Patty Jones first began writing her narrative in a Starbucks in New York. In a matter of months, her five-page narrative would be transformed into an award-worthy screenplay. Read more...
Photo: (Center) Patty Jones completed the UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting and was one of five winners of this year’s Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, which awards its participants with $35,000 each. Jones’ winning submission, “Joe Banks,” is a wild comic odyssey.
AFI Fest, the American Film Institute’s annual film festival, continues at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The Daily Bruin’s Sebastian Torrelio and Tony Huang are attending until the festival’s close on Thursday, when several of the biggest films being put up for audience award consideration will be screened. Read more...
Photo: Biyi Bandele “Half of a Yellow Sun” mixes elements of war stories and soap operas.
The stage is set to a perfectly still living room: a bookshelf lines the back wall, a television encased in the shelf flashes static, and a cozy couch sits facing the television. Read more...
Photo: “Retrospect,” a two-minute film directed by third-year film and television student Searit Huluf, captured the 2013 Campus MovieFest awards for best drama and best editing. The stop-motion film centers around failed relationships and domestic abuse through the window of a static television.
AFI Fest, the American Film Institute's annual film festival, continues at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Read more...
Walking across the barren terrain of the San Bernardino Valley with nothing more than a cart of recyclables and a teddy bear is the lone profile of a young man.As the last shot of the film, letters spelling “Wander” file onto the screen. Read more...
Photo: Awarded best picture at this year’s Campus MovieFest, “Wander” tells the story of Hieronymus, a young homeless man with obsessive-compulsive tendencies.
The American Film Institute Festival continues at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The Daily Bruin’s Sebastian Torrelio and Tony Huang attended until the festival’s close on Thursday, screening several of the biggest films being put up for audience award consideration and otherwise. Read more...
The American Film Institute Fest has begun at the Chinese theaters in Hollywood. The longest-running international Los Angeles film festival has brought cinema from around the world to the hub of Hollywood for over four decades since its origins as FILMEX in 1971. Read more...
