Wayne State University's
MovingMedia Student Film Festival is becoming a little more inclusive this year.
Normally the film festival, set for this weekend, showcases the work of just Wayne State students. This year the festival is also allowing the work from other Metro Detroit university students to participate. Films from the University of Windsor and Madonna University students will also be shown. More schools from Metro Detroit are expected to participate next year.
"There is a strong interest in this sort of collaborative student film festival," says Kelly Gottesman, spokesperson for the festival.
MovingMedia will feature films in five categories, including documentary, narrative, animation, music and experimental. Experts from both the academic and professional worlds will judge the entries. Jeffrey D. Spilman will deliver the keynote address. Spillman is managing partner of Ferndale-based S3 Entertainment Group and major player in helping bring Hollywood to Michigan.
Another new aspect to this year's festival is the 48-Hour Shoot-N-Show Challenge. That allows teams of students to create a short film within 48 hours.
The film festival is set to take place between Friday and Sunday. For information, contact Gottesman at (313) 577-2897 or
[email protected].
Source: Kelly Gottesman, spokesman for the MovingMedia Student Film Festival
Writer: Jon Zemke
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