Students of Competitive Filmmaking & Global Media Lab Screen Award-Winning Films Worldwide: Vienna, Berlin, Austin & Seattle

The short film 鈥Delirium鈥 created by IAS faculty member Masahiro Sugano鈥檚 2020 鈥淐ompetitive Filmmaking鈥 class has been screened worldwide. The film, created by eight UW Bothell students entirely during remote learning, captures the contradictions of the current moment (isolated, yet collective; chaotic, yet static; new, yet ancient) with warmth, depth, and humor, offering a reminder of the ongoing power of collaboration and community.

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Locally, 鈥淒elirium鈥 was an official selection of the as well as . The film screened at Seattle’s 2021 Cadence Video Poetry Film Festival and won the “Best of Northwest” category, a second top prize win for 鈥淒elirium鈥 following the class鈥 win of the 鈥Top Prize in Poem Film Adaptation鈥 at Berlin鈥檚 ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival. Additionally the student film was also selected and screened in the experimental international side program of held at the Vienna K眉nstlerhaus from November 9 to 13, 2021. The film was further selected as a semi-finalist for the Austin Arthouse Film Festival which held its virtual screening events from December 26-31, 2021.

Students from both Masahiro Sugano鈥檚 Competitive Filmmaking and Global Media Lab courses also screened their films at the held at Seattle鈥檚 (NWFF). A total of three films from both these advance level video production courses in the Media & Communication Studies major screened in the 2021 program, which ran from September 16鈥26, and featured a competitive regional selection of curated short film programs and feature films that experiment, break, and remake popular conceptions around filmmaking and film exhibition. Local Sightings is known to champion emerging and established talent, support the regional film industry, and promote diverse media as a critical tool for public engagement.

Students of Global Media Lab, a Spring intensive filmmaking course co-taught by both Anida Yoeu Ali and Masahiro Sugano, held a world premiere for two student films “” and “” at NWFF with faculty and students in attendance. Both films screened multiple times and were available for both in-person and virtual viewings.

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Both courses teach hands-on film production techniques in a focused learning environment for students to create fully-realized video projects. The emphasis for both classes is to push creative and collaborative boundaries based on the idea of 鈥渓imitations as aesthetics鈥 whereby students learn to transform their restrictions and challenges into conceptual frameworks.

Watch 鈥淯nbecoming鈥

Producer: Madi Galiardi
Director: Bee Guzman-Elliott
Editor: Simon Shaw
Unbecoming is a short dance film about the disorienting experience of escaping conformity.

Watch 鈥淎nino Rebellion鈥

Producer:Niaylah King
Director: Adda Lee
Editor: Niaylah King
Anino Rebellion is a sci-fi inspired music video featuring singer/songwriter Golda Sargento set in a dystopian world where music is regulated through recycled old televisions. Anino in Tagalog is the word for shadow and refers to the rebellion of those cast away into the shadow.

Watch 鈥淒elirium鈥

Producer:Chelsea Moser
Directors:Thelma Tunyi & Shanley Fermin
Editor: Shanley Fermin
Delirium is a short film based on the poem 鈥淟ethe鈥 by Tjawangwa Dema that utilizes original collage artwork and animation techniques intertwined with live-action videography to express the reality of a character with a cognitive affliction.