City University Film Festival

City University Film Festival
City University Film Festival

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Location New York City, New York
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The City University Film Festival, or CUFF, is the official film festival of CUNY. The festival promotes creative collaboration between CUNY student filmmakers, offering students a chance to promote their own work, review the work of their peers, and engage with industry professionals. The festival is held annually in the spring and is open to the public. CUFF also offers free career development workshops throughout the year.

CUFF 2011 is scheduled for March 27, 2011. A Master Class by Peter Riegert will be held on March 20, 2011.

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History

CUFF was founded by Hunter College film student Daniel Cowen in 2008. Cowen had made a short film and planned to enter it into CUNY's film festival when he was surprised to find that CUNY did not have one. In starting CUFF, Cowen hoped to foster a "sense of community and to promote cross campus projects" among students at CUNY's various commuter colleges.[1]

CUFF's inaugural festival was held on March 29, 2009 at the Macaulay Honors College and screened 14 CUNY student films to over 150 attendees. CUFF 09 received seventy-four submissions from students of seven CUNY colleges.

CUFF 09 hosted a master class on March 22, 2009 that featured Melvin McCray, Senior editor at ABC; Greg Rhem, Manager of Documentary acquisitions at HBO; Matt Kohn, documentary filmmaker and director of Call It Democracy.

In 2009, CUFF was sponsored by HBO and The City of New York Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting.[2]

CUFF 2010 received over one hundred films. The festival was held on March 20, 2010. CUFF 2010 was sponsored by Thirteen, HBO, and the New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting.[3] CUFF 2011 received over 150 films.

Judging

CUFF 09 was judged by several CUNY film Professors and Greg Rhem of HBO. For CUFF 2010 judging, a panel of 20 CUNY film professors was convened. The CUNY faculty panel continues for the 2011 season.

References

  1. ^ http://media.www.brooklynexcelsior.com/media/storage/paper901/news/2009/02/16/Features/Cuny-Premiers.First.Film.Festival-3678115.shtml
  2. ^ http://media.www.thehunterenvoy.com/media/storage/paper1327/news/2009/04/22/Arts/Cuff-Is.An.Actual.Film.Festival-3724353.shtml
  3. ^ http://www.theticker.org/sections/arts/hunter-student-creates-first-cuny-film-festival-1.1644975

External links

CUFF Homepage [1]
Macaulay Honors College [2]



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