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MONTHLY NEWSLETTERSEPTEMBER 2023
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Ice Cream Social and Production Fair
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Welcome Back Ice Cream Social and Production Fair. Sign-ups are posted in the Jason Cortez Creativity Lab (Room 3019) in the deLaski Performing Arts Building. Be sure to check those lists throughout the semester to find crew for your projects.
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Best of Film at Mason
Best of Film at Mason is a traveling showcase of recent notable and award-winning student films. This year’s program includes documentaries, narrative shorts, and senior thesis films. The screenings are followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
If you missed our premiere on September 1, there are two more opportunities for you to see these incredible films.
Wednesday, October 4
6:00pm-8:00pm
Mason Exhibitions Arlington (3601 Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA 22201)
Saturday, October 14
11:00am-1:00pm
Washington West Film Festival (ShowPlace ICON Theatre at 1667 Silver Hill Dr., McLean, VA 22102)
Purchase Tickets
Congratulations to our seven films selected:
Countdown (dir. Jaiden Williams)
Radio Silence (dir. Sujay Khona)
Jazz (dir. Andrew Opitz)
Whirled of an Artist (dir. Bodhi Bryan-Roig)
We're Only Strangers (dir. Jennifer Vu)
Pequeno Gigante (Little Giant) (dir. Mauricio Alarcon)
Surrender (dir. Tiffany Vu)
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Coca-Cola Refreshing Films Program
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FERPA Reminder
The Film at Mason program often shares cast/crew calls and production sign-ups for student films. We are only able to provide your information (email, name, phone number if applicable) if you authorize us to do so. We may also use this information for internship referrals.
We cannot share your information unless you consent to its release.
If you wish to have your information made available for cast/crew calls, etc., please fill out this FERPA Consent to Release Information: https://forms.office.com/r/4e89PRZdBV
If you do not wish your information to be made available, you do not have to fill out the FERPA Consent; this is not a requirement for participation in student films.
You can read more about FERPA here: https://registrar.gmu.edu/ferpa/
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Film at Mason Census
Don't forget to fill out our first Film at Mason Census! We will use your feedback to determine future course offerings, events planning, etc.
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Wells Fargo Arts Endowed Fund for Conference Support
The Wells Fargo Arts Endowed Fund supports scholarly work and creative opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Mason, including support for research expenses, conference attendance, and related travel expenses.
This application opens once per semester, for conference attendance occurring within the current semester or no later than 30 days past the end of the current semester.
Eligible students must be:
- A declared CVPA major, pursuing an undergraduate OR graduate degree in the college;
- In good academic standing at the point of application;
- Must have completed a minimum of 45 credits (for undergraduate students); or at least 15 credits (for graduate students) at the point of application;
- Have not been funded from this specific award in the last four semesters.
Questions may be directed to lwagner4@gmu.edu.
The application will remain open until Friday, September 29.
For more information, visit, https://cvpa.gmu.edu/admissions/financial-aid-and-scholarships.
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Visiting Filmmakers Series
The Visiting Filmmakers Series will start back up next month. We have an exciting lineup of films and filmmakers on campus. For more information, visit our website and register at the links below.
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LGBTQ+ Student Showcase
Monday, October 30
11:00am-5:00pm
Merten Hall
This Fall, the LGBTQ+ Resources Center, Women & Gender Studies Center, and Graduate Student Life are sponsoring Mason’s first LGBTQ+ Interdisciplinary Showcase!
Film submissions are welcome.
This one-day in-person event will spotlight Mason’s graduate and undergraduate students’ outstanding scholarly, research, and creative works through posters, oral presentations, and creative, visual, and performing arts that highlight the work of our LGBTQ+ students.
Call for Proposals
The conference planning committee invites all Mason graduate, professional, and undergraduate students to submit their abstracts (250 words maximum, including an optional personal statement of 1-3 sentences) for consideration. We encourage all students to submit current and/or in-progress work they want to share with the community. Proposals can be from any discipline or area of study, which may be submitted by graduate, professional, and undergraduate students individually or in collaboration with their faculty.
Proposals can be individual/group papers, documentaries, films, and visual presentations and performances.
The deadline to submit abstracts electronically is October 1, 2023, at 5 pm (COB). Please use this link to submit: https://forms.office.com/r/0fBhpADVbv.
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Student Spotlight
Film at Mason student Natalia Melnikova’s film, “Why Women Shouldn’t Make Music” screened in the Global Girl Media Film Festival on the weekend of September 23rd.
“Why Women Shouldn’t Make Music” analyzes the way that women and femme musicians and concert-goers have been treated in the modern music scene, and specifically compares their experience to that of men and masculine musicians. It celebrates femme musicians throughout the years who have had to fight against a male-dominated space, and acknowledges that when unchecked, the energy of the music scene can be corrupted by toxic masculinity and become a dangerous space for women and femmes.
The film was made in FAVS 367 Radical Camera taught by Professor G. Chesler.
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Faculty Achievement
Professor Russell Santos worked as Editor on four music videos for Janelle Monáe’s new album, The Age of Pleasure. These include “Waterslide”: check it out below!
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Cinematography Professor Hans Charles is the Cinematographer on Sunday Best, Sacha Jenkins’ documentary about the career of Ed Sullivan, paying particular attention to Sullivan’s platforming of Black musicians during the civil rights era. The documentary premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival.
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Professor KJ Mohr is the Director of Programming for the 34th Annual Tampa Bay International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival which starts October 5. The full program can be found here: https://tiglff.com/.
Professor Mohr is also the new Director of Programming for the Maryland Film Festival, scheduled for May 2024.
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Professor Peter Kimball’s new short film "Deaf Giants" is a documentary exploring the unique moment in the early 1900s when the New York Giants baseball team included three deaf players at the same time. Screening at festivals all around the world – including Argentina, Poland, Australia, Canada, and Spain – the film is exposing new audiences to important aspects of deaf and baseball history.
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Staff Spotlight
Adjunct professor and Film at Mason staff member Anjuli M. Singh served as a juror for the 2023 DC Shorts International Film Festival, which screened in September 20-24, 2023.
In addition, she will be delivering a public talk with military historian Blane Ampthor on the life and cinematic portrayal of George S. Patton in "Patton: The Man and the Movie" on October 11th at 6:30pm at Cascades Library in Potomac Falls.
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Film Opportunities and Resources
Festival Submissions:
- Baltimore International Black Film Festival - Deadline: October 3, 2023
- DGA Student Film Awards – Deadline: October 9, 2023 (20% Discount Code: UNIV23)
- Coney Island Film Festival – Deadline: November 10, 2023
- Virginia Black Film Festival – Deadline: December 1, 2023
- RiverRun International Film Festival – Deadline: December 15, 2023
- WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival – Deadline: December 15, 2023
- Washington, DC International Film Festival (Filmfest DC) – Deadline: December 18, 2023
- DMV International Film Festival – Deadline: December 31, 2023
- Palm Springs International ShortFest – Deadline: December 31, 2023
- Julien Dubuque International Film Festival – Deadline: January 8, 2023
Job and Internship Opportunities:
- GMU-TV is looking for interns for Spring 2024. If interested, contact the Film Office at film@gmu.edu.
- College of Science is hiring a videographer to make a promotional video for a scholarship program. Deadline to apply is September 29th. More information is below.
- Filmmaker(s) should be available to meet for consultation during the first two weeks of October; please include availability with your application.
- Expected Video length ~ 3-5 minutes.
- Video should be completed by Nov. 15th.
- Videographer and Editor (can be the same person)
- Filmmaker(s) provide their own equipment or rent from Mason.
- Payment: $1000 payable upon completion of video and delivery of *.mp4 file.
- This video is commissioned by the STEM Accelerator in the College of Science: https://science.gmu.edu/stem-accelerator.
- Send (1) your resume, (2) a link to at least one example of your work, and (3) a one-paragraph statement of interest that includes your primary skills (for examples, cine, editing, directing) to stemcos@gmu.edu.
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Film and Video Studies
College of Visual and Performing Arts
4400 University Dr. MSN 5D8
Fairfax, VA 22030
703-993-3287 | film@gmu.edu
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