(Kolkata, West Bengal, India – March 30, 2024) India’s Sundarban International Film Festival (SIFF) recognizes art films and photography with themes of environmental awareness. The festival, boasting a month-long exhibition calendar, is particularly interested in furthering the cause of independent image-makers. SIFF judges recently announced Eyes of the Hunter and Watercolors, photos taken by Philm…
(St. Louis, MO – March 21-23, 2024) Riley Francis and Avery Marshall drove 650 miles from Edinboro to attend the annual conference of the Society for Photographic Education (SPE). At the St. Louis Grand Hotel, the PennWest juniors met up with Photography Professor Natasha Kravchenko for the three-day event. Francis and Marshall attended sessions and…
(Edinboro, PA – March 15-16, 2024) Animation legend John Musker visited the PennWest Edinboro campus as a guest artist this weekend. For over four decades, Musker has been a key creative within the Walt Disney Company, co-directing films such as The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Hercules, Aladdin, The Princess & and Frog, and…
Join the production crews for SHADOWS and ESPIONAGE VII: The Final Hour. Interested students should gather in Doucette 119 lecture hall for a pre-production discussion 8pm, Friday February 9. Each film will need help in their production. Never crewed a production before? It doesn’t matter. Every level of experience is welcome. Now’s the perfect chance…
(Edinboro, PA – December 7, 2023) PennWest’s Philmmakers and Animators ended the semester with a screening of completed films and other exercises in the Pogue Student Center’s Multi-Purpose Room. The venue was initially staged to seat an audience of 252, but additional chairs were added last-minute to accommodate a turn-out of more than 300 popcorn-eating…
(Atlanta, GA – November 1, 2023) The Associated Collegiate Press and College Media Association welcomed students from around the world to the Hyatt Regency Atlanta for the nation’s largest gathering of college journalists, media students, and their advisors. Philm student KT Reihner joined a delegation of attendees from PennWest Edinboro. For four days, students chose from…
(Edinboro, PA – October 1, 2023) Sunday October 1, a reception opened Exhibit A, a show of photography by Philm sophomore Riley Francis. Hung in Bates Gallery, the collection is dominated by full-length portraits. “It grew out of portfolio work with Professor Scruton at a time when I was doing a lot of fashion photography.”…
