(Cole Memorial Auditorium, Edinboro, PA – May 8, 2025) Some 400 people attended last week’s 2025 Dave Weinkauf Film Festival. Its three-hour program tested the patience and comfort of the seventy-five or so folks who stood in the rear and along the walls of the Multi-Purpose Room, largest meeting space in the Frank G. Pogue…
Skills training is the chief intended outcome of class assignments. Yet, since 2019, the following student projects have gone on to succeed in festivals and competitions. Through awards and public exhibition, graduates build impressive résumés and professional reels. Credentialsapplicants face off in a final job interview (narrative, 9 min) American Golden Picture Int’l Film FestivalJacksonville,…
(Doucette Hall, Edinboro, PA – March 20, 2025) This month, PennWest’s Digital Filmmaking and Photography (aka “Philm”) program crossed an important threshold. In the last six years, films made by its students have earned more than one hundred festival and competition accolades. “There’s no shame in reshooting scenes if you’re not satisfied with them,” said…
(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…
(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…
(Manchester, UK; Rome, Italy; Zürich, Switzerland; Tblisi, Georgia; Perai, Malaysia – March 3, 2024) Barely three months after its premiere, Blades of Brilliance, a documentary profiling barber Josiah Stuart, has earned an impressive haul of international trophies. The film, produced in ART3205 Non-Fiction Filmmaking, is a semi-finalist at the REWind International Film Festival in Manchester,…
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KT & Chloey Kitty & MJ Owen John, KT, Riley & Karen 24-Hour Animators Aidan & The Twins Filmways Tanner & the Rileys Thoughtful Animators Countdown 24-Hour Animators Levi, Naomi & Jacob Gaumont MJ & Shane Connor, Rebecca, Sebastian Riley Josh & Elizabeth Yvonne & Cheryl Sydney & Mom Pathé Zoe Naomi & Jacob Riley,…
Charlie Alexa Riley Jacob & Naomi Riley & Clifton John & KT Thoughtful Brad Jiggles Tiene Dos Mamás Tori Alexa Aaron & Lexi Dalton & Popcorn Cleo Kaleb & Zoe Kitty & Benny Jiggles & Lacey Nordisk SP25 Charlie John, KT, & Chloe Kaleb & Zoe Josh & Liz Jacob & KT Paramount SP25 Steve…
(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…
