Columbia University Film Festival 2014
The Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program presents the 27th Annual Columbia University Film Festival, a weeklong program of screenings, dramatic readings, and special events.
Lineup
Various
81 minutes
A program comprising five short films: Amateur Dictator (Director: Zach Carver, Producers: Robert Richert & Willem Lee, 15m), Bittersweet Sixteen (Director: Clara Leac, Producer: Julie Begey Seureau, 15m), Scumbag (Director: Luke Spears, Producer: Shana Keegan, 16m), Fault Lines (Director: Marisa Christine Medina, Producer: Chandra Silver, 15m), and Sina Forma (Director: Garette Henson, Producer: Nicole Delaney, 20m).
Various
2014|
80 minutes
A program comprising five short films: Moths (Director: Zach Carver, Producer: Madeleine Shapiro, 18m), Victoria, Guanajuato (Director: Victor Hugo Duran, Producer: Alexandra Vivas, 11m), Reaching Home (Director: Kenneth Murphy, Producer: Rachel Brenna, 17m), Body of Crime (Director: Laurence Vannicelli, Producer: Jesse Gustafson, 18m), and The Immaculate Reception (Director: Charlotte Glynn, Producers: Berkley Brady & Luke Spears, 16m).
Various
72 minutes
A program comprising five short films: Cain (Director: Zijian Yan, Producer: Miroslav Macala, 18m), Concrete (Director: Chelvendra Sathieaanandha, Producers: Andy Nguyen & Mike De Caro, 15m), A Pinch of Salt (Director: Sebastian Nyman Agdur, 9m), The King’s Pawn (Director: Jonah Bleicher, Producer: Rob Cristiano, 20m), and Smut (Director: Tom Sveen, Producers: John Wakayama Carey & Sarah Dorman, 10m).
Various
71 minutes
A program comprising five short films: American Gladiators (Director: Lara Gallagher, Producer: Joanna Lagstein, 11m), FishTANK (Director: Diogo Cronemberger, Producer: Joelle Joseph, 18m), Post Winter (Director: Jamal Joseph Jr., Producer: Tim Nesmith, 12m), Knives (Director: Aaron David DeFazio, Producer: Larissa Rhodes, 16m), and Alex the Magnificent (Director: Robert Monk Davis, 14m).
Various
71 minutes
A program comprising four short films: Quinny (Director: A.L. Lee, Producer: Alex Ma, 18m), All That Glitters (Director: Saro Varjabedian, Producer: Demond Robertson, 16m), Idyllwild (Director: Aisha Porter-Christie, Producer: Zenas Cao, 20m), and Do the Damn Thing (Director: Adam Paschal, Producer: Mimi Jeffries, 17m).
Various
76 minutes
A program comprising four short films: Rattlefly (Director: Min Ding, Producer: Layla Zhuqing Ji, 20m), Scheherazade (Director: Mehrnoush Aliaghaei, Producer: Jamar Banks, 15m), Old Bay (Director: Lena Rudnick, Producer: Reka Posta, 19m), and Devil’s Work (Director: Miguel Silveira, Producer: Jamar Banks, 22m).
Various
79 minutes
A program comprising five short films: Roughstock (Director: Jessica Baclesse, Producer: Laura Teodosio, 13m), The Unfamiliar (O Forasteiro) (Director: Diogo Cronemberger, 25m), Oasis (Director: Carmen Jimenez, Producer: Chris Boyce, 16m), Holothurian (Director: Pei-Ju Hsieh, Producer: Jing Wang, 10m), and A Mighty Nice Man (Director: Jonathan Dee, Producer: Daniella Kahane, 15m).
Various
70 minutes
A program comprising five short films: Tobacco Burn (Director: Justin Liberman, Producer: Alvaro R. Valente, 17m), Solid Ground (Director: Rob Richert, Producer: Daniel Grossman, 15m), Goodbye Casey Trade (Director: Amanda Brennan, Producer: Hugo Kenzo, 13m), Subordinate (Director: Clara Leac, 18m), and Party of Special Things to Do (Director: Matt Black, Producer: Laurence Vannicelli, 7m).
Jennifer Lee
2013|
USA|
102 minutes
Q&A with filmmaker Jennifer Lee.
Columbia alum Jennifer Lee will present a screening of her Academy Award-winning animated film Frozen, about a princess who can’t escape her icy powers.
90 minutes
Free and open to the public!
The art of pitching is a vital skill for any filmmaker. Join eight Columbia MFA students in the Creative Producing Program, as they display their skills in action.
Free and open to the public!
Panelists will include accomplished Columbia alumni with a diverse range of experience working in television as writers, directors, and producers. Moderated by Frank Pugliese (House of Cards).
Screenings, dramatic readings, and other special events are on tap for the 27th annual Columbia University Film Festival, co-sponsored for the third year by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Writer/director Jennifer Lee (Frozen) will receive this year’s Andrew Sarris Award.
The festival, taking place May 2-8, showcases the premieres of over 40 thesis short films and feature screenplays by MFA students at Columbia’s Arts Film Program. Many of the films premiered during the event have gone on to win top awards festivals worldwide. The Lunch Date, Adam Davidson’s thesis film, was recently added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Un Mundo Para Raul (A World for Raul), directed by Mauro Mueller (’13), won the Bronze Medal in the Narrative category at the Student Academy Awards in 2013. Mark Raso’s Under received a Gold Medal in the Narrative category at the 2012 Student Academy Awards, while I Am John Wayne, by Christina Choe, was awarded the Grand Jury Sparky Award for Short Film at the 2012 Slamdance Film Festival. Bora Kim’s The Recorder Exam took the 2012 DGA Best Woman Student Filmmaker Award, and High Maintenance, written and directed by Shawn Wines, won a Silver Medal at the 2011 Student Academy Awards.
