News for Alumnus Simon Barry, Creator of Continuum
Congratulations to UBC Film alumni Simon Barry (creator of the hit TV series Continuum) and Stephen Hegyes, who have announced their launch of a new production company, Reality Distortion Field.
Theatre Design Alumnus Mike Inwood Wins Coveted NYC Prize
DDI Magazine has named Macy’s Herald Square in New York City as the Platinum Award winner in the annual Winning Windows Manhattan holiday retail window competition.
MFA Film Student Film "Why Knot" Profiled in Georgia Straight
Having studied cultural anthropology and film, UBC MFA Film Production student Dhruv Dhawan decided to delve deeper into timeless questions surrounding sex, love, marriage, and infidelity by making a documentary.
Student Wins at Whistler Film Festival
More great news for MFA Production student Andrew Pollins. His dramatic short film about an Alzheimer’s patient Backward Fall earned the ShortWork Student Award at the recent Whistler Film Festival.
Alumna Lauren Grant Producing "Wet Bum" with Director Lindsay Mackay Winner of First Pinewood Filmmaker Initiative
Kudos to Film Production alumna Lauren Grant who has been busy and gathering plenty of accolades.
Maura Halloran Earns Best Actress at United Solo Festival
Huge kudos to BFA Acting Alumna Mara Halloran who has earned the award for Best Actress at The United Solo Theatre Festival in New York. United Solo is the world’s largest solo festival with 121 productions this year from 6 continents.
Student Film Earns Audience Choice Award at VSFF
Congratulations to Andrew Pollins on the success of his short film, Backward Fall which he made as a third year as a Film Production Student. The film recently won the Audience Choice Award at the Vancouver Short Film Festival, and his male lead actor John R. Taylor earned the award for Best Actor.
MFA Student Cari Green Earns Mayor’s Arts Award
Congratulations to MFA film student Cari Green who has earned the 2013 Mayor’s Arts Award for Film & New Media.
Student Film Screens at American Indian Film Festival
Kudos to alumna Doreen Manuel whose short film, which she made while still a student, Lucky Spirits, screened recently to a sold out house at the prestigious American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco.
Alumnus Luke Beattie in London’s West End
Wishing Luke Beattie (BA 2000) a broken leg across the pond where he’s appearing in London’s West End. He’s in the production Strangers on a Train at the Gielgud Theatre.