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Films by Professor, alumnus to be screened at ImageOut Film Festival
The 34th annual ImageOut Film Festival will feature two films with connections to the University of Rochester. Race to the Tree, a film by Pirooz Kalayeh, Associate Professor of Instruction of Scriptwriting and Film and Media Production, and After Midnight a debut film by Film & Media Studies alumnus Fin Tran will both be screened on Saturday, October 10 at The Dryden Theatre.
It marks the debut for Tran's film, which is also slated to appear at the Long Beach QFilm Festival, and the Palm Springs Cinema Diverse Film Festival. It is a milestone achievement for a graduate, and for a film that earned the Visionary Vanguard Award at the 20th Gollin Film Festival this past spring.
Professor Kalayeh's Race to the Tree is a cinematic adaptation of award-winning poet Chen Chen’s celebrated poem of the same title, exploring the delicate balance of queer identity, cultural heritage, and survival within an immigrant household.
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Each semester, students from across the university have the opportunity to hear from and ask questions about working professionals from film, media, writing and art as part of the "Conversations in Art + Cinema Series." This semester we welcome David Hansen (Feb 9), Efrain Melendez (Feb 24), Christian Wessels (Mar 3), Jesse Atlas (Mar 17) and Shohreh Laici (Apr 7). Each session is offered virtually and is open to all.
Did you know?
The Film and Media Studies Program has an enrollment of approximately 40 students in the major and minor.
Why FMS?
There are many opportunities open to students of film and media arts. Many students go on to film or television school, pursuing graduate work in producing, directing, editing, cinematography, screen writing, acting, and other creative aspects of media.
