On a 37-hour bus ride from New York to New Orleans, Garrett Bradley held interviews with fellow passengers around her age. The conversations she had during that drive eventually culminated in her first feature film, “Below Dreams.” The UCLA alumna said she began these interviews on the Greyhound buses while on a break from school, and that at the time, she didn’t know what she was going to do with the material she acquired or that she would eventually transcribe the recordings and turn them into a film script. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumna Garrett Bradley used interviews she had with passengers on Greyhound buses as the material for her film “Below Dreams.” The film will be screened in select L.A. theaters from Friday to Wednesday. (Courtesy of Milena Pastreich)

Director Rock Chang looked over his shoulder as he filmed the last scene of “Exhale” and knew no other takes would be needed. Many of his crew members had tears in their eyes. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumna Fabienne Maurer co-founded CUBED Productions, whose film “Exhale” was accepted to the Cannes Film Festival Short Film Competition. (CUBED Productions)

Among the cognoscenti of the international film festival circuit, Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien is a household name. From his signature long takes to minute attention to detail, Hou’s techniques seem to have garnered him admirers and imitators across world cinema. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Film and Television Archive will feature Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s films in a series called “Also Like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-Hsien.” The series will be shown in movie theaters across Los Angeles including the Billy Wilder Theater from Friday to June 20. (UCLA Film and Television Archive)