Category Archives: Student Films

Heavy Snow Can’t Stop The Showcase

(Edinboro, PA – December 11, 2025) Despite the challenges of severe winter weather, the Showcase of Philm and Animation welcomed moviegoers to Cole Memorial Auditorium Thursday night. The screening marks an important move for the event from the Pogue Student Center. It’s been relocated to the larger venue to accommodate capacity crowds typically frowned upon…

FULLER Addresses Animation Club

(Edinboro, PA – November 20, 2025) Associate Professor of Digital Filmmaking addressed the Animation Club at its regular weekly meeting in Doucette Hall’s central auditorium. His topic was the creative symbiosis between the disciplines of Animation and Philm. Fuller contends that Animation is the “movie-est” of film’s genres. “There are Western symphonies; there are Science…

BASINGER Named Athena Honoree

(Erie, PA – September 9, 2025) PennWest Edinboro senior Taney Basinger was recognized Tuesday with other honorees during a luncheon at Erie’s Ambassador Conference Center.  Basinger is this year’s Edinboro nominee for the ATHENA Young Professional Award.  The award, an extension of the internationally renowned ATHENA Leadership Award, honors outstanding young college students who demonstrate…

Cinema Fest Considers New Venue

(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…

Laurels

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. What Ends the Story?a D&D campaign concludes (doc, 2 mins) Planet-CinemaNew York, New York2026 Official Selection London…

Philmmakers Earn 100 Trophies

(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…

BLADES Collects Winter Trophies

(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,…

MOVING PICTURES GUILD announces SP24 Productions

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…

24FA Red Carpet Gallery

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,…