One of the reason’s UVU’s Digital Cinema Production major is the best film school experience in Utah is the opportunity to learn filmmaking from people actually making them. From big blockbusters to micro-budget indies to award-winning documentaries, at CineSkype we hear from them all. Once a month UVU’s Digital Cinema Production program hosts a movie then does a digital Question & Answer session with the filmmaker.
Past participants have included Barry Sonnenfeld (director of the Men in Black and Addams Family movies - as well as Get Shorty), Bruce Cohen (Academy Award winning producer of such films as American Beauty, Milk, Big Fish, Bleed for This and others), Guinevere Turner (screenwriter of American Psycho and other films) and Brigham Taylor (producer of The Jungle Book), Academy Award nominated writer and director Jeff Nichols (Loving, Mud, and Take Shelter), indie darling David Lowery (Pete’s Dragon and A Ghost Story), etc.
Writer/Director David Lowery (Ain't them Bodies Saints, Pete's Dragon, A Ghost Story)
Writer/Director Guinevere Turner (American Psycho, Go Fish, The Notorious Bettie Page)
Bruce Cohen (Academy Award winning producer of American Beauty, Silver Lining Playbook, Milk)
We are very excited to announce our lineup for CINESKYPE this semester and are hoping to see students make it a priority. This is a unique program that is unlike anything you see outside of film schools in LA and NY. Starting Fall 2020 we will be streaming live from CS 404 at 7 pm.
January 18 (at 6pm - please note that this is a different time, all other screenings are at 7 pm):
The Great Depresh
Zoom with Director Michael Bonfiglio and subject/comedian Gary Gulman
PG-13 - Gary Gulman offers candid reflections on his struggles with depression through stand-up and short documentary interludes that provide insight into his mental health journey.
February 15 (at 7pm):
Black Box
Zoom with editor Glenn Garland
PG-13 - After losing his wife and his memory in a car accident, a single father undergoes an agonizing experimental treatment that causes him to question who he really is.
March 15(at 7pm):
Rubber Soul
Zoom with writer, director, editor Jon Lefkovitz
PG-13 – John Lennon gives two interviews, ten years apart, expanding on his views on art, music, culture, society, and, of course, The Beatles.
April 12 (at 7pm):
The Novice
Zoom with writer, director Lauren Hadaway
R (language, brief nudity) - A college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.
Michael Bonfiglio and Gary Gulman Glenn Garland
Jon Lefkovitz Lauren Hadaway
