31st Annual Hunter Film Festival Results

The Film and Media Society of Hunter College hosted the 31st Annual Hunter College Film Festival last weekend which screened many different and interesting films. The categories were documentary, production 1, production 2, produced on video, cinematography, and production seminar with a total of approximately 25 films.

Here are the results:

DOCUMENTARY:

STREET SUPREME - dir. MICAH BOCHART

PRODUCTION 1:

TELEVATORS - dir. NATHAN SCHRADER

PRODUCTION 2:

DISCONNECTED - dir. AMIR ADELAR MINDER

PRODUCED ON VIDEO:

SLEEP WALKER - dir. DAIGORO HIRAHATA

EXPERIMENTAL:

"CHARLIE ROSE" BY SAMUEL BECKETT - dir. ANDREW FILIPPONE JR.

CINEMATOGRAPHY:

ANDREW'S GUN - dir. TERESA SONEBORG

There were also a few seminar films but sadly I do not remember all the director's names. My program was used as a voting sheet.

SEMINAR:

KILL ME A SON - WINNER

TATI FROM 4 TO 7

UNKNOWN MELODY

DIONAEA

A Little Late but...

I wanted to let people know what's been going on recently.

I know it's incredibly last minute but the 31st Annual Hunter College Film Festival is coming up this week on Friday at 3 pm-ish and Saturday "Selects" at 6 pm. If you would like to submit your work, it's due this Wednesday by 4 pm in the drop off box in the Film and Media Office at 433HN. They are also looking for volunteers so if you can, please contact Ruomi Hampel at ruomi@hotmail.com.

On a different note, last Friday I had the wonderful opportunity to go see Michel Gondry speak at the Times Center. Excluding myself, there were about 6 other Hunter students who also went. I sat up front as he spoke about his music videos (Bjork, The White Stripes, and The Rolling Stones in particular) and about his 5 feature films (Human Nature, Eternal Sunshine, Science of Sleep, Be Kind Rewind, and Dave Chappelle's Block Party). He told some interesting anecdotes about stuff that happened during filming and his influences for his film concepts. He also spoke a little about the importance of scripts. Unfortunately, we ran out of time and we couldn't ask any questions directly but it was overall a very interesting and fun experience. We got a very personal look at Gondry as well as a little glimpse into his creative mind. I recorded the whole conversation so if anybody is interested, I could give them a copy. I must warn you though that his french accent is pretty hard to understand at times, especially through a recording.

According to a friend, she said that when Wong Kar-Wai came to NY, there was a 45 minute Q&A session afterwards so there is a good chance that that will occur in future guest speakers. If you didn't already, you should probably reserve your tickets for Werner Herzog. Get them here.

Future Film Festivals You May Want to Participate In

To those of the Hunter community: I hope you are all enjoying your week off.

Here is a list of a couple of film festivals that may be of interest to you guys:

5th Annual ALL ROADS FILM FESTIVAL
Organization Host: National Geographic Society All Roads Project
"The National Geographic All Roads Film Project showcases breakthrough film and still photography from indigenous and underrepresented minority cultures around the globe."

Location: Washington, D.C.
Festival Dates: October 2-5, 2008
Deadline for submissions: May 10, 2008
Deadline All Seeds Grants: June 15, 2008

16th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival
Organization Host:Hamptons Film Festival
“For 15 years now, the Hamptons International Film Festival has awarded over 130 plus, undergraduate and graduate filmmakers a cash award and a viewing slot within the festival.”

Note: Check the site for the various categories of awards and grants.

Location: East Hampton, New York
Festival Dates:October 15-19, 2008
Deadline for submissions: (Early submission) May 10, 2008

6th Annual Coney Island Film Festival
Organization Host: Coney Island Film

Location: (Obviously) Coney Island
Festival Dates: September 26-28, 2008
Deadline for submissions:
Regular Deadline April 25th, 2008 (postmarked)
Late deadline June 25th, 2008 (postmarked)
Extended late deadline July 3rd, 2008 (postmarked)

The 2008 CUNY Asian American Film Festival

I saw this poster on the 5th floor of Hunter North and decided to look up on it. Considering that I am Asian American, I am going to take up this opportunity to submit a film to this festival (To see the full criteria of this festival, click here).

May 5th is the deadline so I have all of spring break to shoot and edit the film to get it ready. The script is all done and the shooting schedule/storyboard is currently in the making. If anybody is interested in helping me, please leave a comment or email me and we can discuss it. Free food and one way transportation ticket to Long Island will be provided.