{"id":2143,"date":"2014-10-16T16:16:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T22:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/?p=2143"},"modified":"2014-10-16T16:16:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T22:16:24","slug":"indie-spirit-film-festival-comes-to-uccs-oct-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/?p=2143","title":{"rendered":"Indie Spirit Film Festival comes to UCCS Oct. 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/UCCS-Signature.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1850\" src=\"http:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/UCCS-Signature-300x41.png\" alt=\"UCCS Signature\" width=\"300\" height=\"41\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/UCCS-Signature-300x41.png 300w, https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/UCCS-Signature-150x20.png 150w, https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/UCCS-Signature-1024x140.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. \u2013 The Indie Spirit, Colorado Spring\u2019s annual international film festival, will present its finale and awards ceremony Oct. 19 on the campus of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n<p>The awards ceremony begins at 7:45 p.m. Oct. 19 in Centennial Hall on the UCCS campus and culminates three days of workshops, screenings and lectures about film content and production at venues on campus and in the Colorado Springs community.<\/p>\n<p>The Indie Spirit Film Festival showcases selected feature, documentary, and short films, and awards several prizes. In addition to the screening and competition, the festival also presents filmmaker and film culture panels and film technical workshops. Most events are open only to ticket holders. For a complete schedule and ticket prices, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiespiritfilmfestival.org\/\">www.indiespiritfilmfestival.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Dassanowsky, professor, Department of Languages and Cultures, and Visual and Performing Arts, and Teresa Meadows, associate professor, Department of Languages and Cultures, and Visual and Performing Arts, worked with Indie Spirt director Steve Kurtz to bring festival events to campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new cooperation links VAPA and the campus with community and global cinema, and has also provided VAPA film studies students with internships in film festival production and management,\u201d Dassanowsky said. \u201cSeveral students have been working in this capacity with Director Kurtz since spring semester.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dassanowsky and Meadows plan to base the festival at UCCS in the next few years.<\/p>\n<p>Dassanowsky, Meadows, and Fernando Feliu-Moggi, associate professor, Department of Languages and Cultures, will host an open-to-the-public filmmaker&#8217;s panel at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 18 at the Antlers Hilton Hotel. The panel will discuss current film production modes.<\/p>\n<p>Campus workshops include a demonstration on the use and function of the Arri Alexa camera by John Bourbonais, owner, Bourbon Street Productions, a story development workshop presented by filmmaker and editor Kaleb Kohart, and a digital cinema package workshop on the process of converting film to cinema quality digital video by Matt Stevens, manager, Kimball\u2019s Peak Three Theater.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Colorado Colorado Springs, located on Austin Bluffs Parkway in Colorado Springs, is one of the fastest growing universities in Colorado. The university offers 37 bachelor\u2019s degrees, 19 master\u2019s and five doctoral degrees. UCCS enrolls about 11,000 students on campus annually and another 2,000 in online programs. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/\">www.uccs.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. \u2013 The Indie Spirit, Colorado Spring\u2019s annual international film festival, will present its finale and awards ceremony Oct. 19 on the campus of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. 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