Month: May 2025
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Film by Livia Perez, Film and Digital Media Lecturer, Receives LASA Award of Merit
M is for Mothers, directed by Livia Perez, has received the LASA Award of Merit in Film and will screen at LASA on Sunday, May 25 at 5:10 p.m., followed by a Q&A with the director. This tender and intimate documentary offers a poignant portrait of queer motherhood. Through delicate camerawork, it meditates on pregnancy,…
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Slug 48 Celebrates Its Second Outstanding Year with Film industry Greats Harry Chotiner, Kevin Nolting and Ron Yerxa
Film and Digital Media recently wrapped its second annual Slug 48 48-hour film competition, founded in 2024 by UCSC alumnus and renowned Pixar editor Kevin Nolting. At 5 p.m. on April 25–27, 12 teams of students received a line of a dialogue and a prop that had to appear in their films, and then the clock began ticking.…
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Social Documentation MFA Thesis Screening
Presented by the Film and Digital Media Department Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2025Time: 7:00PMLocation: Del Mar Theatre, Downtown Santa Cruz The annual SocDoc film screening showcases the work of the Arts Division’s Social Documentation (SocDoc) M.F.A. students. Each student presents a 20-minute film, followed by a Q&A. The 2024-25 cohort, including Em Butler, Catalina Jeanneret Calderon, Matte Hewitt, Jiayi…