{"id":75939,"date":"2017-02-06T09:48:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T14:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=75939"},"modified":"2020-10-17T12:48:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T16:48:12","slug":"ucf-represents-love-shorts-film-festival-sanford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-represents-love-shorts-film-festival-sanford\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Represents at Love Your Shorts Film Festival in Sanford"},"content":{"rendered":"
Educational workshops for aspiring and veteran filmmakers and an exhibition of 14 student films will be sponsored by UCF\u2019s College of Arts & Humanities as part of the seventh annual Love Your Shorts Film Festival in Sanford on Feb. 9-12.<\/p>\n
This is the third year of the university and festival\u2019s growing partnership, which this year also begins WUCF TV\u2019s involvement as the festival\u2019s media partner. The PBS station and film festival are developing some joint projects.<\/p>\n
The college\u2019s free Education Day will kick off the four-day festival of more than 70 short films from a dozen countries. Three of those films in competition were directed by UCF graduates.<\/p>\n
Lisa Mills, an associate professor of film in the college\u2019s School of Visual Arts & Design who is leading the workshops, said this year\u2019s sessions focus on animation because she said she\u2019s never seen the topic offered as an educational component at other festivals. The workshops are geared for anyone who\u2019s ever thought about writing, producing, animating or directing a film.<\/p>\n
A 9 a.m. panel discussion on \u201cAnimation Adaptions to the Digital Age\u201d and a 10 a.m. discussion on \u201cCareers in Animation\u201d will be led by\u00a0Mills at the Greater Sanford Regional Chamber of Commerce, 400 E. 1st St. The panel will consist of:<\/p>\n
At 11:30 a.m., Mark Seppala, a Sanford artist and Walt Disney World’s former general manager for character merchandise, will talk about \u201cMy Life in Animation,\u201d including his time in the field of merchandise design and animation. A graduate of the New England School of Art and Design, he majored in animation and advertising design. After 25 years at Disney, he retired three years ago and now has a studio at the Gallery on First in Sanford.<\/p>\n
Space is limited so reservations are recommended through the festival\u2019s website, LoveYourShorts.com.<\/p>\n
At 7 p.m., the student films that were completed last year will be screened at the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, 201 S. Magnolia Ave.<\/p>\n
With titles such as Grizzly Girl<\/em> by Destiny Deming, Mirrored Canvas<\/em> by Christine Paul, Ape and Turtle Versus the Fire Monster <\/em>by Rick Lee, and Burp<\/em> by Benjamin L. Gill, there\u2019s a little something for all film fans. Some of the films have mature themes and language, so viewer discretion is advised.<\/p>\n Three student films that were submitted and accepted by the festival for competition are:<\/p>\n The rest of the festival weekend at the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center will showcase short films in seven categories (comedy, drama, animation, documentary, sci-fi\/horror, Florida Flavor, and E for Everyone), plus an opening-night variety of films, and a Best of the Fest competition on closing night. Also on Saturday during the festival, a workshop will be offered for middle and high school students to see what it is like to be on a working film set, and a panel of visiting filmmakers will present a discussion and Q&A on techniques, tips and current projects. All the workshops and panels are free.<\/p>\n