CEC Shorttakes | 16th Annual Shorttakes Festival Finale | 5/254

UCLA Campus Events Commission presents the Sweet 16th Annual Shorttakes Student Film Festival Finale!

WHAT: CEC’s Sweet 16th Shorttakes Student Film Festival Finale
–Screening of Finalist Films
–Award Presentation
–Raffles & Door Prizes
–Filmmaker Reception
WHEN: 6PM, TUE. MAY 25, 2010
WHERE: Ackerman Grand Ballroom
WHY: Celebrate student filmmaking/watch some amazing/entertaining shorts! Find out who won! It’s free!

Come celebrate creative student filmmakers throughout the nation as we screen the finalist films in both live-action and animation categories with some amazing raffles and prizes throughout the night! Be sure to stick around for the filmmaker reception/meet-n-mingle following the event, stocked with Starbuck’s doubleshot drinks and other refreshments!

Congrats again to this year’s finalists:

Live Action:
“Arlington Heights” – Evan Matthews
“Karma’s A Bitch” – Justin Tan
“The Last Supper” – Tarique Qayumi
“Handle with Grace” – Alex Takacs
“Friday Night Fright” – Ashley Maria
“Pretty Cool Professor” – Mike Luciano
“Teenage Mountain Lion” – Mark Lester
“Ring Wraith” – Doug Vandegrift
“Grand Cru” – Aimee Long
“Butterfly King” – Steven Wilson

Animation:
“Thembi’s Diary” – Jisoo Kim
“Pubertina” – Emily Brundige
“The Nest” – Ethan Clarke
“Human Candy” – Max Landman
“Stampede” – Alex Jeffries

This year’s Judge Award prize packages include:

Best in Show: Flip Video Camera and a $150 check!
Best Live Action: Flip Video Camera and a $50 check!
Best Animation/Digital Media: Flip Video Camera and a $50 check!
Shorttakes 2010 Judges Announced!

This year’s amazing panel of Shorttakes judges includes industry professionals, including:

Andrew J. Cohen::
–Producer; 40-Year-Old Virgin, Talladega Nights, Funny People
Brendan O’Brien::
–Producer; Funny People
Steven Banks
–Writer; Spongebob Squarepants, CatDog
Paul Schrader
–Writer/director; Taxi Driver, Blue Collar, Raging Bull, Affliction
Norman Buckley
–Director/editor; Gossip Girl, Chuck, Melrose Place, 90210, Greek, The O.C.
Gregory Poirier
–Writer; Lion King 2, Tomcats, National Treasure 2, The Spy Next Door
Isaiah Mustafa
–Actor; the Old Spice “I’m On A Horse” commercial
Robert Roy Poole
–Writer; Outbreak, Armageddon
Randy Cartwright
–Writer/animator; Pocahontas, Hercules, Aladdin, Princess and the Frog
Nancy Cartwright
–Voicework; Bart Simpson and Ralph in The Simpsons, The Simpsons Movie