UML Student Film Festival

Student film festivals can launch a successful career in film, television, and media. In this class, students will produce, judge, and select films to screen at the annual UMass Lowell film festival. The festival features globally produced short fiction films, animation, and documentaries, created by high school and college students. The festival is free and open to students and the public. Students will learn key business and artistic components of the media industry, develop methods for marketing, budgeting, distribution, event design and organization, and learn the power of cinematic storytelling, represented by the best work of young filmmakers. Students will play an important role in organizing the event, schedule, and program books.