SUNYWide Film Festival
November 8 - 10, 2012
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About The Festival
Film and video is a thriving field of study throughout the SUNY system. From the traditional Hollywood narrative to animation, from experimental film and video to documentary work, students and faculty are exploring personal visions through time-based image making. For the forth year in a row, we are excited to share the work that best exemplifies the best of the best with each other, our local communities and the rest of the SUNY system.
Why Submit to a Film Festival?
We want you to experience a competitive and juried festival. You may have thousands of hits on YouTube but is that your ideal audience? Has your work stood up to tough scrutiny beyond the classroom?
Getting into a competitive festival while still in school is a powerful testament to the work a student is doing, but this is an educational opportunity that is often overlooked by students or ignored because of the often-expensive entry fees. We want to provide a chance for students within the SUNY system to experience what it is like to apply and get into a festival; to be able to add their accomplishment to their applications to graduate school, or grants, and to start building their curriculum vitae or resume.
An additional goal for the festival revolves around our commitment to enriching our academic and local communities with entertaining, thought-provoking and challenging film and video work. Over the next few months we hope to make announcements about these goals.
Keep checking back as we will be adding more information to the website. We're very excited for our 4th Annual SWFF and can't wait to see what you create!
If you have any questions please contact us: swff(at)fredonia(dot)edu
Thanks
The SWFF Staff
Selected Films Announced
Juror Announced
We are very please to have
as this year’s SWFF guest juror.
Marc is a digital storyboard artist who has worked on a number of films including Terrence Malick’s film Tree of Life.
Marc will present
Storyboards: Pen & Paper Cinema
Friday November 9th.
We are very excited to announce the films selected for the 2012 SWFF. Each year the number of excellent films increases and this year was no exception. Congratulations to all the students who’s work work chosen.
The selection of films is a difficult process that is administered by a number of individuals including professional filmmakers, professors, students and community members.
Each member is tasked with bringing to the discussion their personal expertise to help determine the final selections that will fit in the festival.
A number of elements are considered including the technical achievement evident in the film, the overall content, with consideration to how compelling and original it is and an overall impression that can and may supersede the other two considerations.
Workshops Announced
News about the next SWFF will be announced over the summer.
Thanks for your patience.
Questions can be sent to: hastings(at)fredonia.edu
2012 SWFF Sponsors
Academic Affairs
College of Arts and Humanities
Department of American Studies
Department of Visual Arts and New Media
The Carnahan Jackson Fund
Congratulations to all the filmmakers in this year’s SWFF.
Thanks for making the 4th such a wonderful experience.
A special thank you to all the faculty and student volunteers, and fiscal supporters who made this festival a fantastic success.
All workshops are open to the public and free. More info on the Workshops page.
Workshop 1
Friday Nov. 9th
Immediately after the second student showcase screening.
Fredonia Media Arts Club students will lead a light painting workshop. This hands on event will introduce participants to the concepts and techniques of long exposure photography and painting with light.
Participants wanting to create work should bring a camera such as a digital SLR camera that can be manually controlled and any form of safe light source.
Workshop 2
Saturday Nov. 10th
10am in McEwen Hall Rm 106
The second workshop will be lead by our guest juror Marc Baird. The workshop will address the preproduction process of filmmaking with special attention to the tools available for storyboard creation and working with directors.
Awards Announced
Grand Prize - Speechless, Kraig Adams - Buffalo State
First Place Animation - Bramble, William Lauko - Fredonia
First Place Documentary - Morning Mary Lou, Aaron Brewster, Andre Cobham, Tim Franklin, MK Pottenburgh, Todd Stoops - Fredonia
First Place Experimental - Tremors, Christine Henning - Fredonia
First Place Narrative - Sex and Spaghetti, Nicole Favale - Purchase
2nd Place Animation - Nubes Stellarum, March Younglove - Fredonia
2nd Place Documentary - Showing Myself: F to M, Marie Baxter, Jennifer Everdyke, Christopher Sarmiento, Luigi Scarogni - New Paltz
2nd Place Experimental - Photosphere, Jeffrey Newell - Oswego
2nd Place Narrative - Stolen Memories, Daniel Kharlak - Purchase
3rd Place Animation - Sunday Afternoon, Taylor Hultquist - Fredonia
3rd Place Documentary - Fracturing a Community, Frank Howard, Dana Menusan, Brian Storey - Oneonata
3rd Place Experimental - Membrane, Max Bayarsky - Purchase
3rd Place Narrative - Tail, Kyle Mecca - Buffalo State
Audience Choice - Morning Mary Lou, Aaron Brewster, Andre Cobham, Tim Franklin, MK Pottenburgh, Todd Stoops - Fredonia