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September 19, 2008
Record 12 ACM FILMS @ HIFF 2008
Aloha Students, Supporters and Friends of the Academy for Creative Media.
BIG news for ACM at next month's Hawaii International Film Festival - and
some wonderful guests from next week's Cinema Italiano in Hawaii Festival!
A record 12 student films from the University of Hawai‘i at ’s Academy for
Creative Media will be featured at the 2008 Louis Vuitton Hawai‘i
International Film Festival.
The program will include the first U.S.-China student film co-productions,
three films made by a collaboration of ACM students and students from
Shanghai University’s School of Film and Television Art & Technology. The
films were written, produced and directed by the international student teams
and shot on location in Shanghai in both Chinese and English.
The three short films follow the theme “Better City, Better Life,”
Shanghai’s motto for its 2010 World Expo. Some of the Shanghai University
filmmaking team will be present for the premier of the films.
A documentary on the unique international filmmaking effort, and a short
feature shot in Hawai’i by an earlier ACM-Shanghai University crew are also
part of the program.
The ACM films will be shown October 14 at 6 pm at the Regal Dole Cannery
Theatres. They will be preceded at 4 pm by a free screening of student films
from Shanghai University. ACM and Shanghai University participate in the
SMART (Student Media Art) Exchange, co-sponsored by the Hawai‘i and Shanghai
International Film Festivals.
“We are proud of the diverse stories – and the diversity of our student
story-tellers,” said ACM Chair and Professor Tom Brislin. “We are especially
proud that Hawai‘i students are leading the groundbreaking initiative of
international co-productions with China. The Hawai‘i International Film
Festival is the ideal place to give these films a world premier.”
The ACM student films to be shown October 14 include:
* Goendama (Five Yen Coin) by Yayoi Ikezaki
* Rain by Thomas Takemoto-Chock
* Red Dirt by Monet Sadural
* Just Like That by Nasser Marghalani
* The Hollow by Dana Ledoux Miller
* Yamanote Line by Ark Fang Ran Mu
* Blood Colony by Jacob Holcomb
The student films that are part of the Hawai‘i-China Film Development
Programs are:
Fresh Lenses by Crystal Chen
* It Happened One Afternoon by Russell Blanchard
* Bamboo Pole by Ark Fang Ran Mu
* Birthday Gift by Zhou Wei
* With Me by Robert Omura
The state Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Hawai‘i
Film Office and the Hawai‘i State Legislature provided support for the
Hawai‘i-China Film Development Programs.
CINEMA ITALIANO FILMMAKERS TO VISIT ACM
Writer/Director Paolo Virzi and actress Micaela Ramazzotti will visit ACM
Sept. 25 from 9 – 11:45 am in Watanabe 420 (Prof. Dissanayake’s Global Media
class). Virzi will be presenting his latest film A WHOLE LIFE AHEAD,
starring Ramazzotti, at the Cinema Italiano in Hawai‘i festival that
afternoon (1 pm) and evening (8 pm) at the Honolulu Academy of Arts Doris
Duke Theatre.
Also visiting will be celebrated writer/director Franco Amurri on Sept. 26
at 3 pm in Crawford 115. Amurri, a special guest of the festival, worked as
an assistant to Frederico Fellini, and has made numerous films in both Italy
and the U.S.
The Cinema Italiano Festival kicks off on Sept. 25 with Virzi’s film. The
festival also includes:
* GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE by Anna Negri, Sept. 26 at 1 pm and 7:30 pm
* DAYS AND CLOUDS by Silvio Soldini, Sept. 27 at 1 pm and 8 pm
* RED LIKE THE SKY, by Cristiano Bortone, Sept. 28 at 1 pm and 7:30 pm
* NIGHT BUS by David Marengo, Sept. 29 at 7:30 pm
* DON’T THINK ABOUT IT by Gianni Zanasi, Sept. 30 at 1 pm and 7:30 pm
For film descriptions and other festival information, see
<www.cinemaitalianoinhawaii.org>.
ACM/PACIFIC NEW MEDIA WORKSHOPS FOR CREDIT
Our friends at Pacific New Media are offering two on-campus workshops during
the Fall for which you can receive 1 credit of ACM 390 each. That’s right.
Take both and you earn two credits. They are both intense, high-powered, and
professionally oriented:
* Writing for Television – Get Started and Go!, Saturday and Sunday, Oct.
11-12, 9 am-4 pm, taught by Maria Jacquemetton, writer-producer for such TV
series as STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE, BAYWATCH, HIGHLANDER, and the current hit
MAD MEN. She’s a Golden Globe and Writers Guild of America award winner.
* Strategies of the Independent Film Producer – Saturday and Sunday, October
25-26, 9 am-4 pm, taught by Karin Chien, a New York University instructor
and independent film producer whose films have premiered at Sundance, won
more than 50 festival awards, and who has been nominated for an Independent
Spirit Award.
Sign up for either or both through Pacific New Media
<www.outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm>.
ACM STUDENTS WORK ON HIFF TRAILER
AThe buzz is that this year’s Hawai‘i International Film Festival Trailer
will be the best yet, featuring Jason Scott Lee and Kelly Hu, directed by
Gerard Elmore (a former ACM lecturer). ACM Asst. Prof. Anne Misawa is the
DP, and her Advanced Cinematic Production students served in various
production assistant roles. Look for it at the start of each HIFF feature
Oct. 9-19.
HIFF SEEKING INTERNS
And while you’re thinking about HIFF, keep in mind they are looking for a
few good interns to staff positions ranging from film selection to guest
relations. You can earn ACM 495 credit, too! Contact Michael Doyle
<michael@hiff.org>.
ACM DIRECTING STUDENTS IMPROVISE FILM
Fall started out with a bang as Assistant Professor Joel Moffett wrote and
directed an improvised short film and produced it in his ACM370 Directing
class during the first week of school. The project was used as a case study
to explore how to direct a short film using the same resources available to
all ACM students. The script, written by Moffett the day before the shoot,
gave a cast of 17 actors the opportunity to improvise most of the action and
dialogue of the story (WARNING: do not try this at home!). Congratulations
to the students of ACM370 for making this ambitious project a reality!
SCHOLARSHIPS $!
The Colleges of Arts & Sciences have a number of scholarship opportunities
available, from $1,000 - $3,000. See your ACM or A&S academic advisor for
application forms.
OTHER INTERNSHIP, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
* Aloha Challenge, a reality show produced in Hawai‘i, seeks interns to
assist in post-production. Contact Yayoi Hara <hara@e-bukatsu.com>.
* Hawai‘i Star Ball runs Oct. 1-3 at the Hilton, and is looking for workers
to tape competing dance couples. There’s pay involved. Contact Adam Burnett
at <burnettadam@hotmail.com>.
* GiRL FeST Hawai‘i could use a volunteer or two. It’s a great festival (Nov
7-15) of film, performance and art. Contact <info@girlfesthawaii.org>
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.
* The Method Fest – dedicated to showcasing breakout acting performances in
independent film (March 26- April 2 in Calabasas, CA). Deadline December 1.
<www.methodfest.com>.
* Tiburon International Film Festival (March 19-27). Deadline Nov. 17.
<www.tiburonfilmfestival.com>.
* Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program has grants to support docs on
contemporary social issues. Deadline Feb. 5, 2009 <www.sundance.org>.
* 11/22 International Comedy Short Film Festival in Vienna. Deadline March
2, 2009. <www.11-22.at>
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.
And remember, you’re not a major until you have completed your Academic
Proposal and have it approved by both your ACM advisor and Interdisciplinary
Studies Advisor. While some students have applied to ACM and their
application has been accepted, they have delayed taking the next step of
preparing the Academic Proposal with their ACM advisor, and then having it
approved by IS. Those students will have difficulty registering for courses
that are restricted to majors, as they won’t have been officially declared,
or recognized, as ACM majors.
CHECK THIS OUT
At the Sinclair Library Wong A/V Center:
* Miss the SEX IN MOTION PICTURES series on the Independent Film Channel?
It’s available on DVD - #7318.
* Award winning European short films, including Christopher Nolan, Ridley
Scott and Lars von Trier. What do they know that we don’t? Find out: DVD
#7233.
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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