Geoff Gilmore, director of the Sundance Film Festival, will conduct a workshop on independent filmmaking on May 26 (2 to 6 p.m.) at the De La Salle University-Taft Ave. campus.
Hosted by Kacy Andrews, Bigfoot's L.A.-based CEO, this four-hour workshop will give Film and Comm Arts students, aspiring filmmakers and industry practitioners various insights on how to make it big in the international film scene.
Geoff Gilmore is the driving force behind Sundance, the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Often dubbed as "Mr. Sundance," Gilmore has been responsible for the festival's film selection and overall artistic direction for the past 17 years.
He is also involved with the Sundance Channel, directs the
annual Sundance Independent Producers Conference and the Sundance Institute. He
has been on the jury of several important international film festivals like The
Berlin International Film Festival, Moscow Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival
and the Independent Spirit Awards.
Sundance, named after a popular character played by its
inaugural Chairman Robert Redford, has grown to a spectacular anticipated
event. The festival has launched the careers of noted directors such as Quentin
Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill), PT Anderson (Boogie
Nights, Magnolia) and Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Ocean's
Eleven), and for allowing such movies as The Blair Witch Project, Sex,
Lies and Videotape, Napoleon Dynamite and, more recently, Little
Miss Sunshine.
In 2004, Filipina Ramona Diaz came into prominence when her documentary film Imelda
won the Best Cinematography Award in Sundance.
Tickets are priced at Php 3,000 for the general public. Students are given a discounted rate of Php 2,500.
For inquiries about Sundance in Manila, please call Lali Suzara of the Film Development Council of the Philippines at 523-4295, or Alex Roxas of the De La Salle Graduate School of Business at 523-4295.
Date: May 26 (Saturday) 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Venue: De La Salle Graduate School of Business, Taft Avenue Campus Multi-Purpose Hall, 20th Floor, Brother Andrew Gonzalez Hall, De La Salle University-Taft Ave.campus