Mark Goldblatt has edited some of Hollywood’s most successful films, including Rise of the Planet of the Apes, X-Men: The Last Stand, Armageddon, True Lies, The Terminator, and Starship Troopers. Goldblatt is a Fall 2011 speaker BU Cinematheque series, a College of Communication program that brings filmmakers to campus to screen and discuss their work…. Read More
By Juliana Nicholson (’11) While Chris Roewe (’14) may have been inspired by the movie-mayhem in his hometown of Los Angeles, he chose to study filmmaking nearly 3,000 miles away in Boston. Roewe says that Boston has a different “energy and vibe” from his hometown, and he enjoys exploring the city. “I have made so… Read More
Reshad Kulenovic (COM ’11), who co-wrote the screenplay for Snovi with Jonathon Myers (GRS ’07), spent eight months flying back and forth from Boston to Bosnia to scout for and shoot his short film. Kulenovic’s debut effort has also earned him an extraordinary distinction. The film was recently selected by the Academy of Motion Pictures… Read More
Film Professor Sam Kauffmann attended the 7th Annual Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival in Doha, Qatar, where he screened his most recent film, Kids Living with Slim. The film follows seven African children who are HIV positive (the word “slim” is slang for HIV/AIDS). Al Jazeera festival organizers had seen the film at the… Read More
Three COM alumni will screen their films at the Independent Film Festival of Boston (April 27-May 4). The festival highlights a selection of American movies made outside the Hollywood studio system, and international films, with a mix of narrative features and documentaries, short films, including animation and experimental genres. Attendees have the chance to meet… Read More
On April 20, the College of Communication Student Assembly (COMSA) held “Your Take,” the BU Student Short Film Festival. A total of 11 short films were screened by the audience, which voted on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. Prizes included Best Buy gift cards and iPod nanos. “Dilemma” by Javier Melendez won 1st… Read More
Hothouse Productions’ “Guess Who?” – a short documentary about gender roles – won the Boston Center for the Arts’ Young Filmmaker Award on Apr. 2 for its student creators. Olivia Neir (’11) and Sarah Kamaras (’11) (right), both producers on the film, were there to accept the honors. Related Links BCA Young Filmmakers Competition Hothouse… Read More
Watch the debut episode of COMlife COMlife is a new reality web series produced by the College of Communication’s Follow Suit Productions. It covers the happenings of two COM freshmen as they explore and discover the academic and social landscapes of college. The College of Communication’s reality web series COMlife is nominated won third place… Read More
On Dec. 9, student filmmakers Zainab Azeez, Goril Furu, Jeanne Herring, Peter Santana, Hao Wu and Janice Young won the Boston7DAYPSA competition, which challenged production teams to come up with public service announcements for local causes. The team, under the banner of Castle 4 Productions, won with an entry for the nonprofit North Charles Mental… Read More
By Christine Savage (’11) In high school, Spike Lee saw a Bruce Lee film in Times Square. After the movie, he watched the audience as it moved onto the street. “There were like 5,000 kids running up and down 42nd Street doing flying kicks and hitting themselves up and down the head with nunchucks,” said… Read More