The event will take place this Saturday, April 21 from 2-4:30 PM. We have selected six extraordinary undergraduate films that you do not want to miss.

Please purchase your tickets here before they sell out!

https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/9672183

In the meantime, you can check out our trailer!

The 2011 Nominees Were:

By Jude – Angela Chen

Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Crafts – Talia Alberts

Nightfall – Corry Wiens

pennies – Jonathan Chanin

Hypnocus-Pocused – Victor Suarez

Marta – Rachel Mersky

The Goldfish – Jacob Mendel

And the Winners Are:

Best Film – Hypnocus-Pocused

Best Directed – pennies

Best Cinematography – The Goldfish

Best Acting – Hypnocus-Pocused

Best Screenplay – Marta

Concord Audience Award – Hypnocus-Pocused

Congratulations to all the winners, and to thank you to all who submitted to this year’s festival.

The 7th Annual Columbia University National Undergraduate Film Festival is now accepting submissions! The early deadline has already passed, but don’t worry, there are still two more:

Regular deadline: January 29, 2011 (postmarked date) – $15 fee

Late deadline: March 5, 2011 (postmarked date)- $20 fee

Just click on the “Submit a Film 2011″ link on the right-hand banner for more details. And remember, over $1000 in cash and prizes will be awarded by industry professionals!

Good luck everyone, we look forward to watching your films.

Winners

~ Best Picture ~
Action World
Aaron Fronk, Vince DeGaetano, and Cooper Johnson of Columbia College Chicago

~ Concord Award (Best Film Voted by the Audience) ~
Priceless
Jonathan Ong of The Art Institute of Pittsburgh

~ Best Directed ~
Action World
Aaron Fronk, Vince DeGaetano, and Cooper Johnson of Columbia College Chicago

~ Best Screenplay ~
Fresas
Jason Outenreath of Oberlin College

~ Frontiers Award (Most Original Film) ~
Old Man’s Tomb
Matt Reynolds of Bates College, and The Maine Media Workshops

~ Best Editing ~
Wandering Star
Anthony Hays and Matt Yoka of The University of Colorado, at Boulder

~ Best Acting ~
Garbage Day
Victor Suarez of Columbia University of New York and John Sadlik of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaigne

~ Best Cinematography ~
Warren Budd and his Propeller Plane
Jackson Adams of Emerson College

~ Opus Award (Best Use of Music & Sound) ~
Developer
Erica M. Hart of Northwestern University

https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/8074105

General admission: $3
Add $2 to attend the post-event VIP reception at Haakon’s Hall

JUDGES

Jon Alpert has distinguished himself as an award-winning documentary filmmaker. He has won three Primetime Emmy Awards, eleven News & Documentary Emmy Awards, one National Emmy for Sports Programming, four Columbia DuPont Awards, and a Peabody Award. He was an Academy Award nominee this year for China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province. He is also co-founder and director of Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV), America’s largest and most honored non-profit community media center.

Michael Hausman received a BA from Cornell in 1957. He has produced or executive-produced most of Milos Forman’s films including Amadeus, Man on the Moon, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Ragtime, and Hair. He has also produced films for directors David Mamet, Mike Nichols, Robert Benton, Ang Lee, Richard Pearce, and Robert M. Young. Recently, he received an Emmy award for HBO’s Recount. He is president of Filmhaus and Cinehaus Inc. and has taught at Columbia since 1978.

Joan Stein Schimke was nominated for an Academy Award for One Day Crossing, which also won the Student Academy Award® Gold Medal and the DGA Best Woman Student Filmmaker. Other directing credits include several short films and an episode of “Law & Order.” She worked as Production Coordinator on Eric Mendelsohn’s 3 Backyards, Locations Coordinator on Woody Allen’s Deconstructing Harry, and assistant to director Bette Gordon on Luminous Motion. Joan is an Assistant Professor at Adelphi University and is currently developing a number of feature film projects.

Please remember to e-mail rsvp2cunuff@gmail.com with your name and “panel,” “presentation,” and/or “workshop” in the subject line, if you wish to attend any of the free afternoon events.

The post-production workshop is already full, but you will be placed on the waiting list.

Wandering Star
Anthony Hays
University of Colorado at Boulder

Warren Budd and his Propeller Plane
Jackson Adams
Emerson College

Garbage Day
Victor Suarez
Columbia University

Fresas
Jason Outenreath
Oberlin College

Action World
Aaron Fronk
Columbia College Chicago

Priceless
Jonathan Ong, Phil Atkins
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh

Developer
Erica M. Hart
Northwestern University

The Old Man’s Tomb
Matthew Reynolds
Bates College

Honorably Mentioned Films:

The Cyclist
Andras Ostrom
Emerson College

Marlin
Matt Dworzanczyk
Columbia College Chicago

Bloodbath
Cameron Gibson
Northwestern University

Carpe Millenium
Eric Bednarowicz
Columbia College Chicago

One Day
Bernard Garceau III
Baylor University

The Sandman
David Scala
New York University

Out of the Blue
Joanna Truman
Florida State University

The Fatherless
Alex Schwarm
Northwestern University

As Ever, Stan
Alex Schwarm
Northwestern University

A Funeral Story
Courtney Marcilliat
Florida State University

Third-Tier Award Films:

Sandbox
Kelsi Brannan
University of California, Santa Barbara

The Sleep Project
Whitney Bennett and Matthew Cunningham
Saint Mary’s Hall

Give the Dog a Bone
Whitney Bennett and Brenden Cicoria
Saint Mary’s Hall

The Cooking Class
Halsey Robertson and Zelda Wen
Harvard-Westlake School

Hagondes
Emma Gencarelli
SUNY Purchase College

Project X
Daniel Schwartz
Johns Hopkins University

Fantastically Cruel
Jessica Charle
University of Maine

All That a Woman Can Do
Eve Symington
Columbia University

Sinuous Bodies
Alexander Hedstrom, David Godbout, Jack Roberts
Towson University

The Stand
Olivia Chuba
Harvard-Westlake School

Protocol
Russell Yaffe, Joel Sinensky, Talia Alberts
Northwestern University