Two films produced by UAT Digital Video will screen at the 2012 Phoenix Comicon Film Festival! First up is our supernatural cop thriller "Covet," produced for last summer's IFP/Phoenix 48-Hour Film Challenge.
"Covet" screens Friday, May 25 at 8:55 p.m. in the Phoenix Ballroom at the Hyatt Regency in Downtown Phoenix.
Next comes our sci-fi adventure comedy "Flight of the Melvin." Having screened at Sedona and Arizona International Film Festivals recently, "Melvin" will be making its Phoenix Metro Area debut!
"Flight of the Melvin" screens Sunday, May 27 at 10:58 a.m., also in the Phoenix Ballroom.
More information about Phoenix Comicon - including their incredible lineup of guests (including practically the entire cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation) - can be found on their official website at http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/
Arizona International Film Festival announced its award winners this evening, and our intrepid "Melvin" took home the "Honorable Mention, Comedy Short" award!
Our high-flying family adventure "Flight of the Melvin" makes a return appearance at the 21st annual Arizona International Film Festival as part of their "Best of the Fest" screenings on Sunday April 29th at 12 noon.
The "Best of the Fest" series highlights audience favorites and award winners from the previous 16 days of the festival. Award winners will be announced this evening.
UAT Digital Video's family-friendly sci-fi comedy "Flight of the Melvin" will be screening at the Arizona International Film Festival in Tucson, Arizona, as part of their "Shorts for Youth" program.
Shorts for Youth
Saturday, April 21st @ 3 pm
The Screening Room
127 East Congress Street
Tucson, AZ 85701
Professor Paul DeNigris's Thesis Film "Parallax" (winner of "Best Arizona Short Film" at the 2012 Phoenix Film Festival) will also be screening at Arizona International. The film was produced by an all-star crew of UAT DV students and alumni.
Arizona Shorts
Wednesday, April 18th @ 8 pm
The Screening Room
127 East Congress Street
Tucson, AZ 85701
Professor Paul DeNigris' Master's Thesis film "Parallax" will be screening twice during the 2012 Phoenix Film Festival's opening weekend. The film was produced by an all-star team of UAT Digital Video students and alumni who came out in force to help their prof!
"Parallax" - part of "Arizona Shorts" Saturday, March 31 @ 10:40am Sunday, April 1 @ 4:25pm
And "Covet" - a multiple award-winner at last summer's 48 Hour Film Challenge, produced by many of the same folks who worked on "Parallax" - will also screen at the Phoenix Film Festival.
"Covet" - part of "Arizona Shorts Showcase" Saturday, March 31 @ 9:05am
UAT Digital Video's sci-fi comedy adventure "Flight of the Melvin" screens as an Official Selection of the 2012 Sedona Film Festival this Saturday, February 25th, at 9:00 am.
"Melvin" is paired with the family adventure feature The Lost Medallion and will be screening at the Sedona Rouge Theatre, in the Sedona Rouge Hotel and Spa, 2250 W. State Route 89A in West Sedona, Arizona.
UAT Digital Video's epic sci-fi short film "Fallout" has been selected as one of the "AZ100" - one hundred Arizona-produced films to represent filmmaking in our state as it celebrates its centennial.
This Saturday night, February 11th, 13 of these 100 films are playing at a special AZ100 event at The Screening Room (127 East Congress, Tucson, AZ 85701), and "Fallout" is one of them! The event starts at 6 pm, with "Fallout" screening as part of the 8 pm group of shorts.
For more info, check out The Screening Room's Facebook page.
The 18th annual Sedona Film Festival has published its screening schedule. The festival runs from Feburary 18th to the 26th, 2012 among the beautiful red rocks of Sedona, Arizona.
UAT Digital Video's sci-fi comedy "Flight of the Melvin" will be screening twice as part of a family adventure program alongside the feature film The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone.
Tuesday February 21st | 9:30am | Prog 027
Sedona Performing Arts Center
Our sci-fi comedy "Flight of the Melvin" has been selected by yet another film festival! The 17th Annual International Family Film Festival runs March 21st thru 25th, 2012, at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, California. We're excited to have "Melvin" fly again at a family-friendly event in the capital of the movie industry!
The seventh annual event will be held over Memorial Day Weekend in Pahrump, Nevada (just an hour outside Las Vegas), and will feature a Youth Filmmaker Camp for grades 6 through 12 - perhaps including some future UAT DV students?
Looks like we published our 2011 Wrap-Up a skosh too soon! We just got word that our sci-fi comedy adventure "Flight of the Melvin" has been accepted to its second film festival, the 2012 Sedona International Film Festival in beautiful Sedona, Arizona!
The 18th Annual Sedona International Film Festival runs February 18-26, 2012. We are so looking forward to being part of this event!
We are excited to announce the first film festival appearance of our sci-fi comedy "Flight of the Melvin" - at the 2012 Santa Clarita Valley Film Festival, January 5th through 8th, in Newhall, California!
From the film festival's website:
Once again we will continue to focus on films appropriate for all ages, both feature-length and short format, with professional, college and high school submission categories and special rates for students.
"Flight of the Melvin" couldn't be a better fit for this festival! Here's the synopsis: "14-year-old space geek Melvin is constantly being nagged by his mom to
'clean the danged birdcage.' Finally having had enough, Melvin gathers
some spare parts and builds himself a jetpack to fly away. A few moments
into his first successful flight, Melvin finds himself in the middle of
an alien invasion that only he can stop! Produced by the students and
faculty of the University of Advancing Technology Digital Video Program,
'Flight of the Melvin' is a light-hearted sci-fi comedy adventure for
the whole family!"
On Friday November 18th, IFP/Phoenix hosted the screening and awards party for its latest filmmaker challenge, the seven-week "Breakout Challenge." Rather than giving filmmakers a prop and line of dialogue that they would be required to use (as is the case in a 48-Hour Film Challenge), IFP/Phoenix gave filmmakers some themes to choose from AND some additional deliverables to produce. Instead of just making a 5-minute film, participating filmmakers also had to produce a 30-second teaser trailer, a poster, a press kit, and other marketing materials.
Two teams of UAT Digital Video students participated.
The team of Erica Faccone, Bryan Simcox, Wes Peterson, and Sean Walter produced the drama "Wish You Were Here," which took home the awards for "Best Use of Theme" and "5th Place Film." Here's their trailer:
Meanwhile, the team of Trevor Spotted Eagle, Samantha Hammond, Jamil Abubakar, Caleb Evans, Ib Gillett, Jared Oppie, Tyler Dennis, Ariel Navarrette, and Paul Rosario, working under the supervision of Professor Paul DeNigris, produced the sci-fi thriller "Reset." Their film won awards for "Best Visual Effects" and "3rd Place Film." Here's the trailer for "Reset":
UAT Digital Video has once again submitted a film for the IFP/Phoenix "Beat the Clock" 48-Hour Film Challenge. Our entry, a supernatural police thriller titled "Covet," will have its premiere screening at the Beat the Clock Screening and Awards Party, Friday July 29th, 2011 at the Phoenix Art Museum (1625 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ).
Doors open at 5:30 pm and there will be two screenings, Program A at 6 pm and Program B at 8 pm. "Covet" is part of Program B. Tickets are $15 per screening, or $25 for both screenings. (Buy tickets here.)
"Covet" was produced by a team of students and alumni working in conjunction with Professor Paul DeNigris' Locked Horns Productions (including longtime collaborators Steve Briscoe and Laura DeNigris) and Steve Wargo's SWAT HD (a frequent employer of UATDV alumni and students). Cavin Gray ("Parallax"), Amanda Melby ("Screen Wars"), Kane Black ("Fallout"), and Steve Briscoe ("Cowboy Dreams") star, along with student Cedric Katambwa.
The Action on Film International Film Festival has announced its official screening schedule AND its complete list of nominated films.
UAT Digital Video's sci-fi thriller "Fallout" screens on SUNDAY JULY 24th in the 2PM BLOCK of short films. (Complete schedule.)
"Fallout" was also honored with THREE award nominations: Best Visual Effects (Short), Best Production Design, and Best Science Fiction! (Complete list of nominees.) Congrats again to TEAM FALLOUT!
To attend Action on Film, buy tickets for the Sunday Block here or buy an Any Day / All Day pass here.
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles invites you to join us for the June 14th 2011 film screening series and after-party event at Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood with a filmmaker lounge throughout the evening.
5:45PM Short Film Program #1 Reception
6:15PM Short Film Program #1 Screening:
* Wonderboy (Dir. Daniel Casey)
* Nowhere Road (Dir. Benjamin Dynice)
* A Sense of Humor (Dir. Nathan Larkin-Connolly)
* L'Envers du Ciel! - A Shade in the Sky! (Dir. Eric Lavelle)
7:15PM Short Film Program #2 Reception
7:30PM Short Film Program #1 After-Party
7:45PM Short Film Program #2 Screening:
* She (Dir. Rolando Sanchez)
* Clemency (Dir. Joseph Albanese)
* Bedfellows (Dir. Pierre Stefanos)
* Krakow (Dir. Aleksandra Kulig)
* By Jude (Dir. Angela Chen)
8:45PM Short Film Program #3 Reception
9:00PM Short Film Program #2 After-Party
9:15PM Short Film Program #3 Screening:
* Fluorescent Gray (Dir. Leo Age)
* The Foal (Dir. Josh Tanner)
* Supermarket Superhero (Dir. Jake Viramontez)
* The Binding of Ismael (Dir. Taofik Kolade)
* Yellow Room (Dir. Jacqueline Reyno) * Fallout (Dir. Paul DeNigris)
10:30PM Short Film Program #3 After-Party
You will have the opportunity to meet the directors of each film, the actors and other crew + participate in a live audience Q&A. There are pre-receptions and after-parties for each program. Admissions to the programs are only $6 which includes the screening ticket and access to the filmmaker lounge. Visit the NewFilmmakers LA Official Website at www.NFMLA.org for more information and to purchase your ticket now!
Two of our entries in past IFP/Phoenix 48-Hour Film Challenges have been selected for Phoenix Comicon ("The signature pop-culture event of the southwest"). "Extraordinary Colleagues" (recent winner of Best Directing and Best Editing in the 2011 IFP/Phoenix "Beat the Clock" Finals) and "Somewhere (dot, dot, dot)" will be screened as part of the "IFP Film Challenge Block" on Saturday, May 28th at 3:00 pm.
Come out and support Team UAT as they screen their film "Somewhere (dot, dot, dot" at then 48 Hour Film Challenge screening!
BTC Winter Film Challenge Screening When: FRI 01.21 Time: Party 5:30 PM, Awards 10:00 PM
2 Screenings, 6:00 PM & 8:00 PM Where: Phoenix Art Museum
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004 Phoenix Art Museum
Join us for the Beat the Clock 48 Hour Film Challenge Screening presented by the Phoenix Film Festival and IFP-Phoenix. This year, the event will be an entire evening of celebrating film. The event will be held at the Phoenix Art Museum with two screenings, pre- and post- parties and an awards presentation.
This is the schedule of events for Friday, January 21.
5:30 PM Doors open at the Phoenix Art Museum with food, drink and music.
6:00 PM The first screening begins in the Whiteman Hall while food, drink and music continue in the Great Hall.
8:00 PM The second screening begins and the party continues.
10:00 PM The awards are presented to the winning films in the Great Hall.
10:30 PM The evening comes to a close until the finals at the Phoenix Film Festival in April.
*Tickets: $15 and include the screening of your choice, the parties and the award presentation. If you wish to attend the screening twice, you will need to purchase two separate tickets. Purchase tickets at the links below:
"A Turkey," a short film produced by the DVA442 HDV Production Class during the January 2009 semester, has been named an Official Selection of the 2010 Phoenix Film Festival! The film was produced by Nick Wassenberg and Susanna Morgan, photographed by Zac Donner, and edited by Joel Terry. Ryan Loveland handled costume design and Justin Gagen headed up the art department. The film stars Kane Black, Louie Palmieri, and Steve Briscoe, and was directed by Professor Paul DeNigris.
"A Turkey" screens as part of “Arizona Shorts Program A” Saturday, April 10th @ 2:00 pm Sunday, April 11th @ 4:50 pm
A 45-minute program of projects created by UAT Digital Video students, alumni, and faculty will be part of the 2009 Phoenix Film Festival.
The "Arizona College Shorts Showcase" will also feature works by students from the ASU film school and will be shown on Saturday, April 4th at 9:20 am at the Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatres. Tickets are $10 each.
