Festival Events

Master of Ceremonies:

  • Jonathan Taee jjt4r at virginia dot edu
  • Gretel Truong gretel at virginia dot edu

Overview Schedule

  2:00p 4:00p 7:00p 8:30p 9:00p 10:00p

Friday

     Shorts Program The Write Note    

Saturday

 The Stone Carvers Panel Shorts Program Q & A with Student Filmmakers Awards Ceremony Closing Gala
             

Click on day or event for more information.

Detailed Schedule

Friday

 April 11  
  7:00 pm
Newcomb Hall Theater		 Shorts Program

A competitive screening of 10 short films voted on by professional judges and the audience. In accordance with the mission statement of the festival, the shorts represent a variety of tastes in style, technique, and genre.

This event is $5 and also features a FREE candy buffet to accompany the theme
  8:30 pm
Newcomb Hall Theater		 Special Screening: The Write Note

Gretel Truong's thesis film, followed by a Q & A session.

The purpose of this special screening is to highlight and celebrate Gretel's contribution to the FilmMakers Society and student filmmaking as a whole during her four years at the University of Virginia.

Saturday

 April 12  
  2:00 pm
Kaleidoscope		 Special Screening: The Stone Carvers

A special screening of Paul Wagner's Oscar and Emmy winning documentary, follwed by a Q & A session with the director. 1984; 30 minutes

A portrait of the Italian American artisans who carved the gargoyles and statues of the Washington Cathedral emphasizing their occupational lore and traditions; produced independently in cooperation with the S.I. Office of Folklife Programs, with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the D.C. Community Humanities Council, and the Cafritz Foundation; Academy Award for Best Short Documentary, National Emmy Award for Best Documentary Director, national broadcast on PBS, Cine Golden Eagle, American Film Festival Blue Ribbon, Irish Silver Harp Award, Birmingham Educational Film Festival Best Independent Film, Flaherty Film Seminar, Mayor’s Award for Outstanding Emerging Artist (Washington, D.C.)

More information on Mr. Wagner's website.
  4:00 pm
Kaleidoscope		 Panel

As part of this year's Salmagundi Film Festival, the FilmMakers Society is hosting a special filmmaker panel. The panel will be held in Newcomb Hall's Kaleidoscope Room. It is free and open to students and the community at large.

Topics to be discussed are wide-ranging: from film as an art form to film as an industry, from film creation to film criticism, from working with film stock to working with digital video.

The guest panelists include: Erica Arvold (casting director); Temple Fennell (producer); Jeff Lowell (screenwriter and director); and Leslie McDonald (art director).

Please join us in celebrating these successful filmmakers.
  7:00 pm
Newcomb Hall Theater		 Shorts Program

A competitive screening of 10 short films voted on by professional judges and the audience. In accordance with the mission statement of the festival, the shorts represent a variety of tastes in style, technique, and genre.

This event is $5 and also features a FREE candy buffet to accompany the theme
  8:30 pm
Newcomb Hall Theater		 Q & A with Student Filmmakers
  9:00 pm
Newcomb Hall Theater		 Awards Ceremony

The judges' selections and the audience's pick will be announced.
  10:00 pm
TBA		 Closing Gala