Lamar University’s department of communication and media will host the annual Student Film Showcase, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, at the Dishman Art Museum.
There will be a prescreening during the opening reception, which will be from 5 p.m. to 5:45 p.m., followed by a red carpet walk and photoshoot. Food and drinks will be provided. The film showcase will begin at 5:45 p.m. in the Dishman Auditorium. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.
The event allows Lamar University students the opportunity to present their student film work to the public. The event also serves as a portfolio defense for senior film students, as they present their short films to the faculty and have the opportunity to receive feedback from the audience.
Comm professor Sheila Springer, part of the Student Engagement Committee that helped organize the event, said she encourages students to network and get a feel for the professional setting.
“I think this showcase will be an opportunity to show how hard our students work and how talented they are,” Springer said. “The public should come to this event to network with these wonderful students.”
This year’s festival will feature submissions by LU film majors, Red Beak Productions student film group, the documentary film course, and the corporate video course. The showcase will include 11 short films.
Sophomore Adan Baeza will showcase his work at the event and says that the community should attend to show support.
“There is this community of young film makers that is growing within our university,” Baeza said. “Supporting us from the very beginning will help us boost our confidence and show us that we can do this.”
The films showcased will encompass a wide variety of styles.
“We have multiple genres of film and multiple types of film, made by people with radically different ideas of what film making is,” Baeza said. “There is bound to be something for everybody.”
For more, visit lamar.edu/communication.