(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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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…
(Kings Mountain, NC & Waldwick, NJ – June 26, 2023) The Real to Reel International Film Festival today announced the program it will screen for North Carolina audiences in August of this year. Twisting Memories, a documentary made in the FA22 Non-Fiction Filmmaking course, is among the roster of official selections. Twisting Memories showcases the…
(Tokyo, Japan & Lansing, IA – May 31, 2023) Charged with fostering connections between the Asian and international markets, the Tokyo Lift-Off film festival has selected Drunk History for screening in a program offering a mixture of fresh talent and festival veterans from all genres. Additionally, judges of the Star City Film Festival in Lansing,…
(Tamil Nadu, India & Pinewood, England – February 14, 2023) In a hub of South India’s rich Tamil cinema, a PennWest student documentary is earning deserved recognition for women in arts. The Kollywood International Film Festival has this month named Alla Prima its Best Women’s Film. This follows an Official Selection designation by England’s Lift-Off…
(Allentown, PA; New York, NY; Ely, MN and Calcutta, India – December 22, 2022) Barely two weeks after its Edinboro premiere, a student documentary has earned a place in the roster of films that will be shown early next year in India at the Calcutta International Cult Film Festival. Organizers have recognized the film with…
(Provo, UT; Portland, OR; Gorizia, Italy; and London, UK – October 12, 2022) At an after-hours ceremony in London’s famed British Museum, the British Horror Film Festival conferred its top screenwriting honor on Edinboro alum Lee Copeland. Rooted in traditional tales of creatures corrupted by humans, Oread is a folk/horror story about friends who reconnect…
