{"id":15143,"date":"2019-12-04T10:53:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T18:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/dodge\/2019\/12\/04\/film-festival-corner-update-12\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:34:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:34:48","slug":"film-festival-corner-update-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/2019\/12\/04\/film-festival-corner-update-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Festival Corner Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the winter festivals begin to hand out their decisions and the summer festivals begin to open up for submissions, here is what our students have been up to lately on the festival circuit:<\/p>\n<p>Mojtaba Mirshekari (MFA\/FP \u201920) \u2013 BIRTHDAY<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Skyline Indie Film Fest<\/li>\n<li>WideScreen Film &amp; Music Video Festival<\/li>\n<li>Oaxaca FilmFest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brian Robau (MFA\/FP \u201817) \u00a0\u2013 ESTA ES TU CUBA<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfest.scad.edu\/festival-info\/history\/film-showcases\">Winner of the Global Shorts Forum: Best of Show at the 2019 SCAD Savannah Film Festival<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/virginiafilmfestival.org\/award-winners\/\">Winner of the Virginia Film Festival\u2019s 2019 Audience Award for Narrative Short<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alex Greenlee (BFA\/FP \u201920) \u2013 DEAD WALL<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hollyshorts Monthly Film Festival at the Chinese Theater<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alex Greenlee (BFA\/FP \u201920) \u00a0\u2013 CYBOLICA<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/freakshowfilmfest.com\/2019-award-winners\/\">Best Special FX make-up at Freak Show in Orlando<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jackie Gorman (BFA\/DA \u201919) \u2013 THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Animanie &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/animanie.cz\/festival2019\/soutezni-prehlidka\/\">Winner of the \u201cfunny use of art\u201d award<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dayna Li (MFA\/FP \u201920) \u2013 QAFAS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Austin Film Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Zelie Dember-Slack (MFA\/FP \u201917) \u2013 DARK CHOCOLATE<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pembroke Taparelli Arts and Film Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15149\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15149 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2019\/12\/E097630A-DD9A-4CFD-842E-FE8AD3A545C9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"828\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The team behind the documentary WINNER OF PEACE pose on the red carpet prior to the Closing Night screening of their film at NFFTY.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nikhail Asnani (MFA\/S \u201919) has 4 films playing at the Oregon Scream Week Horror Film Festival<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SOMETHING ROUND, PLAYBACK, HELLO, and THE FOAL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kaylin George (BFA\/FP \u201919) \u2013 TWO PAPER NIGHTINGALES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jaipur International Film Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Scarlett Turner (BFA\/FP \u201919) \u2013 SEE YOU NEXT SUMMER<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coronadoislandfilmfestival.com\/2019-award-winners\/\">Audience Favorite Short Winner \u2013 Coronado Island Film Festival<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brynee McKee (NWD \u201920) Ben Allen (NWD \u201920) Jack Mullinkosson (NWD \u201920) and Jackie Palacios\u2019 (Peace Studies\/Screen Acting \u201919) \u2013 DIVIDED<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Portland Film Festival<\/li>\n<li>LGBTQ Shorts Film Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jack Belisle (BFA\/FP \u201920), Gabe Knoos-Newton (BFA\/FP \u201920), Sea Liu (MFA\/DOCU \u201919), Ragini Bhasin (MFA\/FP \u201819) \u2013 AMERICAN NATIONAL<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Utopia Film Festival<\/li>\n<li>Ogden Film Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brenten Brandenburg (BFA\/FP \u201919),\u00a0Jordan Gorman (BFA\/FP \u201919),\u00a0Kaustubh Singh (BFA\/NWD \u201919) and To \u201cDerek\u201d Wan (MFA\/DOC \u201919) \u2013 THAT WAS RAY<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DocuWest Documentary Film Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jacinta Filiaci (MFA\/DOCU \u201919), Spencer Santini (BFA\/NWD \u201919), Peng Wang (MFA\/FP \u201919), Jordan Prieto-Valdes (BA\/SW \u201920), and Dany Zavala\u2019s (BA\/POSC \u201920) \u2013 AMERICAN MADE<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anchorage International Film Festival<\/li>\n<li>Golden Door International Film Festival<\/li>\n<li>Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition<\/li>\n<li>DocuWest Documentary Film Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemaaudiosociety.org\/cinema-audio-society-announces-finalists-for-the-cas-student-recognition-award\/\">Cinema Audio Society Student Recognition Awards Finalists<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hsiao-Chu (Andree)<\/li>\n<li>Bo Pang<\/li>\n<li>Karthik Mohan Vijaymohan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ragini Bhasin (MFA\/FP \u201919) \u2013 GHAZAAL<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.filmschoolfest-munich.de\/en\/presse-pro\/pressemitteilungen-fsfmuc\/2019\/awards\/\">ARTE SHORT FILM PRIZE<\/a> at FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15147\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15147 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2019\/12\/191123_FSF_Closing_0288.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2019\/12\/191123_FSF_Closing_0288.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2019\/12\/191123_FSF_Closing_0288-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2019\/12\/191123_FSF_Closing_0288-1024x683.jpg 1024w, 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You can send any and all updates to festivalsubmissions@chapman.edu.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12\/4\/19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2563,"featured_media":15144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"custom_author_name":"","chapman_pin_hero_slider":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[413],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-festival-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2563"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20348,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15143\/revisions\/20348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}