Kodak Showcase At Cannes Features Young, Award-Winning Filmmakers

14-May-04

The Kodak Emerging Filmmaker Showcase will have two screenings at the 2004 Cannes International Film Festival this year. The Showcase is comprised of 26 award-winning student projects. On May 16, 2004, Kodak is participating in the Short Film Corner of the MarchÈ du Film, where Kodak-sponsored films at the festival will be presented and followed by a reception. On May 18, 2004 the seventh edition of the Kodak Emerging Filmmaker Showcase will be shown at the Riviera 8 Theatre at 6 p.m. followed by a reception at the American Pavilion. The Kodak Emerging Filmmaker Showcase is sponsored by the Kodak Student Filmmaker Program. ""This initiative is designed to help young filmmakers bridge the gap between the completion of their formal education and the realization of their dreams,"" says John Mason, Director of Kodak's Student Filmmaker Program. ""Many previous participants have told us that the Showcase boosted their careers in tangible and intangible ways. They made important professional contacts at critical junctures in their careers, and gained valuable insights into how the industry works. The Showcase also provides an opportunity for talent scouts to meet this new generation of filmmakers and get a first-hand look at their work."" The student filmmakers participating in the Showcase have won first place in prestigious student film festivals/competitions in the United States, including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Student Academy Awards, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences College Television Awards, Directors Guild of America Student Film Awards, NextFrame, The Short List, Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival, American Society of Cinematographers Heritage Award, International Documentary Association David L. Wolper Student Award, Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, New York University International Student Film Festival, Eastman Scholarship Award, CINE Award of Excellence, and The Kodak Filmschool Competition. Many of the featured student films were produced with the aid of Kodak product grants. This year, Kodak is also providing a platform for introducing these new talents by becoming an official partner of the Short Film Corner. ""The Short Film Corner provides emerging and student filmmakers with an opportunity to showcase their talent at an important, global festival,"" says Mason. ""This is part of a broad commitment we have made to the future of this important, international art form. This amazing display of talent in this showcase bodes well for the future of our industry."" The Short Film Corner is located in the Palais des Festivals. They will provide published information on all the programs' films, as well as Internet access to the digitized films from interactive kiosks. The 2004 Emerging Filmmaker Showcase participants are a diverse group, including writers, producers, directors, cinematographers and animators, from film schools around the world. Their films are from all genres, including dramas, documentaries, live action and animation. Participants in the Kodak Emerging Filmmaker Showcase and their award-winning films are: Leona Whitney Beatty, Last Chair (Loyola Marymount University); Yael Braha, The Waves (San Francisco State University); Andrew Chan, Drizzle (Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts); Parker Cross, Grandchildren (Regent University); Elena Elmoznino, Freestyle (City College of New York); Bill Fernandez, 3 am (Florida State University); John Fiege, Bebe (University of Texas-Austin); Pablo Gonzalez and Marcos Rostagno, La Ciudad de los Hombres Lactantes (The City of the Suckling Men); Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina); Gustavo Hernandez-Perez, The Mexican Dream (American Film Institute); Caroline Hu, ReMembrance (City University of Hong Kong); Wendi Marchioni, Winter Days (York University); Kimberly Miner, Perpetual Motion (Rochester Institute of Technology); and Waleed Moursi, The Projects Lumiere (California Institute of the Arts).Josh Newman, The Mail Gaze (University of Southern California); Matthew Olmon, Zeke (Florida State University); Michelle Oznowicz, Sour Mix (American Film Institute); Christof Putzel, Left Behind (Connecticut College); Ingo Rasper, Dufte (Aroma) (Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg); Patricia Riggen, La Milpa (The Cornfield) (Columbia University New York); Karen Skloss, Smitten (University of Texas Austin); Masanobu Takayanagi, Shui Hen (American Film Institute); Jason Tolsher, Ash Wednesday (Australian Film, Television and Radio School); Tamara Tracz, Bitter (California Institute of the Arts); Melba Williams, One Thousand Words (Stanford University); Mun Chee Yong, 9:30 (University of Southern California); and David Zackin, Tunanooda (Rhode Island School of Design). The Kodak Student Filmmaker Program was launched in 1991. The Showcase at Cannes is one of many initiatives Kodak sponsors to help film schools and their students. Other initiatives include scholarships, educational and communications materials, product grants and discounts for film schools and their students. For more information about the Kodak Student Filmmaker Program, please visit the Kodak website at www.kodak.com/go/student.

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