Wednesday, November 7, 2012

2012 Awards Announced!


The University of Advancing Technology is proud to congratulate filmmaker Gwyneth Christoffel and her film "Recipe for Love" as the inaugural winner of the Grand Prize at the UAT Digital Video Festival! The Grand Prize comes with a full tuition scholarship to study at the award-winning Digital Video Program at  UAT, and we look forward to having this talented young filmmaker join us when she completes high school!

Furthemore, Gwyneth's film "Recipe for Love" also won the Audience Award, which was decided by a poll of both our in-theatre and online audiences. "Recipe for Love" was the clear favorite among our viewers! The Audience Award comes with a custom-designed trophy which itself was the result of a student contest. 3D Modeling students at the University of Advancing Technology competed for a $1,000 scholarship prize and the bragging rights to having designed the DV Festival's inaugural trophy. Student Mario Castaneda won the design competition for this entry, a sleek, sci-fi inspired icon that sums up both the film roots of the DV Program and its technology-infused future. The trophy will be printed using UAT's 3D rapid protoyper, and painted with a metallic finish by our resident prop-making expert Professor Paul DeNigris. This will be a truly one-of-a-kind piece!

Thursday, November 1, 2012

UAT DV Festival is Tonight!

The inaugural edition of the University of Advancing Technology Digital Video Festival is tonight at 6pm in the UAT Theatre (2625 W. Baseline Road, Tempe AZ 85283).

If you're unable to attend in person, the event will be STREAMED LIVE! The streaming link will be posted here as well as on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/uatdvfestival, and you will also be able to vote for our AUDIENCE AWARD on Facebook as well!

The final program for tonight's show:

Scholarship Competition Official Selections:

"CardBoard of Duty" (7 minutes, USA)
directed by DJ Charewicz
Get ready for the most action-packed, special-effects filled short film yet to hit the big screen. 'CardBoard of Duty' takes you into the world of video games... and the world of Hacking! Join two players as they use every code they know to beat each other!

"Recipe for Love" (3 minutes, Canada)
directed by Gwyneth Christoffel 
A lonely cupcake sees other couples in the kitchen enjoying each others company, and decides that she needs a friend. With no other options, she chooses to make one for herself!

UAT DV Showcase Shorts:

"Flight of the Melvin"
(7 minutes, directed by Professor Paul DeNigris)

"Concealed Chronicle"
(4 minutes, directed by Jared Oppie)

"Wildcard"
(4 minutes, directed by Annie Winn)

"Screaming in Silence"
(4 minutes, directed by Neil Sparks)

"Covet"
(5 minutes, directed by Professor Paul DeNigris)

"Parallax"
(22 minutes, directed by Professor Paul DeNigris)

"Red Sand"
(14 minutes, directed by Caleb Evans)