The Redstone Film Festival, sponsored by Sumner Redstone (Hon.’94), chairman emeritus of CBS and Viacom, showcases films and screenplays created by undergraduate and graduate students in a COM film, television, or video production class or as a graduate thesis project. This year’s six finalists were first chosen by a committee of production, screenwriting, and… Read More
COM alum Henry Hughes (’06) scored an Oscar nomination for his short film, “Day One,” which follows the story of an Afghan-American woman who joins the U.S. military as an interpreter and is sent to Afghanistan. On her first mission, she follows the troops as they hunt down a bomb-maker and must overcome the gender… Read More
COM is excited to announce the call for submissions to the 2016 Redstones! The Redstones, sponsored by Sumner Redstone, Chairman of VIACOM, are held each spring and honors the best films of current BU undergraduate and graduate student work. The film awards are sponsored by Canon, Avid, and Gary Fleder and Scott Rosenberg, and include Canon… Read More
BOSTON–The Boston University College of Communication (COM) today announced the finalists for the 2015 Redstones, the premier showcase for student work created in production classes in the College of Communication’s Department of Film & Television. The three-part festival premieres in Boston on February 25th at 7 p.m. at BU’s Tsai Performance Center (685 Commonwealth Ave.)… Read More
Maggie Kimball (’12) accepted first prize at the 2012 Redstone Film Festival for Entrapped, a comedy about a young woman’s efforts to lose a clinging boyfriend, which she wrote, directed and edited. More from BU Today: “I’m shocked I won. I was hoping for maybe third place,” said Kimball, who took home a $2,000 cash… Read More
Executive Chairman of Viacom, Inc. and CBS Corporation and former LAW professor Sumner Redstone addressed the BU community in Los Angeles on Tuesday, November 27, 2007, at Paramount Studios. The event was held on the heels of a visit to campus in September, where Mr. Redstone also served as a guest lecturer. President Robert A…. Read More