{"id":32618,"date":"2016-03-28T17:34:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T22:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=32618"},"modified":"2016-03-29T17:53:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T22:53:29","slug":"um-cinema-festival-returns-to-oxford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/um-cinema-festival-returns-to-oxford\/","title":{"rendered":"UM Cinema Festival Returns to Oxford"},"content":{"rendered":"

UM Cinema Festival returns to Oxford! The festival will present outstanding student submitted films including the works of University instructors and professors.\u00a0 The festival will also screen winning UM Cinema Competition films.\u00a0\"UM<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The festival exposes the Oxford and Ole Miss community to works that otherwise might not be showcased, allowing those interested in film to receive feedback from audiences and professionals to inspiring others to take on the mantle of filmmaking.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason why people rise up and become good filmmakers is by seeing other people\u2019s films not just films at the multiplex or funded to the maximum for awards season, but some unusual works or works that are a little more raw to truly learn how to make a film\u201d said Alan Arrivee professor and director of the cinema program in Ole Miss Theatre Arts department.<\/span><\/p>\n

The festival is not exclusive to students and faculty either; Arrivee claims that anyone can submit their film to be shown at the festival.\u00a0 Winners of the UM Cinema Competition last semester will also be part of the festival.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about the quality, it doesn\u2019t matter if it was a competition film, if it\u2019s\u00a0 good and seems like it\u2019s fitting with the other films of the program\u00a0 If the films from classes end up being high quality then sometimes those are programmed in,\u201d said Arrivee.<\/span><\/p>\n

The festival committee will decide which films will be presented in the program around a week before the festival according to Arrivee.\u00a0 So far there have been a few submissions with more coming as the month goes on.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year categories such as \u201c5 minute short\u201d and \u201c10 minute short\u201d were added to simplify the process and allow for more films to be shown.\u00a0 Originally the category was just a general \u201cshort film\u201d but with the addition of multiple categories allows for more specification and organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe did have some shorter things in the past that were submitted outside of the competition, but five minutes you can put a lot of work into each minute and it not be so overwhelming,\u201d said Arrivee.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another difference is the timing of the festival.\u00a0 Previous years the festival was held in later April, but this year the committee chose to push the date up into March to free them from competing with other events in April.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI really think there are some exciting projects that people consider coming to see, we\u2019ve had more success with audiences actually showing up at the end of March than we did when we went deep into April,\u201d said Arrivee.\u00a0 \u201cHopefully this will be a time when people can find the time to come see the films, because cinema is growing by leaps in bounds both within the University and Oxford.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The UM Cinema festival will be held in the Overby Center for Southern journalism and Politics on the Ole Miss Campus March 30 and 31 at 7pm .<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always rooting for the students to come through with something they can be proud of,\u201d said Arrivee.\u00a0\"The<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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