Sixth Annual Festival presented by UCLA Extension’s Entertainment Studies August 27 to August 29

LOS ANGELES, August 9, 2021 / PRNewswire / – To celebrate talented new filmmakers from around the world, UCLA Extension’s Entertainment Studies Program will hold its sixth annual UCLAxFilmFest on August 27-29, 2021. Sponsored by FOX Entertainment, Final Draft and Chemical Wedding, the virtual film festival celebrates a selection of outstanding short films, features insightful industry panels, provides networking opportunities and concludes with an awards ceremony.

“The Entertainment Studies program is a true incubator for talent around the world.”

This year’s “Imagination”-themed UCLAxFilmFest is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

“The annual UCLAxFilmFest is an opportunity for our local and international film community to come together and celebrate the achievements of our talented students and alumni,” said Pascale cohen-olivar, Director of Arts at UCLA Extension. “The Entertainment Studies Program is a true incubator for talent around the world, we nurture emerging artists and diverse voices. With many of our students pursuing successful professional careers in the entertainment industry, the Festival of the film provides a place to showcase and share the best work of students and alumni. “

The UCLAxFilmFest Awards will be presented in the following categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Unique and Artistic Film, Best Film Made Under COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions, Entertainment Studies Award, and People’s Choice Award . The 2021 festival judges include extension instructors from UCLA who are award-winning filmmakers, screenwriters, directors and directors. Hollywood experts in film business.

“In a year where filmmaking has faced challenges due to restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is a joy to see the powerful work produced by an incredible talent pool of students of the Entertainment Studies program, and to share their work with an audience, ”Cohen-Olivar said. “The shorts also celebrate the disciplines of film offered at UCLA Extension – which connect working artists and professionals with instructors who are active and recognized industry leaders.”

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This year’s roundtable will focus on using your short film and the film festival experience to help you start a career in the film industry. Entitled “Use Your Film Festival Experience to Launch Your Career,” the session is led by a renowned filmmaker, marketer and distinguished instructor from UCLA Extension. Kim adelman. The discussion is accessible to all participants.

Official film selections for UCLAxFilmFest 2021:

• A poem by YiQing: Wwritten, directed and produced by Rong Yan

• Airway: Written, directed and co-produced by reddish jessica

• Everything we know about IAN: Produced by Lance Yijin Lao; Written, directed and produced by Danming Niu

• Ayesha: Written and directed by Shriya Rana

• Bathroom window: Directed by Julia Gil de Freitas, Written by B. Paolucci

• Beauty and the Orient: Written and directed by Dhruv Uday Singh

• Field 5: Co-directed by Paul Gatto, David Bouffon, Kathleen strouse; Produced by Kathleen strouse

• Do not leave me : Written, directed and produced by Juan P. Soto

• Dreamer: Written, directed and produced by Vergi Rodriguez; Co-directed and co-produced Diana Zollicoffer

• Hello, my nice boy: Written, directed and produced by Raphaël Dirani

• Love in quarantine: Written, directed and produced by Maju Cancella

• Meeting with Mavis: Written by Jared pascoe, Directed by Jared pascoe and Jennifer M. Taylor

• Mixology: Written and produced by Matt Crosson, Directed and produced by Brian A. Pollack, Produced by Sam wickham

• No human being is illegal: Directed by Samuel Villagra-Stanton

• Red watch: Produced by Cindy Wathen-Kennedy, Directed by David kennedy, Written by and with Kyla Kennedy

• Run freely: Co-written, directed and produced by Brandon Ravet

• Stranger in the Closet: Written, directed and produced by Robert dill

• The only beautiful thing: Written and directed by Elizabeth irwin; Produced by Elizabeth Irwin, Rabia Sultana and Mara Kassin

• The result : Written and directed by Maxime Varen, Produced by Maxime Varen and Michael sasaki

• Not paired: Written and directed by Alexandra Fehrman

Registration for FilmFest is free. To preview selected works, to book tickets and for other details, please visit: https://watch.eventive.org/uclaxfilmfest/play/60c28d3d9b5cd3003ea21e1f, or https://entertainment.uclaextension.edu/uclaxfilmfest /

About the UCLA Extension
Founded in 1917 as a continuing education division of the University of California Los Angeles, UCLA Extension has delivered the most advanced courses and certificates that each year enhance the careers of thousands of people across United States and all over the world. UCLA Extension offers online and in-person courses for professionals in the arts, business, management, engineering and digital technologies, entertainment studies, public policy, healthcare, humanities, and humanities. sciences, and many other fields. Learn more at uclaextension.edu.

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