Film and Media Studies at Georgetown

01/25/2017

Deadline for applying to FMST is 2/7/17. See FMST website for details.

10/11/2016

FMST vote for our own LaDarius Torrey and John Dodderidge's short film BROCHURE BROTHER, based on FMST alumnus Walter Kelly's (C'16) spoken word in the Voices From The Margins Student Film Festival

http://filmfest.americamedia.org/vote/

Watch the five finalists for the Margins16 social justice college filmfest. Then chose your winner.

09/01/2016

FMST community, go see some of these excellent Luso-Brazilian films screening as part of the AFI Latin American Film Festival. Recommended by Prof. Vivaldo Santos, of GU's Spanish and Portuguese Department.

Brazil

NEON BULL [BOI NEON]
Sat, Sept. 17, 9:30 p.m.; Wed, Sept. 21, 9:30 p.m.
Living a rugged life on the Brazilian vaquejada circuit, rodeo hand Iremar has big dreams of becoming a women's fashion designer. But when he meets a part-time perfume salesman who offers him a taste of the refined life, his makeshift road family is thrown off balance. Filmmaker Gabriel Mascaro (AUGUST WINDS) has crafted an endlessly sensual, visually breathtaking and atmospheric portrait of modern masculinity that garnered top prizes at the Venice, Cartagena and Rio film festivals. Best Film, 2016 Cartagena Film Festival. Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography, 2015 Rio de Janeiro Film Festival. Venice Horizons Award – Special Jury Prize, 2015 Venice Film Festival. Platform Prize – Honorable Mention, 2015 Toronto Film Festival. Official Selection, 2016 New Director/New Films, San Francisco and Sydney film festivals. DIR/SCR Gabriel Mascaro; PROD Rachel Ellis. Brazil/Uruguay/Netherlands/Spain, 2016, color, 101 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles. NOT RATED

NISE: THE HEART OF MADNESS [NISE: O CORAÇÃO DA LOUCURA]
Sun, Sept. 18, 12:45 p.m.; Tue, Sept. 20, 7:15 p.m.
Assigned to work at a psychiatric hospital in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Dr. Nise da Silveira (Glória Pires) is shocked at the violent and barbaric techniques being performed on the patients. Determined to help the troubled individuals under her care, she sets up an art studio and unleashes a wave of healing creativity. Based on the true story of a pioneering 1940s psychiatrist, this heartwarming biopic won the Audience Award at the 2015 Rio de Janeiro Film Festival. Tokyo Grand Prix and Best Actress, 2015 Tokyo Film Festival. DIR/SCR Roberto Berliner; SCR Flávia Castro, Mauricio Lissovski, Maria Camargo, Chris Alcazar, Leonardo Rocha, Patrícia Andrade; PROD Rodrigo Letier. Brazil, 2016, color, 106 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Special Presentation
North American Premiere
CINEMA NOVO
Q&A with filmmaker Eryk Rocha
Tue, Sept. 27, 7:15 p.m.
This impressionistic love letter to the Cinema Novo movement of '60s and '70s Brazil, from filmmaker Eryk Rocha (son of Cinema Novo pioneer Glauber Rocha), won the 2016 Cannes Film Festival's Golden Eye documentary award. Delving into a generation of filmmakers who faced a dictatorship and challenged notions of art to include the personal and the political, Rocha splices together footage from the most important films of the era, along with interviews with the auteurs who made them. This joyous cinematic essay embodies the true feeling of the movement. DIR/SCR Eryk Rocha; PROD Diogo Dahl. Brazil, 2016, color, 90 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles. NOT RATED

KILL ME PLEASE [MATE-ME POR FAVOR]
Fri, Sept. 30, 9:45 p.m.; Wed, Oct. 5, 9:30 p.m.
After a series of murders plagues a newly developed Rio de Janeiro suburb, 15-year-old Bia and her clique become increasingly obsessed with the gruesome killings. Bia's first brushes with death only serve to awaken her burgeoning desires, as the world around her begins to decay. This debut film from Anita Rocha da Silveira is a visionary coming-of-age tale, steeped in blood, black humor and Lynchian atmospherics. Best Actress and Best Director, 2015 Rio de Janeiro Film Festival. Official Selection, 2015 Venice Film Festival; 2016 SXSW, New Directors/New Films and BAFICI film festivals. DIR/SCR Anita Rocha da Silveira; PROD Vânia Catani. Brazil/Argentina, 2015, color, 101 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles. NOT RATED

AQUARIUS (2016)
Q&A with actress Sonia Braga
Rescheduled to: Thu, Oct. 20, 7:15 p.m.
The last holdout at a beachfront apartment building in Recife, Brazil, 65-year-old Clara (Sonia Braga, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN) refuses to give in to the pressures of the aggressive development company looking to buy her home. More than just a property, her apartment is full of the memories of a life well lived, through times both good and bad. An exquisite rumination on aging, memory and Brazil itself, Kleber Mendonça Filho's follow-up to NEIGHBORING SOUNDS features a career-defining performance by Braga. Best Film, 2016 Sydney Film Festival. Official Selection, 2016 Cannes Film Festival. DIR/SCR Kleber Mendonça Filho; PROD Saïd Ben Saïd, Emilie Lesclaux, Michel Merkt. Brazil/France, 2016, color/b&w, 142 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Portugal

JOHN FROM
Mon, Sept. 19, 9:30 p.m.; Thu, Sept. 22, 5:15 p.m.
Fifteen-year-old Rita spends the long summer days with her best friend Sara, stuck in their apartment building. But when a new neighbor arrives in the form of an attractive single dad — a photographer working on an exhibit about the South Pacific — their imaginations and teenage desires are lit aflame. Exotic fantasy slowly begins to invade their lives, and Rita loses herself in her first love, in this charming, dreamy ode to youth. Special Jury Mention, 2016 BAFICI Film Festival. DIR/SCR João Nicolau; SCR Mariana Ricardo; PROD Luís Urbano, Sandro Aguilar. Portugal, 2015, color, 98 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles. NOT RATED

08/22/2016

FMST Students, please see below for information about internship opportunity with National Air and Space Museum.

Project Title: Production, Videography, and Animation Immersion Intern

Project Description: As assigned, the intern will execute projects related to the Interactive Media and Outreach’s ongoing mission. This can include:
· Graphic and Animation design

· Video Editing

· Production planning

· Live production including sound, cameras, switching, lighting, etc

· Videography and photography

Learning Objectives: To gain comprehensive first-hand experience in live video production, videography, video editing, motion graphics, and animation.
Candidate should have previous experience with video editing, videography, sound production, live event tech, stage management, filmmaking, etc.

Major or Academic Background: Communications, Media Production, Film, or other related majors

When: Fall 2016, likely starting in October

Hours: Part time

Stipend: This internship comes with a stipend. Part-time intern stipends are calculated depending on the number of hours worked.
If you would like to apply for this internship, please email the following information to [email protected] with Video Production in the subject line:

· One to two page Statement of Purpose detailing why you are a good fit for this internship and how it will help advance your academic and/or career goals

· Copy of your resume

· How many hours per week you are available to intern

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the application will close on Wednesday, August 31.

08/11/2016

VOICES FROM THE MARGINS Film Festival

America Media and the Ignatian Solidarity Network are pleased to announce the returning social justice film fest for college undergrads. VOICES FROM THE MARGINS ’16 invites young filmmakers to create short films exploring a wide breadth of topics, including -- though not limited to -- poverty, inequality, migrants and refugees, race, gender, human life and dignity issues, environment/ecology and human rights.

Entries will be judged by a prestigious panel of judges from the realms of journalism/media and social justice work. Panelists include Emmy-winning journalists Cokie Roberts and Maria Celeste Arraras; HBO documentarian Alexandra Pelosi; Washington Post columnist EJ Dionne; creator of the FOX hit series “Glee,” Ian Brennan; and others.

More information about the contest as well as entry submission information can be found at http://filmfest.americamedia.org/.

Margins16 filmfest showcases the best social justice shorts from undergrad filmmakers. Prizes include Blackmagic Design film gear, a trip to Washington, D.C., and more!

07/25/2016

Hoyas, go see FMST Prof Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady's latest NORMAN LEAR: JUST ANOTHER VERSION OF YOU playing THIS WEEK ONLY! at Landmark Bethesda Row. Your chance to see this funny, moving, and important film that has played to raves across the festival circuit. Heidi Ewing Rachel Grady Loki Films

07/13/2016

Dear FMST Community,

I'm thrilled to share with you the IndieWire Project of the Day, an upcoming documentary produced by Georgetown 2012 graduate, Reilly Dowd. Reilly has shared the following description of her film:

"The Language of Laughter is a character-driven feature documentary about two young women from completely different worlds—Hanadi, a Syrian refugee mother, and Timea, an uninhibited European clowndoctor. One is convinced that civil war has robbed her of the happiness she once had, the other, on a mission to change it all through laughter. Amidst the collateral damage of a Syria’s bloody civil war, the film follows Hanadi and Timea’s journey as their worlds become intertwined. Executive produced by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger, the film is primarily set in Zaatari Refugee Camp, a sprawling tent city situated just a few miles from the Syrian border."

Reilly recently released a brand new trailer, as part of a 30-day crowd-funding campaign. She needs your support to get this inspiring project across the finish line! They have just 6 days left to reach a $30,000 goal.

It would be great to support this Hoya filmmaker: Take a moment to click the blue "follow" button in the upper right hand corner and help them to reach 500 followers. And if you can, make a contribution. No amount is too small!

Direct link to campaign:

This is a story about the language—and power—of laughter. In a refugee camp on the Syrian-Jordanian border, an unlikely friendship is formed between two young women—Timea, a European clown on a mission to spread joy, and Hanadi, a Syrian refugee convinced that war has robbed her of laughter.

06/20/2016

AFI Docs Film Festival begins on Wednesday, June 22nd, in DC and Silver Spring. Hoya Megan Mylan will screen TALLER THAN THE TREES on 6/23 at 3:45 PM @ E Street; Hoya Heidi Ewing will screen NORMAN LEAR: JUST ANOTHER VERSION OF YOU on 6/26 at 7 PM Newseum Museum

04/20/2016

Please join Georgetown Against Gun Violence for a screening of The Armor of Light on Tuesday April 26th at 7pm in Walsh 494 followed by a discussion with the film's director Abigail Disney (grandniece of Walt Disney).

The Armor of Light tells the story of how Evangelical minister Rob Schenck, and Lucy McBath, a mother who lost her son to gun violence, unite to fight America's gun culture. Together they address the incompatibility of pro-life and pro-gun stances.

Join us to watch this incredible true story and to discuss these important issues.

Snacks will be provided.

RSVP on our Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1277643215583693/

04/19/2016

Hoyawood is a student-run film club entirely devoted to the appreciation and understanding of film as a whole. As Georgetown’s newest film club, Hoyawood hopes to bring a variety of speakers from the industry to campus, and also to engage the larger student body in a conversation about the importance of film in our ever-changing society. Our first event of the year is a screening of the critically acclaimed, Oscar winning documentary, Amy, which will take place this Thursday, April 21st at 7 pm in the Film and Media Studies Classroom in the HFSC. We will be screening the film and then having a discussion with Andy Markowitz from the Huffington Post about the film afterward. We hope to see you all there! If you have any questions at all, please email [email protected].

04/19/2016

Volunteer at AFI DOCS!

04/14/2016

Special screening invite for GREEN ROOM