For fourth-year women's studies student Mahaley Hessam, the elusive Holy Grail for actors known as the "big break" came in the form of a call from her agent. Read more...

Campus Events Commission's latest change "“ $2 film screenings becoming free "“ can now work for even the poorest college student's budget. In a move suggested by administrators of Associated Students UCLA, the CEC's $2 film screenings will now be free of charge. Read more...

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Members of the Campus Events Commission gather on stage before a film screening. $2 screenings have recently become free for UCLA students. Photo: Campus Events Commission

From its beginning to its end, "Soul Kitchen" is filled with a passionate energy. Read more...

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(Photo courtesy of IFC Films)

Los Angeles has long been home to films, and it's long been home to skateboarding, but only recently has it been home to films about skateboarding. Read more...

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Caroline Graeff and Fabrice Le Mao, founders of the Los Angeles Skate Film Festival, pose in a skate park. The first annual festival received more than 100 film submissions. (Photo courtesy of Vanessa Andrieux)

Colors, light, sound, motion, film and artistic vision "“ these are the basic elements of the experimental films found in "The Cross Revolves at Sunset." The UCLA Film & Television Archive and Los Angeles Filmforum offer a program of nine experimental short films that have been recently restored by the Academy Film Archive. Read more...

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Gary Beydler’s 1975 film “Hand Held Day” is one of nine experimental works that will be screened during “The Cross Revolves at Sunset,” a presentation of recently restored films from the Academy Film Archive.

Credits: UCLA Film & Television Archive