Canes starred on camera and behind the scenes in this independent studio’s “new twist on the classic tail.”
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Student Artist Profile: Nick Punales
Explore the hilarious, fantastic world of absurdist comedy with cinema and interactive media student Nick Punales’s newest film, which will premiere this May at UM’s ‘Canes Film Festival.
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DKA’s take on Oscar nominees
UM’s film fraternity tells us which flicks deserve to win big tonight.
Culture, Movies
‘The Florida Project’ producers visit classroom, discuss filmmaking
Chinoy and Silvestri are two producers of the acclaimed film, “The Florida Project.” They have worked with the film’s director, Sean Baker, on previous projects and have built a partnership producing films with captivating stories. They discussed their experience in film production with a survey of motion pictures (CIM 103) class.
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DKA shows creative fraternities can be just as successful as Greeks
The gender-inclusive professional cinematic arts fraternity was recognized as one of the top three chapters of DKA in the country.
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UM grad Vasisth Sukul discusses his film ‘Zindagi’
Sukul started the project during his senior year in the UM School of Communication. “Zindagi” premiers on WPBT on Tuesday.
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Kanopy streaming service adds more than 30,000 free films to library database
Students now have access to the free film database through UM Libraries. Kanopy features movies from over 800 producers, including The Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, BBC and PBS, as well as films from thousands of independent filmmakers.
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Pixar animator discusses challenges of making ‘Coco’ to student filmmakers
Gini Santos, supervising animator for Disney’s upcoming film “Coco,” stopped by UM’s School of Communication as part of a promotional college tour, in which she talks about the new film, the animation film industry and her own background and career choices. Santos is originally from the Philippines and studied advertising, which she viewed as a…
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Miller School of Medicine doctor takes part in Sean Penn’s new film
In Sean Penn’s new film, “The Last Face,” University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s own Dr. Enrique Ginzburg has his on-screen theatrical debut as a trauma surgeon in a makeshift hospital in the war-torn African state of Liberia. Ginzburg first met Penn through Project Medishare For Haiti, which empowers Haitians to provide and receive…
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Witches, drag queens at Flaming Classics film screening
The Flaming Classics, the Bill Cosford Cinema’s new program, ushered in Halloween with the theme “love is stronger than witchcraft.” Founder of The Flaming Classics Juan Barquin and Cosford manager Trae Delellis host film nights focusing on feminine and queer analyses of movies. The Flaming Classics, which Barquin described as a “two-person movement,” began in…
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Festival celebrates Italian heritage with screenings of contemporary films
The Whitten Learning Center is now doubling as an Italian movie theater. The center has become the home base for the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures’ seventh annual Italian Film Festival this October. Once a week, for Italian heritage month, contemporary Italian films are screened on campus, free to students, faculty and community members….
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‘Bogart Film Noir Shorts Competition’ expands, celebrates the best in film noir from student filmmakers
The classic French film genre, film noir, famous for its pessimistic mood and its depiction of the “femme fatale,” is being celebrated at the third annual “Bogart Film Noir Shorts Competition” at the University of Miami’s Bill Cosford Cinema. From Oct. 15-17, filmmakers from around the world were recognized as their contemporary film noir movies…