Cinema lovers likely have circled Friday, Dec. 5 on the calendar, the date of the George Mason University Fall Film Showcase.
About 30 films from three sections of George Mason’s Film and Video Studies program will be featured, says Giovanna Chesler, director of the program.
The showcase, which is from 3 to 9:30 p.m. in the Johnson Center Cinema on the Fairfax Campus, will feature 11 final film projects by senior producing course students, 13 films by documentary directing course students and five films by graduate students of the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies program, she says.
A list of featured film titles can be found here on the Film and Media Studies program site.
Reflecting programing trends at international film festivals, the films are each 15 minutes or less, she says. The short run time also gives students a strategic edge as they release their work by improving their storytelling and technical process, Chesler noted.
Students get several opportunities to screen their films for audiences and participate in Q&A sessions after the screenings, she says.
“This is an important part of the development of directors, producers and craft people who study and practice filmmaking,” Chesler says.
December 05, 2014