At the 2021 GSA BAFTA Student Film Awards, Unfinished Lives, directed by Yucong Rae Chen, from the University of Southern California, took home the BAFTA Student Award for Documentary and the Special Jury Prize, the latter of which was selected by Kingsley Ben-Adir, Colman Domingo, Aasif Mandvi and Trish Summerville. The film tells the story…
Out For Delivery was directed by Yuxin Gao at New York University. It is a 42 minute playable documentary shot with a 360–degree camera. The slice-of-life experience follows a food delivery courier in Beijng on January 23, 2020, the day before Lunar New Year’s Eve, and the day Wuhan shut down due to COVID-19.
Migrants was directed by Hugo Caby, Zoé Devise, Antoine Dupriez, Aubin Kubiak, and Lucas Lermytte from Pôle 3D in France. The film asks the question: What would happen if Polar Bears had to live with Brown Bears due to global warming?
Digital Orchard Showreel 2021
Short Film | Narrative | LGBTQ+ | Dramedy | Genre-bending
Apart, Together, the winner of the 2021 BAFTA Student Film Award for Live Action, is directed by Olivia Hang Zhou from the American Film Institute. A Chinese teenage girl travels with her mom to the United States as a translator, in order to find her sister, who was abandoned under the One-child-policy. She’s faced with…
Film Independent’s guest moderator Janelle Riley (Deputy Awards & Features Editor, Variety) talks to the band Sparks, brothers Ron and Russell Mael, about their debut movie musical, the Leos Carax collaboration Annette.
The 2022 Sundance Film Festival is just around the corner! Whether you’re planning on joining them in snow-covered Park City or logging on from the comfort of your couch in January, it’s time to start getting into the Festival spirit. Begin planning your Festival experience now on their newly relaunched website.
The Filmmakers Academy has an exciting announcement. They have grown and changed their name to Filmmakers Academy. Filmmakers Academy expands upon the legacy of Hurlbut Academy, which has mentored thousands of cinematographers over the past decade. Read more here.
