News Release
May 1, 2006
CEC Middle College's 11th Annual Independent Student Film Festival Is Wednesday, May 10
The award winning Digital Film Production (DFP) at the CEC Middle College of Denver is presenting a collection of its best student work in the 11th Annual Independent Student Film Festival (ISFF). The event is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 10 at the Starz FilmCenter.
Movies were filmed, directed and written by students from high schools throughout Denver.
A variety of films will be screened in the ISFF including comedy and dramatic shorts, documentaries, and animation. Included in this selection are recent film festival honors "Bog Asphodel" (Independent Student Film Festival Hollywood), and "Denver Poets" (Honorable Mention, My City Now Young Filmmakers competition). "Denver Poets" also was screened with "Street Musicians," "Denver Immigrants" and "D-Town B-Boys" in the recent XicanIndie Film Festival. Also included in the ISFF will be films produced by recent CEC graduates in their college course of study.
Students from CEC Middle College have gone on to major film schools. Those students include Daniel Inkeles, 2004 graduate from the University of New Hampshire.
The goal of Digital Film Production is "to support a student's interest in the film and video production industry by providing a workplace-like atmosphere, state-of-the-art technology, and professional mentoring." Digital Film Production is a four-semester, production-oriented program emphasizing basic filmmaking theory and technique through scriptwriting, pre-production planning, studio and location production, digital non-linear postproduction, graphics, animation, and exhibition. The course is designed to give students the basic technical, artistic, and academic skills necessary for advanced post-secondary instruction or to work as a professional film/video production crewmember.
Admission is $5 at the door and benefits the students of the DFP Club Fund.
CEC Middle College is located at 2650 Eliot St. The school's telephone number is 720-423-6681. Starz FilmCenter is located at 900 Auraria Parkway. The telephone number is 303-893-3456.
For more information, contact Dan DePinto, Instructor Digital Film Production at 720-423-6681.