UNLV Short Film Archive

Spring Flicks 2008 Winners

On May 2 and 3, 2008, the UNLV Film Department and the Short Film Archive held the annual Spring Flicks 2008 honoring the best short films made during the past year. The four Jury judges were UNLV film professors Michael Tylo, George Wang and Jason Edmiston and Brian O’Hare from the Nevada Film Commission.

The next UNLV Film Department and the Short Film Archive filmmaker event will be the 48-Hour 2008 Short Film Contest to be held in October, 2008. Information can be found on the website: http://www.shortfilmarchive.unlv.edu.

The Following is the list of the Audience Award winners and the Jury Awards winners.

SPRING FLICKS 2008 WINNERS

Audience Award, Winner: THIN WALLS, Jeremy Cloe

Audience Award, First Runner-Up: HIStory, Rei Vallejo

Audience Award Second Runner-up: PASSENGER SEAT, Jerry & Mike Thompson

Jury Award, Best Short Winner: PASSENGER SEAT, Jerry & Mike Thompson

Jury Award, Best Short Runner-ups (4-way tie)

A BOY AND HIS BOOM BOX, Kathrina Bognot
SIMON, West McDonnell
MYFACE, Eddie Euhara
SITTING AND STANDING, Spencer Gentz

Jury Award, Best Director, Winner: Jerry and Mike Thompson, PASSENGER SEAT

Jury Award, Best Director, First Runner-Up: Jeremy Cloe, THIN WALLS

Jury Award, Best Director, Second Runner-Up: Rob Sholty, ALL THAT REMAINS OF ME

Jury Award, Best Screenplay, Winner: Jerry and Mike Thompson, PASSENGER SEAT

Jury Award, Best Screenplay, First Runner-Up: Sean Clark, THIN WALLS

Jury Award, Best Screenplay, Second Runner-Up: Kathrina Bognot, A BOY AND HIS BOOMBOX

Jury Award, Best Cinematography, Winner: Spencer Gentz, SITTING AND STANDING

Jury Award, Best Cinematography, First Runner-up: Jerry Thompson, PASSENGER SEAT

Jury Award, Best Cinematography, Second Runner-Up: Jeremy Cloe, THIN WALLS

Jury Award, Best Editing, Winner: Jeremy Cloe, THIN WALLS

Jury Award, Best Editing, First Runner-up: A.J. Ovio, MAGIC HOUR

Jury Award, Best Editing, Second Runner-up, Eddie Uehara, MYFACE

Jury Award, Best Actor, Winner: Chris McInroy, PASSENGER SEAT

Jury Award, Best Actor, First Runner-up: Carlos Mathis-Johnson, PASSENGER SEAT

Jury Award, Best Actor, Second Runner-up: Nick Caballero, THE GOOD SAMARITAN

Jury Award, Best Actress, Winner (4-way tie):

Lasdawn Sheffield, SITTING AND STANDING
Neise Cordiero, THE BOX
Judyanne Pryce, HIStory
Trish Molina, DAYDREAMERS

UNLV Spring Flicks Winners

Congratulations to the 2008 Spring Flicks winners!

Download the full list of winners.

UNLV Spring Flicks 2008 Screenings

Spring Flicks 2008 will be held on Friday & Saturday, May 2-3, 2008 at the UNLV campus in room CBC A106. The screenings - with four judges present - will start at 7pm and go until about 10:30pm. At the end of the screenings on Friday, Audience Award ballots will be passed out - and collected.

On Saturday, after the last screening, Audience award ballots will be passed out - and the short film with the highest number of votes from both nights will be the Audience Award winner. The Awards Ceremony will begin immediately after all the Jury voting has been tabulated.

Here are the list of the shorts - NOT in the order that they will be screened - but on the days they will be screened.

Download list of films screening on Friday
Download list of films screening on Saturday

Congratulation, filmmakers!

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UNLV Spring Flicks 2008

The Department of Film and the UNLV Short Film Archive are pleased to present Spring Flicks 2008. Spring Flicks is open to UNLV student filmmakers and other filmmakers throughout the world. The Spring Flicks screenings will be held on Friday, May 2nd and Saturday, May 3rd. All entry forms, along with the $35 entry fee, are due at UNLV Performing Box Office no later than Friday, April 4th, 2008 by 5pm. All films are due in the Film Dept. no later than Friday, April 25th by 5pm.

DATES: Friday, May 2nd and Saturday, May 3rd.
TIMES: 7pm-10pm (both nights, awards presentation held on Saturday Night)
LOCATION: UNLV Campus - CBC A106

Entry Fee is $35

Download Contest Rules and Entry Form.

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UNLV Short Film Archive 48-Hour Short Film Contest

The UNLV Short Film Archive and the Film Dept. are sponsoring the Fourth Annual 48-HOUR SHORT FILM CONTEST in Las Vegas, Nevada. This Fundraiser Event is open to anyone who will be in Las Vegas the weekend of November 9-11. Each Participant (or team) will write, shoot and edit a film no less than 1 minute and no more than 5 min in 48 hours.

Dates: November 9, 2007 (Friday) to November 11, 2007 (Sunday).
Filmmakers meet at 5:30pm – Sharp!, November 9, 2007 (Friday) to pick up assignment information. UNLV campus – CBC A-106 (Classroom Building Complex - #58 on the UNLV Campus Map) Production begins at 6pm.
Each contestant (or team) will be given: a genre for the film, a character, a prop and a line of dialogue that must appear in each film.
Contestants (or teams) must bring finished films to CBC A-106 by 5:30pm, Sunday, November 11, 2007.
Contest Prize’s will be awarded at the end of the marathon screening starting at 6:00 on November 11.

Entry Fee is $48

Download Entry Form.
Download Contest Rules.

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OPEN CASTING CALL

The UNLV Department of Film is pleased to announce the fall semester open casting call for its Film Production II and III classes. This unique opportunity will present actors of all types and experience with the chance to collaborate with the successful filmmakers of tomorrow. A meal & reel deal is included on all productions (on-set catering and a copy of the finished film for future auditions). To be a part of the future of cinema, simply bring a current headshot and resume, as well as your talent, to CBC A 110 (located on the UNLV campus) on Sunday, September 16 between 1 and 3 p.m.

The CBC complex of buildings is located just south of Lied Library. (Online, go to www.unlv.edu then go to the top tab that says CAMPUS MAP - you can type CBC into the SEARCH bar. It will give you directions). Please bring picture & resume if you have it.