Welcome to SF State University School of Cinema's annual student film showcase, Film Finals.
A time-honored tradition at SFSU, Film Finals is celebrating our 60th festival! While we are sadly unable to celebrate our student filmmakers in person this year, we are excited to share their work online!
This year's showcase includes the special category of "Quarantine Cinema" for innovative and resourceful films created during the Shelter-in-Place orders. In addition, we have included two VR/360 projects in our official festival line-up for the first time. There is so much to celebrate this year!
Please join us on May 19, 2020 at 6pm on Vimeo (link below) to watch the full film program. After the screening, at 8pm, there will be a live Awards and Scholarships presentation presented by Cinema Professors Laura Green and Johnny Symons with special remarks by the Director of the School of Cinema, Celine Shimizu.
- Grand Jury Prize — sponsored by LightIron Digital, a Panavision company
- Best Cinematography Prize — sponsored by Canon
- Best Editing
- Best Sound Design
- Best of "Quarantine Cinema" Special Category
- Audience Award - vote here
Professor Jameson "Jim" Goldner (1938-2019) was one of the founding members of the Department of Cinema, having taught film production and studies at SFSU since 1963. One of the Department’s most popular professors, his passion for filmmaking was born in his studies at UCLA in classes and on film sets with noted classmates Bob Koster, Francis Ford Coppola, Carroll Ballard, Trevor Greenwood, Al Rossman, and Noel Blanc. Goldner wrote, produced and directed a number of films. He is perhaps best known for his documentary, When I Was Fourteen: A Survivor Remembers. Goldner also served as a judge in a number of festivals and competitions. Read more about Professor Goldner's legacy at this link. His obituary is available online here.
Read more about the Jameson Goldner Filmmaker Scholarship here.
Thanks and Credits
Special thanks to our generous donors George and Judy Marcus.
Thank you to the School of Cinema's Director Celine Shimizu. Thank you also to the Cinema technical staff Artie Farkas, Pablo Riquelme Cuartero, and Milton Gouveia for overseeing the Vimeo and Zoom! Thank you to Joshua Singer and his Design class for the poster and logo.
Thank you to the CINE 601 class for your hard work organizing and promoting Film Finals!
60th Film Finals Jury: Professors Laura Green, Katherine (Katie) Morrissey, Rosa Park, Bethany Sparks, Cinema staff member Milton Gouveia, and CINE 601 students Ashleigh Garcia, Sabrina Ghidossi, Man Kong, Sunanda Kottayil, Daniel Perea, and Layla Venegas.
Event Producer: Courtney Fellion, Lecturer
Film Finals is organized by SFSU's CINE 601 class. THANK YOU TO THESE STUDENTS:
Programming Committee is Ashleigh Garcia, Sabrina Ghidossi, Man Kong, Sunanda Kottayil, Daniel Perea, and Layla Venegas.
Marketing/PR Committee is Taylor Ahlquist, Jose Arroyo, Auguste Fallon, Jacob Magpantay, Mark Moreno, Matt Tan, Mirei Tanaka, and Ali Pateros.
Sponsorship Committee is Miranda Bock, Van Gilles, Kacey Hile and Izabel Jusino.
Trailers and Tech Committee is Casey Boyden, Ariana Catherine, Tae Fukushima, James Huffman, Cristian Marcos, Alejandro Quinones, Marion Riou and Nick Tran.
Save the Date — May 29 — Cinema Valediction!
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