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Lycoming College and the Film and Video Arts Department will screen eight short student films at the 15th annual Onscreen Film Festival, slated for Sept. 29 at the AMC Classic 11 in Williamsport, Pa. The screening is free and open to the public, and tickets to the screening can be reserved at OnScreenFF ticket RSVP.
Since its start in 2008 as a local screening, the OnScreen Film Festival (formerly known as the Pennsylvania College Student Film and Video Festival) has grown to include film submissions the world over. This year’s films are from the United States, Italy, Germany, Croatia, Indonesia, Hungary, China, Mexico, Russian Federation, France, Iran, Poland, Belgium, Serbia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Burkina Faso, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Taiwan, and Israel. The online screening of official selections, including award-winning films, will take place from Sept. 30-Oct. 14 at OnScreenFF.
“I’m thrilled to share these incredible films from talented international emerging filmmakers. To be able to screen the only international film festival in the region is quite exciting and I hope to draw the local community to the event,” said Bedrosian Peterson, festival director and professor of film and video arts at Lycoming College. “This year we received 880 submissions from 72 countries, including submissions in a new graduate school category. Our newly appointed festival selection committee members, Mitch Wheary and Emily Shaffer, selected semi-finalists from which the official selections were determined. Judges Tom Woodruff Jr., Levi Woodward, Christina Moliterno, Joshua R. Troxler, Stephen St. Francis Decky, and I are honored to announce the winning films from such a talented group.” More information is available at Festival Committee and Judges.
Best Narrative
Home by Ferus Bakhodirov
Focus Film and Theater School, Uzbekistan
Best Documentary
I’m not a river, I’m the sea by María Isabel Muñoz and Tony Meneses
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico
Best Animation
Despera by Alicja Liss
University of Art in Poznan, Poland
Best Experimental or Music Video
Bust My Knuckles by Harrison Shook
Belmont University, U.S.A.
Best Graduate Film
Dribble, by Ali Lavari Monfared and NazAfarin Hassanpour
University of Iran
Tom Woodruff Jr. Award
In Suspense, Julissa Aguilar
Lycoming College, U.S.A.
Director’s Award
On the Other Side of the Mountain, by Thibault Andre Puech
École Supérieure d'Audiovisuel, France
Honorable Mention
The Sea, by Magdalena Babicz
The Academy of Art in Stentin, Poland
A complete list of all Official Selections for the Onscreen Film Festival is available at https://www.lycoming.edu/film-video-arts/festival-selections.aspx.
More information on the OnScreen Film and Video Festival is available at https://www.lycoming.edu/film-video-arts/festival.aspx.
The film and video arts department at Lycoming College balances digital film production and postproduction with film theory as students study and create films that represent humanity, culture, and society. More information is available at https://www.lycoming.edu/film-video-arts/.