Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Previous Event: Upstate NY Film & Video Festival


UPSTATE NEW YORK FILM
& VIDEO FESTIVAL

Saturday, 8 Sept. 2007, 7-9pm
Shemin Auditorium, 102 Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Free Admission!

FESTIVAL AFTER PARTY
10pm @ Funk’n Waffles
727 S. Crouse Ave.
(in Campus Plaza, behind Marshall St.)
$5, or $3 with festival ticket

Support your local film community by attending the first-ever Upstate New York Film & Video Festival! Representing a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction genres, this event demonstrates the diversity of media and approaches being applied in the Upstate and Central New York area. Dedicated to facilitating collaboration and connection amongst media artists, filmmakers and audiences, the festival provides a unique opportunity for screening and discussion, with the goal of building a stronger, more active film and video community.

Featuring work by Brent Barbano, Alexandra Fuller, Dan Ramin, Mike Smith, Stephen Stauss & Zakery Weiss, Zosha Stuckey, Chris Toppino, and Rehema Imani Trimiew. Several filmmakers will be in attendance. Following the screening, viewers will vote for the People’s Choice Award. The winning selection will automatically be screened at the 2008 Syracuse International Film Festival!

Shemin Auditorium is located in Syracuse University’s Shaffer Art Building (SE corner on University quadrangle adjacent to SUArt Galleries, off College Place). This event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the VIP lot (Q4) accessible from College Place. For a campus map, click here

An all ages Festival After Party will be held at Funk’n Waffles, Syracuse's newest music venue! Local hip-hop phenomenon, The Goonies will be joined by the one-and-only Three1Live for a night of smooth and funky sounds.

The Upstate New York Film & Video Festival is presented by Syracuse Experimental Film & Media Workshop, with the support of Syracuse University, Syracuse International Film Festival, Funk’n Waffles and Young Guns Studio.

For more information contact Jess at Jrlance@syr.edu

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