The credits will roll in Shamblin Theatre on Apr. 11-13 at 7:30 p.m. each night for the first ever Five-Minute Film Festival.
The event is presented by the Film and Creative Media Graduate Program, and SGA is sponsoring the event, so students’ tickets are free. Faculty tickets are $10 and $15 for individuals.
Mike Fernandez, chair of the department of theatre, explained why the film festival was created.
“We just launched the Film and Creative Media Graduate Program, and it’s essentially a film school,” Fernandez said. “We felt like if we were going to have a film school that’s worth anything, we need to have a film festival.”
The winner of the film festival will be decided by seven judges, who are from the “professional scene,” according to Fernandez.
The winning film will receive a $500 grand prize and a spot in the Nashville Film Festival. Second place will win $250. The victor will be announced on the last day, Apr. 13.
There were 14 submissions, 11 fiction and three documentaries, for the film festival. Fernandez said that all of them will show.
“We’ve gotten some really creative pieces, and we’ve decided, at the film festival, we’re going to show all fourteen,” Fernandez said.
The screen time for each night will last for one hour, and the showings are split into two acts. The first act consists of seven films, and the second act will show the remaining seven.
Students, and anyone interested are encouraged to come. There will also be concessions served at the showings.
“For [our] first year I think we’re off to a really good start,” Fernandez said. “And we’re excited to think about what this will be in five years from now.”
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