A weary traveler wanders the desolate countryside, clutching his suitcase. The haunting narration of a torn and tortured woman reveals her feelings for a lost love, her distant memories and her hidden melancholy. Read more...
Photo: “In the Mood for Love” is one of 28 films being screened at “A Century of Chinese Cinema,” a new program at the Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Theater. (Courtesy of UCLA Film & Television Archive)
AFI Fest, the American Film Institute’s annual film festival, has concluded 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...
At a hospital bedside comes a myriad of reactions – tears, hand holding, denial and for some, music. The Campus MovieFest dramatic film entry “The Violinist” placed in the top 16 shorts at UCLA and screened in Ackerman last week. Read more...
Photo: Tamara Rhoads, winner of this year’s Campus MovieFest best actress award, both starred in and composed music for the film.
All week, columnists Sebastian Torrelio and Tony Huang attended AFI Fest, the annual film festival held by the American Film Institute at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Read more...
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, screening several of the biggest films being put up for audience award consideration. Read more...
Communal bathrooms, a topic familiar to many UCLA students, provided an answer to Andrew Butte’s search for a relatable awkward situation. Butte, a third-year communication studies student with a film, television and digital media minor, and Pablo Mahave, a third-year film student from Spain, conceptualized the story of “Toilet Talk,” the short which won best comedy for the campus-wide level of Campus MovieFest. Read more...
Photo: Awarded best comedy at Campus MovieFest, “Toilet Talk” is about an awkward college student who must avoid two drug dealers while he finishes using a public restroom.
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.
