Research & Development Group Summer
Program at the UH Lab School is seeking a teacher and teaching assistant for
a course on Digital Media and Design for 6th and 7th graders. It runs June
9-July 11 from 12-4 pm. Contact Ricardo Lorenzana at lorenzan@hawaii.edu.
* The Korean Film Council will hold its 3rd annual Filmmaker's Development
Lab in Korea this year (the first two were held in Hawai'i in conjunction
with ACM). They are looking for emerging Overseas Korean filmmakers to bring
their stories to the screen. Got a script to submit? See details at
http://fdl.kofic.or.kr. Deadline is March 19.
* Step Up and Speak! The Chancellor's Office is holding auditions for
Student Speaker at the May Commencement Exercises. Auditions will be April
17 at 4:30 pm in Hemenway Theatre. If you'll be graduating, have a 3.0
overall grade point average or better, and want to try out, call 956-6145 or
email graduate@hawaii.edu.
FESTIVALS, CONTESTS, ETC.
REMINDER: ALL ACM films submitted for festivals and contests must first be
cleared by Production Manager Gregg Ambrosius. No exceptions. See him BEFORE
you send anything off.
SHANGHAI SHORTS: Our partners at Shanghai University are sponsoring the
second International Student Shorts Awards for the Shanghai International
Film Festival in June. This is a separate competition from the ACM student
film screenings in Shanghai. It's open to film students around the world.
See Asst Prof. Anne Misawa, who directs ACM's SMART (Student Media Arts)
Exchange with Shanghai. Deadline for submissions is April 30. See
www.siff.com/Articleen/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=591 for details.
* Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival www.hglcf.org. Deadline March 15
* Moondance Int'l Film Festival. Deadline April 1.
moondancefilmfestival.com
*Boomtown Film and Music Festival www.boomtownfestival.com. April 1.
* Documentary and Disability, Emotion Pictures international documentary
festival on disability. Deadline March 30. www.ameamedia.gr./en/festival
* Monterrey (Mexico) International Film Festival
www.monterreyfilmfestival.com. Deadline April 18.
* Just For Laughs Comedia Festival www.justforlaughts.ca/comedia/ Deadline
May 1.
* Cinefest (Hungary). Deadline May 31. www.cinefest.hu
ACM ON THE AIR
UH-'s 30 second promo spot is being televised this week over CSTV - CBS's
College Sports subsidiary - during the WAC Men and Women's Basketball
Tournament in the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
POST YOUR CASTING CALL NOTICES ON ACM WEBSITE
Your film casting call can be posted on the ACM website. Send your flyer as
a jpg file to ACM Production Manager Gregg Ambrosius ambrosiu@hawaii.edu a
week before the call date, and it will go up for all to see.
Remember, no flyers should be posted on the glass on the front and back
entrance doors to Crawford Hall. They'll be taken down, pronto.
PRE-MAJORS, TAKE NOTE!
The ACM Faculty has approved the following policy:
Students who desire to become an ACM major but receive less than a grade of
"B" (3.0) in ACM 255 may retake the course once for reconsideration. If a
grade of B is not attained in the retaking of the course, the student is
ineligible to become an ACM major. Any appeals to this policy will be heard,
and decided, by a faculty committee.
CHECK THIS OUT
* What happens when you hand video cameras to 50 excited fans at a Beastie
Boys concert and tell them "Do what you want. Just keep shooting?" You end
up with AWESOME, I F#%IN' SHOT THAT, an 89-minute concert film like no other
you've seen. It's available at the Sinclair Library Wong A/V collection: DVD
#6034.
* Ever watch the IFC series FILM SCHOOL? It follows three New York
University film students as they try to direct an award-winning film and
launch their careers. You can see it in full. Check out DVD #6196 from the
Wong A/V Center.
MAKE A GIFT TO ACM
ACM welcomes donations to support our programs, which support our students.
You can make a gift online at www.uhf.hawaii.edu/acm.
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