{"id":409495,"date":"2024-05-02T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=409495"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"UOG-hosts-9th-Annual-Film-Festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/UOG-hosts-9th-Annual-Film-Festival\/","title":{"rendered":"UOG hosts 9th Annual Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Guam&#8217;s Communication and Media program is inviting the public to attend the 9th Annual UOG Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>The event will take place on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at the UOG College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Lecture Hall, from 5pm to 8:30pm. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Those planning to attend should reserve a seat by visiting the following site <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/KFwGhWxLCePxNWFU9\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/KFwGhWxLCePxNWFU9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The event is being organized by students from the Communication and Media program\u2019s CO460 Integrated Public Relations course, taught by Francis Dalisay, PhD, associate professor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UOGFF serves as a platform for showcasing the creative endeavors and artistic expressions of emerging talents from our program,\u201d Dalisay said. \u201cThe students and their faculty mentor, UOG Professor Raymond Anderson, have put in so many hours to produce these films.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s UOGFF will feature films competing under the following categories: mood pieces, twisted trailer, short narratives, documentaries, and mockumentaries. In addition to showcasing student films, the festival will also include a special music video competition. This contest will highlighting the visual storytelling and performance skills of students from UOG\u2019s CO210 Fundamentals of Communication class.<\/p>\n<p>The panel of judges for this year\u2019s UOGFF include:<\/p>\n<p><h4>Brian Muna<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Creative director at GTA Teleguam<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Three-time Pika\u2019s Best Videographer<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 2022 short film winner Best TV Commercial and YouTube video: \u201cWe Start with You\u201d<\/p>\n<p><h4>Keano Fausto<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Alumnus of the UOG Communication &amp; Media<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 2019 UOGFF winner for Best Narrative and Audience Choice for his film: \u201cLeft on Read\u201d<\/p>\n<p><h4>Kent Velesrubio<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 2014 Guam International Film Festival winner for Best Made in the Marianas Award<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Events cinematographer<\/p>\n<p><h4>Nia Seneo<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Producer at Mighty Island<\/p>\n<p>Patricia Amaral Buskirk<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Associate professor at the School of Communications, University of Hawai\u2019i at Manoa<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Expert in science communication, media arts, emergent media and indigenous storytelling<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Has worked with the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement (NCSCE) and Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Former member of the International Photographers of the Motion Picture and Television Industries (IATSE) Hawaii Local 665 and Hollywood Local 659<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the film festival, visit its Instagram <a href=\"http:\/\/uogfilmfestival\" target=\"_blank\">@uogfilmfestival<\/a> or contact UOGFF Planning Committee member Kiana Aniceto at (671) 788-0226 or email <a href=\"mailto:bilonk6890@gotritons.uog.edu\" target=\"_blank\">bilonk6890@gotritons.uog.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Guam\u2019s 9th Annual Film Festival is sponsored by CLASS Deans office, Kynd Tattoo, Motivational Planning, Micronesia Mall, Micronesia Mall Theatres, Jamaican Grill, Infusion, Motivational Planning, and Livestrong Fitness &amp; Nutrition.<\/p>\n<p>UOGFF Planning Committee members include Kiana Aniceto, Paradise Fejerang, Alyanna Bantugan, and Josephine Hagen. <strong><em>(PR)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/ea30b210cef5867f36fac83f709335d0.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><br \/>Film Festival pix<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Guam&#8217;s Communication and Media program is inviting the public to attend the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-409495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}