Dodge College Students Set Their Sights on Sundance and Slamdance This January
Every January, the small mountain town of Park City in Utah, becomes a media circus filled with film industry, sponsors, film buffs, and the lucky filmmakers whose works have been selected for either the prestigious Sundance Film Festival or its famous spin-off the Slamdance Film Festival. This year, our Dodge College alumni have multiple projects
Variety Declares Alumnus Justin Simien A "Director to Watch"
Continuing the successes we’ve written about in the past, alumnus Justin Simien has received a broader kind of acclaim for his recent film, Dear White People. Simien has been recognized at festivals across the country, for his unique brand of scathing wit, a trend that surely suggests even bigger things are on the horizon. Most
Special Holiday Pre-Release Screening: "Lone Survivor"
Dodge College continues its annual tradition of sharing a special pre-release feature film for students, just before the holiday break. In partnership with our friends at the Audio Engineering Society (AES), this year, we’re screening the film Lone Survivor December 14 at 7PM: Based on The New York Times bestselling true story of heroism, courage
Watching Project W: Stories of Women Creating Change
Concluding our week of special guests and screenings, Friday’s premiere screening of the works of the Project W class was a huge success! Professor Sally Rubin, who leads the program, described the purpose of Project W: Lots of people have asked me, ‘what is Project W, anyways?’. Project W is a program we designed
"Destination: Africa 2013" Unites Continents, Cultures, and Student Documentarians
Congratulations to the student teams who presented their films in Destination: Africa last night! Every year, our documentary program, led by Professor Jeff Swimmer, whisks students away from their comfortable American lives, embedding them in a foreign culture, where they are charged with creating short films with a global impact. Destination: Africa films are produced
Special Guest John Knoll Connects VFX Past to Present
Professor Bill Kroyer’s History and Aesthetics of Digital Arts class enjoyed an amazing treat last night, as they heard from one of the founding fathers of modern visual effects: John Knoll. The class began, as always, with 3 brief student presentations, on their favorite aspects of their favorite digital film: Lilo & Stitch: for representing
Watch the Trailer for Project W: Stories of Women Creating Change
As if the inspiring stories, cultural diversity, uplifting messages, and yes, FREE FOOD, wasn’t enough to get you excited for this weekend’s screening of Project W: Stories of Women Creating Change, we have a brand new trailer cut together by the production teams. Take a look, clear your calendar for this Friday evening, and get
Alumni Film "Hollywood Heroes" Selected for "Shot on RED" Film Festival This Week!
A round of applause is in order for the team of Dodge College alumni working on “Hollywood Heroes,” a new short film recently entered into the brand-new “Shot on RED” Film Festival. Director Burke Doeren recently reached out to us, to share the exciting news that his film has been selected as one of the
2 Chapman films screen this week at the Bahamas Int’l Film Festival in Nassau
2 Chapman films screen this week at the Bahamas Int”l Film Festival in Nassau: Blue (Katelyn Bianchini, Rena Cheng, Asia Lancaster) and Straight Down Low (Zach Wechter).
2 Chapman films screen this week at the Anchorage Int’l Film Festival in Alaska
2 Chapman films screen this week at the Anchorage Int”l Film Festival in Alaska: Blue (Katelyn Bianchini, Rena Cheng, Asia Lancaster) and If We Were Adults (Michael Fitzgerald)
2 Chapman films are finalists in the PovertyCure International Short Film Festival
2 Chapman films are finalists in the PovertyCure International Short Film Festival: Picture Perfect (Winston Tao) and Shoot the Moon (Alexander Gaetas) are nominated for the $3000 Audience Award. You can help them win by voting for them on Facebook.
Documentary film Why We Race is nominated for IDA Student Documentary Award
The “Community Voices” class documentary film Why We Race(Kiley Vorndran, Ryan Westra, Andrew Evers, Ben Fischinger) is one of five student films nominated for the IDA Student Documentary Award from the International Documentary Association. The awards ceremony will be held this Friday Night.