Ivy Film Festival 2015 Program

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Welcome to the 15th annual Ivy Film Festival! We are incredibly excited to present a weeklong celebration of film, ranging from advanced screenings to our highly anticipated Official Selection of student films and screenplays. Our 15th year has witnessed the continued maturation of our organization as we not only improved our operations and presence on campus, but have also expanded beyond Brown. Our motto this year is “Moving Film Forward” which encapsulates our efforts to position Ivy Film Festival as the venue for student film globally.

Finding a path to success in the world of film is a daunting prospect for students. At its core, Ivy Film Festival is a platform for talented student film-makers and screenwriters to expose their work. Entirely student run, Ivy Film Festival uses a for-us-by-us model to form a vibrant community of aspiring students and industry professionals, all passionate about supporting the next generation of filmmakers. This year we received hundreds of films and screen-plays from students around the world. Our Official Selection is comprised of 27 student films and 12 student screenplays. As a counterpart to the student film

screenings, we are holding our first annual Live Table Readings to showcase our Official Selection of screenplays. We are also proud to announce our first annual Satellite Ivy Film Festival, wherein our Official Selection of films will be shown at several schools, including Harvard, Princeton, Northwestern and University of Michigan. We hope to continue to expand to more satellite campuses in order to engage a broader, more diverse community of student filmmakers.

This year is testimony to our continued efforts to address aspects of the film world of interest to all—we are inter-acting with not only directors and actors, writers and cinematographers but also web-centric filmmakers, animators and set designers. Discussions with industry professionals generate dialogue about the role of the modern filmmaker and the different paths to starting a career. The Sisterhood of Night panel will focus on the unique challenges of breaking into an historically male-dominated industry, as well as crowdsourcing, and the Animation in Media panel will explore opportunities in the technical aspects of filmmaking. We are fully embracing the multimedia potentials for linking industry

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professionals with students—this year, we are hosting two keynotes over Skype, with Todd Haynes ’85 and Jason Schwartzman.

We are extremely grateful to the following people for helping us to expand the presence of Ivy Film Festival. This year, our incredible staff in the departments of Programming, Screenplay, Industry and Outreach, Graphic Design, Publicity, Business and Web have shown unprecedented creativity, enthusiasm and dedication. We would also like to thank Diane Chouinard, Andrew Donahue and Donna

Hustler of the SAO; Chira Delsesto, Kristin Kwasniewski and Greg Picard of the CAC and Granoff; Richard Heller; Richard Dulgarian and the Avon Cinema; Matthew Wood and the Undergraduate Finance Board; and IFF’s home, Brown University.

Enjoy! Supreeti Sharma and Elizabeth Woodward


2014 IVY FILM FESTIVAL STAFF

GENERAL

COORDINATORS

Executive DirectorsElizabeth Woodward Supreeti Sharma

Associate DirectorTarek Shoukri Giri Suarsana

Outreach CoordinatorMaggie Hire

WebmasterElías Martínez Cohen Erica Oh

BUSINESS

CoordinatorsAngela Guo Solveig Xia

StaffFran WhiteheadCatherine JeongAntonia ChapmanDouglas SaperZeve SandersonAsli AnginWill Walant

GRAPHIC DESIGN

CoordinatorsIngrid Chen Cecilia Bodin

StaffElizabeth GoodspeedKoko NakajimaKris Louie

INDUSTRY

CoordinatorsMargot Hauer-King Oakley Friedberg

StaffRebecca HansenAlexandra KordasGus EsselstynBlake NosratianMadeline Chin


PROGRAMMING

CoordinatorsDan Fethke Gabbie Corvese

StaffAlex RapportJade DonaldsonKent SmithPolina GodzCristina BallariniJake AndersonMatt JackettRyan PaineNate BurkeDaniella BalarezoAngelica JohnsenBrendan StoneBroghan ZwackBrittany ComunaleMeher AliOliver Goodman-WatersJoanna DeBoerNeha Verma

PUBLICITY

CoordinatorsToye AdegboroYongha Kim

StaffTaylor BantleChristopher BarwickGabrielle BufremAlexa EffronKeillor IrvingBailey LifeElizabeth LippmanTonya RileyClaire ShennanNadim SilvermanEllen Taylor

SCREENPLAY

CoordinatorsSam Samore Sam Torres

StaffAdam Hersko-RonaTasMichelle WattMackenzie CarlsonDevika GirishBryan Smith

Taylor WilliamsHenry StaleyMarcus SudacNina PerrottaMaria BuganeBlair Johnston

TECH

CoordinatorLuke Perez

StaffLudwell ChaseTian-Mei Lee


2014 IFFSCHEDULE OVERVIEW

MONDAY, APRIL 6THScreenplay ReadingThe Underground | 3:00-5:45PM

The End of the Tour ScreeningGranoff | 6:30-8-15PM

TUESDAY, APRIL 7THScreenplay ReadingThe Underground | 3:00-5:45PM

Todd Haynes (‘85) Keynote Address and Q&A Conducted over Skype Granoff | 6:15-8:30PM

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8THScreenplay ReadingThe Underground | 3:00-5:15PM

The Sisterhood of Night ScreeningQ&A following screening MacMillan 117 | 6:00-8:30PM


THURSDAY, APRIL 9THSlow West ScreeningThe Avon | 6:30-8:30PM

FRIDAY, APRIL 10THThe Uncanny in Contemporary Television Richard Brown, Dougray ScottGranoff | 1:30-2:30PM

Film Block 1 Granoff | 2:45-4:15PM

The Power In Your Hands Workshop with Michael Schultz MCM Production 1 | 4:30PM-5:30PM

Rushmore Screening Granoff | 6:15-7:45PM

Jason Schwartzman Keynote Address and Q&A Conducted over Skype Granoff | 8:00-9:0PM

SATURDAY, APRIL 11THFilm Block 2 Granoff | 12:30-2:00PM

Animation in Media Panel Brenda Chapman, Ron Ryder, Barbara Meier Granoff | 2:15-3:15PM

Film Block 3 Granoff | 3:30-5:00PM

Short Short Shorts Workshop with Matthew Frost Granoff | 5:30-6:30PM

Dosa Hunt Screening and Q&ADinner following in Granoff lobby Granoff | 6:45-8:00PM

Ivy Film Festival PartyFt. DJ Dapwell from Das Racist 95 Empire at AS220 | 10:00PM-1:00AM

SUNDAY, APRIL 12THTrainwreck Screening Granoff | 4:00-5:30PM


OFFICIAL SELECTION OFSTUDENT FILMS

FRIDAY, APRIL 10TH

Official Selection: BLOCK 1Granoff Auditorium, 2:45-4:15PM

COMBUSTABILLY / Jake Bellew / UNC School of the Arts / 10 min

FLIEGEN / Katharina Woll / German Film and Television Academy / 10 min

FRESH GROUND / Jared Sims / Savannah College of Art and Design / 7 min

MELVIN / Josh & Jason Sondock / New York University; Brown University / 5 min

SANTA CRUZ DEL ISLOTE / Luke Lorentzen / Stanford University / 19 min

SUCTION / Matthew Herbertz / Ohio University / 8 min

WATERFALL / Charlie Cole / Pratt Institute / 10 min

O JOGO / Pedro Coutinho / Columbia University / 19 min

EGGPLANT / Yangzi She / UCLA / 8 min

SATURDAY, APRIL 11TH


HEARTBEATS OF FIJI / Jon Kasbe / UNC School of the Arts / 10 min

FOX POINT TENON / Alanna Hoffman & Jordan Beard / Brown University;

Rhode Island Sc hool of Design / 7 min

MARA / Yi Zhong / New York University / 19 min

ONE / Matt Walker / Harvard College / 4 min

I AM MICHAEL JORDANE / Daniel Turkiewicz / Emerson College / 7 min


DOMOJ / Simona Feldman / German Film and Television Academy / 9 min

SHAMBLES / Ryan Naylor / Northwestern University / 10 min

THE ANNIVERSARY / Henry Chaisson / Brown University / 8 min

MATCHMAKER / Claire M. Andreae / Loyola Marymount University / 10 min

THE MATADOR / Lazarus Dance / UNC School of the Arts / 15 min

SUNDAY, APRIL 12TH


DAY ONE / Henry Hughes / American Film Institute / 25 min

RE:BELIEF / Raymond Bergeron / Rochester Institute of Technology / 7 min

LEFT HOOK / Katie Westfall, Alexandra Grant, Averi Gerberding, Ralph Semilla,

Elliot Gomez, & Danny Munoz / University of California at Santa Barbara / 13 min

MOLOKO / Pauline Lillian Shongov / Cornell University / 5 min

CLOSE TO HOME / Matt Walker / Harvard College / 11 min

10:10 / Pom Bunsermvicha / Brown University / 7 min

GRANGE TO GARAGE / William Johnston-Carter / Chapman University,

Dodge College of Film and Media Arts / 16 min

EAT / Moritz Krämer / German Film and Television Academy / 7 min

OPEN 24 HOURS / Henry Chaisson / Brown University / 7 min


THE END OF THE TOURMonday, April 6 Granoff | 6:30-8-15PM

The End of the Tour, based on David Lipsky’s critically acclaimed memoir Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace, tells the story of the five-day 1996 interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel), which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace’s groundbreaking epic novel, Infinite Jest. Directed by James Ponsoldt and written by Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies.

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THE SISTERHOOD OF THE NIGHTWednesday, April 8 MacMillan 117 | 6:00-8:30PM

Adapted from Pulitzer Prize winning Steven Millhauser’s short story, when a teenage girl says she’s the victim of a secret network called The Sisterhood of Night, a quiet suburban town becomes the backdrop for a modern-day Salem witch trial. This screening will be followed by a panel Q&A with director Caryn Waechter, writer Marilyn Fu and actress Willa Cuthrell-Tuttleman moder-ated by producer Elizabeth Cuthrell. The film, starring Kal Penn, Georgie Henley, Kara Hayward, broke Kickstarter records for crowdsourcing at the time of its campaign.

SLOW WESTThursday, April 9 The Avon | 6:30-8:30PM

Directed by John Maclean, Slow West is set the end of the nineteenth century, following 16-year-old Jay Cavendish (Kodi Smit-McPhee) who journeys across the American frontier in search of the woman he loves. He is joined by Silas (Michael Fassbender), a mysterious traveler, and hotly pursued by an outlaw along the way. Winner of the Sundance World Cinema Jury Prize for Drama.


DOSA HUNTFollowed by a Q&A Granoff | 6:45pm Co-Sponsored by SASA + the Brown-India Initiative

Screening followed by a Q&A with Amrit Singh (director), Zoe Schack (producer), and Ashok “Dapwell” Kondabolu (from Das Racist). DOSA HUNT is a short film by Amrit Singh featuring a diverse group of music-world friends -- Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij, Das Racist’s Himanshu Suri and Ashok “Dapwell” Kondabolu, Yeasayer’s Anand Wilder, Neon Indian’s Alan Palomo, jazz pianist Vijay Iyer, and Stereogum’s Executive Editor, Singh -- on a quest to find their hometown’s best dosa. The delicious traditional South Indian crepe has earned this long-overdue cinematic closeup.

RUSHMOREGranoff | 6:15pm Partnered with Brown University Film Forum *you must attend the screening to stay for the keynote

In Rushmore, Wes Anderson’s 1998 cult comedy, Jason Schwartzman makes his acting debut as Max Fischer, a preco-cious teenager who struggles to avoid expulsion from the prestigious Rushmore Academy. In the process, he falls deeply in love with a first-grade teacher (Olivia Williams) and befriends the millionaire father of two of his schoolmates (Bill Murray). Set to the infectious songs of the British Invasion and stylized with the now-classic aesthetic of Wes Anderson, this witty, offbeat coming-of-age tale captures both the aches and exuberance of adolescence, and opened the world to the unique storytelling duo of Anderson and Schwartzman.

SCREENING SERIES


TRAINWRECKGranoff | 4:00pm*See IFF website for ticketing info

IFF’s closing film is Judd Apatow’s latest comedy, both starring and written by Amy Schumer months before its July release. Ever since her father drilled into her head that monogamy isn’t realistic, magazine writer Amy (Amy Schumer) has made promiscuity her credo. As much as she enjoys an uninhibited life free of commitment, Amy is really in a rut. While writing a profile about charming and successful sports doctor Aaron Conners (Bill Hader), she finds herself actually falling in love for the first time -- and what’s more, Aaron seems to like her too. Amy starts to wonder if it’s time to clean up her act. Starring Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Lebron James.


MONDAY, APRIL 6

Kingdom Sarah Wisner, Boston University | Television Pilot

Detective Rose Turner, demoted to Deputy Sheriff, returns to the rural Vermont community of her childhood to discover corruption has deep roots in the Green Mountains.

Aster and Sidney Sean Temple & Sarah Wisner, Emerson College & Boston University Graduate Short

Two women struggle to survive in a collapsed society.

Trash Darius Dawson, DePaul University | Graduate Short

An abusive stepfather confronts a teenage-runaway when he discovers where she’s hiding, and at the same time she is struggling with the decision to keep or abandon her baby.

Scriptures and Cigarettes Joseph O’Driscoll, American Film Institute Conservatory | Feature Length

After a near-death experience, Nephi, a devout Mormon teenager, experiments with the outside world for the first time, risking his relationship with his family and community.

SCREENPLAY OFFICIAL SELECTION


TUESDAY, APRIL 7

Stouche’s Washington John McCabe, Emerson College | Television Pilot

A working class man runs a breakfast joint in downtown Washington D.C., frequented by politicians.

Tenuous Aaron Ross, University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Undergraduate Short

Two sisters find themselves in similar situations and only one way to deal with it. Taking matters into their own hands could be the only way to change their lives.

The Last Shot Natalie Pallay, Emerson College | Undergraduate Short

A coming of age story about a misguided actor’s backstage and onstage experiences of playing Abraham Lincoln in a play.

Lotus Eyes Joshua Land & Victor Fink, Johns Hopkins University | Feature Length

In search of the haven of his distant uncle’s farm, a 16-year-old runaway finds himself fighting for his life in a desolate post oil-crash American landscape until two mysterious strangers offer hope of survival.


WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7

Po Magnus Daniel O’Neill, St. Mary’s College of Maryland | Feature Length

Is the story of Po Magnus, an 11-year-old boy growing up in rural Alabama during 1930’s, as he struggles with an abusive father and an oppressive society as he learns to play the blues.

BlameKellee Terrell, Columbia College of Chicago | Graduate Short

Haunted by the ghost of a dead rape victim, a working class father must decide whether to turn his prodigal son into the police or delete the only evidence of the assault.

Lucky 13Connor Damiano, Emerson College | Undergraduate Short

In the midst of bowling the game of his life, a man is harassed by a group of heedless teens.

Goldstein Michael Salomon, Loyola Marymount University | Television Pilot

A nebbish NYPD budgetary administrator is mistakenly made sheriff’s depu-ty of a one-horse west-Texas town, where things aren’t quite as unassuming as they seem.



OFFICIAL SELECTION: BLOCK 1

COMBUSTABILLYComedy (10 min)

Director: Jake Bellew

School: University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Billy’s first day on the job at a fireworks store goes amuk when a wacky duo of robbers bursts into this explosive comedy!

USA

FLIEGEN International (10 min)

Director: Katharina Woll

School: German Film and Television Academy

Ten year old Jonas lives with his ill mother in a small two bedroom apart-ment. One day he watches from his window as a circus troupe passes by. Later he comes across the troupe again. This time he follows them through the suburbs and is lead into a strange and fascinating world.

USA


MELVINDrama (5 min)

Director: Josh Sondock and Jason Sondock

School: New York University, Brown University

Melvin, the greatest milkman alive, must face his inner demons after a new customer violates everything the craft of milk delivery stands for.

USA

FRESH GROUND Documentary (7 min)

Director: Jared Sims

School: Savannah College of Art and Design

Explore the nature of kindness with Fresh Ground, an Appalachian Trail hiker and enthusiast who takes pride in performing random acts of kindness towards long distance hikers.

USA



SANTA CRUZ DEL ISLOTEDocumentary (19 min)

Director: Luke Lorentzen

School: Stanford University

Just three acres large, Santa Cruz del Islote is one of the world’s most densely populated islands. A fisherman and ten-year-old boy live peacefully within this Colombian community, but struggle with isolation as resources become scarce.

USA

SUCTION Graduate (8 min)

Director: Matthew Herbertz

School: Ohio University

A woman living alone discovers a myste-rious vacuum cleaner on her front porch.

USA


WATERFALL Experimental (10 min)

Director: Charlie Cole

School: Pratt Institute

The thing is.. we both knew how to swim. I just couldn’t.

USA

O JOGO Graduate (19 min)

Director: Pedro Coutinho

Writer: Columbia University

After an argument during a road trip to the countryside, Julia and Fred begin a sexual game with definitive conse-quences for their relationship and their lives.

Brazil



EGGPLANT Graduate (8 min)

Director: Henry HughesSchool: University of California, Los Angeles

Durian was born with his facial expres-sions opposite to everyone else.

USA



HEARTBEATS OF FIJIDocumentary (10 min)

Director: Jon Kasbe

School: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ben is searching for purpose. Masi is following a dream. From separate islands, yet connected through music, their paths crossed at Fiji’s Beat Making Lab. The Beat Making Lab believes music can transform individuals and communi-ties. They build studios around the world, training youth in the art of beat making.

Fiji

FOX POINT TENON 48 Hour Film Competition Winner (7 min)

Director: Alanna Hoffman, Jordan Beard

School: Brown University; Rhode Island School of Design

A paperboy’s early-morning routine.

USA



MARADrama (19 min)

Director: Yi Zhong

School: New York University

Mara, haunted by her past, has secluded herself in a forest cabin. Until one day, she encounters a teenage runaway.

USA

ONEExperimental (4 min)

Matt Walker

School: Harvard College

Four speakers struggle with obsession and desperation.

USA


I AM MICHAEL JORDANEComedy (7 min)

Director: Daniel Turkiewicz

School: Emerson College

Michael Jordane is constantly bullied because of his famous name. At first, Michael tired to embrace his name, but this was halted by his natural lack of talent for basketball. His life changes when a group of terrorists, known as the French Rebel Forces, take hostages and announce that they will only negotiate with Michael Jordan. Seizing his oppor-tunity to use his famous name to benefit himself, Michael forges his identity, calls the Prime Minister’s office, and attempts to negotiate with these dangerous men.

USA

DOMOJ International (9 min)

Director: Simona Feldman


Juri is growing up under deprived circumstances in a small village in the former CCCP. When his father moves to Germany to earn money for his family he hast to come to grips with a life without a father.

Germany



SHAMBLESComedy (10 min)

Director: Ryan Naylor

School: Northwestern University

A ten-year-old outcast, Willow, helps injured felt puppet Isaac escape the clutches of the Australian Mafia.

USA

THE ANNIVERSARYDrama (8 min)

Director: Henry Chaisson

School: Brown University

David and Meryl, two troubled parents, quarrel on the eve of an important anni-versary. After months of severe strain on their relationship, Meryl makes a final attempt to connect with her wayward husband.

USA


MATCHMAKER Documentary (10 min)

Director: Claire M. Andreae

School: Loyola Marymount University

Christian runs a dog shelter in Germany, and takes great care to find the perfect match between his dogs and their new German families.

Germany

THE MATADORDrama (15 min)

Director: Lazarus Dance

School: University of North Carolina School of the Arts

After being apart for most of their lives, two childhood friends are reunited under dangerous circumstances when one kidnaps the other for ransom.

USA


RE:BELIEF Graduate (7 min)

Director: Raymond McCarthy Bergeron

School: Rochester Institute of Technology

“re÷belief”, is a 3D Printed, hand crafted, zoetropic short-film that asks if recalling memories can break a cycle.

USA


DAY ONE Graduate (25 min)

Director: Henry Hughes

School: American Film Institute

On her first day in Afghanistan, an interpreter for the US Army is forced to deliver the child of an enemy bomb-maker.

USA


MOLOKO Experimental (5 min)

Director: Pauline Lillian Shongov

School: Cornell University

This film explores the organic and the inorganic, the making of the inanimate animate with an emphasis on the scar, the C-section/hysterectomy as both a mark of birth and abortion, life and death.

USA

LEFT HOOK Documentary (13 min)

Director: Katie Westfall, Alexandra Grant, Averi Gerberding, Ralph Semilla, Elliot Gomez, and Danny Munoz School: University of California at Santa Barbara

In the midst of one of California’s most devastating droughts in the state’s history, some counties stop searching for water and reuse the water that they already have.

USA



10:10 International (7 min)

Director: Pom Sirada Bunsermvicha


Two girls wait to be picked up at the train station. One finds herself unable to let go at the end of a trip she wants to last forever.

Czech Republic

CLOSE TO HOMEDrama (11 min)

Director: Matt Walker

School: Harvard College

Matt returns for the holidays to find unexpected changes in his family and home. As Matt struggles to reconnect, small differences become overwhelming, and a new collection of peculiar goat paintings begins to take on a life of its own.

USA


GRANGE TO GARAGEComedy (16 min)

Director: William Johnston-Carter

School: Chapman University, Dodge College of Film and Media Arts

A California farmer struggles to stay in business raising organically grown, free-range automobiles.

USA

EAT International (7 min)

Director: Moritz Krämer


A photoshoot. The model Helen is unnerved. Back in the changing room she makes a surprising discovery. Everything around her is edible - the chair, the TV, the walls...

Germany


OPEN 24 HOURSComedy (7 min)

Director: Henry Chaisson


In the dead of night, Russell stops to purchase gas and a pair of suspicious tools. He meets his match in Dixie, an overzealous checkout clerk who appears to misinterpret Russell’s dark motives at every turn -- or does she? Russell is forced to play into Dixie’s eccentric whims, or risk drawing attention to the eerie rumble that pours from the trunk of his car.

USA




KEYNOTE +Q&A

TUESDAY, APRIL 7

Todd HaynesScreening of Varied Works Granoff | 6:15-8:30PM

A distinguished independent filmmaker, Todd Haynes studied Semiotics at Brown, the predecessor to Modern Culture and Media, which regularly shows Haynes’ films. He is best known for his academy award-nominated features: I’m Not There, the auda-cious and inventive Bob Dylan biopic, and Far From Heaven, the period melodrama of a ‘50’s nuclear family come undone. Since then, he has directed the acclaimed HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce, winning multiple Emmys and a Golden Globe for Kate Wins-let. Haynes’ work has notably been involved in New Queer Cinema and often deals with postmodernist ideas of identity and sexuality.

FRIDAY, APRIL 10

Jason SchwartzmanGranoff Auditorium, 8:00-9:00PM *you must attend the Rushmore screening to stay for the keynote *see IFF website for ticketing info

Jason Schwartzman is known for his frequent collaborations with director Wes An-derson. His acting career began at age 17 in Anderson’s Rushmore and since then has taken on notable roles in The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, and The Grand Budapest Hotel, among several others. A champion of whimsical and endearing characters, Schwartzman continues to star in classic films for the millenni-al generation.


FRIDAY, APRIL 10

The Uncanny in Contemporary TelevisionGranoff Auditorium, 1:30-2:30PM Moderated by Professor Richard Rambuss

The peculiar, the spooky, the dreadful and the frightening! As many television shows move towards long-form narrative, the uncanny has become a particularly prominent theme. A discussion between Richard Brown, executive producer of neo-noir crime drama True Detective and Dougray Scott, star of Netflix’s Hemlock Grove.

The Power In Your Hands: A Workshop with Michael SchultzMCM Production 1, 4:30-5:30PM *space is limited, email [email protected] to sign up

Acclaimed film and TV producer and director Michael Schultz will be conducting an intimate workshop for filmmakers entitled “The Power in Your Hands”. The workshop will center on the topic of conscious filmmaking. Schultz is well known for his work on Car Wash and Krush Groove, among many other films, and is a member of the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.

WORKSHOPS &PANELS


SATURDAY, APRIL 11

Animation in MediaGranoff Auditorium, 2:15-3:15PM

Brenda Chapman has had over twenty five years of creative leadership experience in the animation industry, serving as a director, story artist, and writer for Walt Disney Feature Animation Studios, Dreamworks Animation Studios, and Pixar Animation Studios. She directed The Prince of Egypt and Brave and worked on countless other animation features including Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and The Lion King.

Ron Ryder is the CEO of Image Metrics, which has been pivotal in advancing tech-nologies such as facial recognition and photorealistic animation in digital charac-ters. Image Metrics is known for the animated reverse-aging in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which went on to win an academy award for visual effects in 2009.

Barbara Meier, a Brown professor of computer animation known for emphasizing a balance between the technical and aesthetic storytelling, has pushed boundaries in animation with her background in computer science and visual art. She worked with Pacific Data Images, which became the feature animation division of Dreamworks, where she worked with directors like James Cameron.

Short, Short, Shorts: A Workshop with Matthew FrostGranoff Auditorium, 5:30-6:30PM

Matthew Frost is a filmmaker and photographer based in New York City. His film-making ranges from music videos for M83 to short internet films for clients such as Vogue, for whom he directed and wrote editorial viral videos such as Scripted Content with Jessica Chastain and Aspirational with Kirsten Dunst. His tone is semi-satirical of our digital obsession with celebrities and is marked with a sharp look that plays on the ironies of fashion film aesthetics.

WORKSHOPS & PANELS


SUPPORTERSOF IVY FILMFESTIVAL

GOLD

Istanbul Foundation of Culture and Arts

Candescent Films

Vans

The Dean Hotel

SILVER

Final Draft

Brooklyn Industries

Exo

Raw Revolution

Monster

Flatbread Company

SCAC

Campus Life

Sock Panda



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