Alumnus Jason Wise writes to let us know the trailer for his feature film “SOMM” is holding court atop the coveted iTunes Trailers mountain!

Among Giants (Chris Cresci, Ben Mullinkosson, Sam Waldman) screens at the Going Green Film Festival in Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, Calif. (Apr. 17 -19)

4 Chapman films screen this week at the Logan Film Festival in Utah: Green Acres (James Beck), Light Me Up (Derek Dolechek & Ryan Walton), Shoot the Moon (Alexander Gaeta), and Tailed (Maddie Bollay).

3 Chapman films are screening in the PBS Online Film Festival: Breathe Life (Matthew Jekowsky, Carly Berryhill, Samantha Andre), Still (Michael Barth, Ruby Stocking, Pasqual Gutierrez, Jose Tadeu Bijos), and Worlds Apart (Brendan Nahmias, Paul Hextall).

4 Chapman films screen this week at the Amelia Island Film Festival in Florida: Homecoming (Gursimran Sandhu), Incest! The Musical (Grant Reed), Shoot the Moon (Alexander Gaeta), and Manifesto (Michael Aronson)

2 Chapman films screen this week at the Annapolis Film Festival in Maryland: The Devout (Mairin Hart) and Titans of Newark (Mike Marino).

The Community Voices documentary film Still (Michael Barth, Ruby Stocking, Pasqual Gutierrez, Jose Tadeu Bijos) screens this week at the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival in California.

Chris Cresci”s film Why We Climb screens this week at the Lookout Wild Film Festival in Chattanooga, TN.

Winston Tao”s film Picture Perfect won Honorable Mention for Short Film at the Omaha Film Festival in Nebraska.

James Beck”s film Green Acres won a Special Jury Award for Student Film at the San Luis Obispo Int”l Film Festival in California.

Carlos Lopez Estrada”s film The Dinner won the Audience Award for Favorite Short Film at the Victoria Film Festival in B.C., Canada.

Alexander Gaeta”s film Shoot the Moon won Best Student Film at the Beaufort Int”l Film Festival in South Carolina and Best Cinematography at the Dot Independent Film Festival at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.

Alexander Gaeta”s film Shoot the Moon won Best Student Film at the Beaufort Int”l Film Festival in South Carolina and Best Cinematography at the Dot Independent Film Festival at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.

Still (Michael Barth, Ruby Stocking, Pasqual Gutierrez, Jose Tadeu Bijos) screens at the Taos Shortz Film Festival in New Mexico (Mar. 7 – 10 )

Nived Ravikumar”s (MFA/Film Prod. “05) feature screenplay “Space Cadet” won the comedy category of Script Pipeline's First Look Project, which has the aim of finding high concept studio-centric material to present to the industry.

9 Chapman films screen at the Sedona Int”l Film Festival in Arizona: The Batting Cage (Donte Murry), Breathe Life (Matthew Jekowsky, Carly Berryhill, Samantha Andre), The Color of Christmas (Cyrus Kowsari), Falling Up (RJ Collins), Green Acres (James Beck), Light Me Up (Derek Dolechek and Ryan Walton), Still (Michael Barth, Ruby Stocking, Pasqual Gutierrez, Jose  Continue Reading »

Sebastian (directed by Dan Duran, Katie Valovcin, Kellie Henika) won a Special Jury Recognition Award for Short Documentary at the Thin Line Film Festival in Denton, TX last week.

*Alexander Gaeta”s film Shoot the Moon won Best in Show, Best Directing, and Best Sound Design at the Macon Film Festival in Georgia last week.

The “Community Voices” film Still (Michael Barth, Ruby Stocking, Pasqual Gutierrez, Jose Tadeu Bijos) screens at the Africa World Documentary Film Festival which tours through the U.S.A and Africa.

Nick Snyder”s film Damon screens this week at the Green Bay Film Festival in Wisconsin.

4 Chapman films screen this week at the Global Visions Film Festival in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Among Giants (Chris Cresci, Ben Mullinkosson, Sam Waldman), Bittersweet (Andrew Kappel, Peter Bicknell, Amanda Singer, Carly Berryhill, Emily Manheim), Keep Moving (Scott Wild, Jackie Zhou, Ravi Lloyd), and Sikh Formaggio (Katie Wise, Devyn Bisson, Dan Duran).

5 Chapman films screen this week at the Durango Independent Film Festival in Colorado.: Among Giants (Chris Cresci, Ben Mullinkosson, Sam Waldman), Damon (Nick Snyder), The Devout (Mairin Hart), Green Acres (James Beck), and Picture Perfect (Winston Tao).

*9 Chapman films screen this week at the Sedona Int”l Film Festival in Arizona: The Batting Cage (Donte Murry), Breathe Life (Matthew Jekowsky, Carly Berryhill, Samantha Andre), The Color of Christmas (Cyrus Kowsari), Falling Up (RJ Collins), Green Acres (James Beck), Light Me Up (Derek Dolechek and Ryan Walton), Still (Michael Barth, Ruby Stocking, Pasqual  Continue Reading »

Alexander Gaeta”s film Shoot the Moon screens at the Beloit Int”l Film Festival in Wisconsin. (Feb. 14 - 17)

Among Giants (Chris Cresci, Ben Mullinkosson, Sam Waldman) screens at the Dutch Mountains Film Festival in Heerlen, The Netherlands. (Jan. 18 – 20)

Sam Price-Waldman”s film Tailings screens at the Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Nevada City, CA. (Jan. 11 – 13)

Among Giants (Chris Cresci, Ben Mullinkosson, Sam Waldman) screens at the Idyllwild CinemaFest in Idyllwild, Ca. (Jan. 9 – 13)

Taylor Maxwell”s film Amos screens at the Bahamas Int”l Film Festival in Nassau. (Dec. 6 – 9)

Gursimran Sandhu”s film Homecoming screens at the Santa Fe Film Festival in New Mexico. (Dec. 6 – 9)

3 Chapman films screen at the Anchorage Int”l Film Festival in Alaska: Breathe Life (Matt Jekowsky), Light Me Up (Derek Dolechek and Ryan Walton), The Trumpeteer (Eirin Strickland). (Nov. 30 – Dec. 9)

  4 Chapman films screen at the International Student Film Festival Hollywood in North Hollywood, CA.: Homecoming (Gursimran Sandhu), Incest! The Musical (Grant Reed), Shoot the Moon (Alexander Gaeta) and Tears (William Peake) (Nov. 17 – 18) 

  Alexander Gaeta’s film Shoot the Moon screens at Badalona Film Festival in Spain. (Nov. 16 – 25) 

  Grant Reed’s film Incest! The Musical screens at Mockfest Film Festival of Hollywood. (Nov. 16 – 18) 

A huge round of applause is in order for Caylee So, a recent alumna from the 2012 Graduate MFA Film Production program, (directing emphasis), who was just named one of the best student directors in America from the Director’s Guild of America.  Read on to see Caylee’s acceptance speech, and for more details on her  Continue Reading »

Marcial Rios (BFA/Film Prod. ‘03) independent short film Claudio, Maura, y Yo screens this week at the Oaxaca Film Fest in Mexico.