Noon Bohemia Bust-Up (MTU Television Production Club, 2009)

In this romantic comedy, Alex (Ryan Gleason) is in love with Bridgett (Heather Blaha), but she's dating David (Andrew Johnson), who's going to propose to her on top of Mt. Bohemia. Alex and his buddies head north in search of love and Mardi Gras adventure.

1:00 p.m. Student Academy Award-Winning Films

Each year over 500 college and university film students compete in four categories: narrative, documentary, alternative and art. Come see the 2010 gold-medal winners.

Animation: Pajama Gladiator, Glenn Harmon, Brigham Young University (6 minutes)

Narrative: Kavi, Gregg Helvey, University of Southern California. A young boy in India attempts to escape from the brick factory where he is forced to work as a modern-day slave. 2010 Academy-Award Nominee for Short Live Action film. (19 minutes)

Alternative: Alice's Attic, Robyn Yannoukos, University of California, Los Angeles (4 minutes)

Documentary: The Last Mermaids, Liz Chae, Columbia University (19 minutes)

2:00 p.m. Student Academy Winners (continued)

Foreign Film: Elkland, Per Hanefjord Dramatiska Institutet, Sweden (Comedy, 58 minutes). Henrik returns to his remote small town home to attend his father's funeral.

3:00 p.m. MTU Student Films

Into the Woods Narrative, Daena Makela (31 minutes)

A Thin Line Wayne Schwind, Tara Sotirin, Gabriel , Krisopher Niva (11 minutes)

 

4:30 p.m. Documentary: 45365

Winner of the Chaz and Roger Ebert Truer Than Fiction Award at the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards, 45365 is a portrait of a city and its people.

 

7:00 p.m. Short Film Program

Copper on the Chopping Block
Kai Orion, 2008

8:00 p.m. Sin Nombre (Cary joji Fukunaga, 2009)

This award-winning film tells the story of Sayra, a young Honduran woman, and Casper, a gang member, who meet on a dangerous train journey through Mexico to the U.S. Director Cary Fukunaga won a 2009 Sundance Best Directing award and cinematographer Adriano Goldman was awarded Sundance's Excellence in Cinematography and was named one of Variety's "10 Cinematographers" to watch.