Running today until July 5, the Alone Together Festival will showcase work from over 20 former and current students from the University of Utah Department of Film & Media Arts in an online film festival.
Assistant professors in the Department of Film & Media Arts, Miriam and Sonia Albert-Sobrino, started the festival as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting cancellations that eliminated public screening opportunities for emerging filmmakers.
“We created Alone Together to showcase the work produced by Film and Media Arts Students whose plans to share their films with friends, family and colleagues were halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” they write on their website. “Furthermore, we are determined to help students raise impact with their films in an attempt to increase their competitiveness for what might be the worst job market in a century.”
Students and alumni from the U jumped at the chance to share their work in this way. From a huge volume of submissions, 22 films were selected for online screening, including five fictional narratives, six experimental or hybrid shorts, four animations, five documentaries, a video essay and a music video. In addition, 12 of the selected films, or 54%, are directed by women. Almost all of the films come from the CFA’s community.
Films will be accessible at Alone Together until this coming Sunday. Check out the trailer here and then settle in for some great new films!
U Film & Media Arts faculty start “Alone Together Festival” highlighting student films online
