Monday, January 17, 2011

The University of North Carolina Wilmington presents the Alumni Film Series, a three-night series featuring exciting films created by UNCW graduates. Free and open to the public, the series kicks off with its first night on Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. in Lumina Theater, and showings continue Jan. 26 and Feb. 2. The series includes both feature length and short films. Each night culminates with a Q&A session with the filmmakers.

Sandra Jackson, film program coordinator at Lumina Theater, formulated the idea for this series to highlight the talents of UNCW graduates and provide alumni filmmakers with an opportunity to present their works to the community. This year's series was coordinated by students on the Lumina Theater projection staff.

The series includes Devin DiMattia's feature film Firewall of Sound, originally created as a short Honors project and expanded to feature length since his graduation. It was screened at the 2010 Cucalorus Film Festival as well as the 2010 CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival in New York City.

Another highlight of the series is Brian Teague's short film AT3: Air to the Throne, which is under consideration by Turner Studios for a pilot in Adult Swim or Peachtree TV. Kenneth Price, best known as a member of the Superkiiids!, also makes an appearance in this series with his short films First Sunrise and The Late Mr. Mokun Williams, and his feature film Americatown, screened at the 2009 Cucalorus Film Festival.

The series includes a mixture of various genres and styles. Timothy Rizor's Hold Up, an episodic tale broken up into seven small segments, will play throughout the series. Mark Eaton's films Colors and Soma will display various animation and 3-D modeling styles, interwoven with live action.

The series begins at 7 p.m. each night and runs for about 2 hours. Admission is free. To view the full schedule, visit www.uncw.edu/lumina

For more information about this event, contact Sandra Jackson at 910.962.7971.

Student media contact:
Leanne Entwistle, 609.744.8824 or lje7462@uncw.edu