Creating the film “Sandy Beach” was no walk on the beach for Thanos Papastergiou. But after hospital visits, multiple delays and a thunderstorm, “Sandy Beach” has gone on to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival and was shortlisted for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Student Film Award. Read more...

Photo: Alumnus Thanos Papastergiou directed “Sandy Beach,” a film with no dialogue that centers on the story of a daughter and her father at a beach in Crete, Greece. The film was inspired by the death of his uncle and was selected as a Toronto International Film Festival pick. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

One scene during “The Tiger Hunter” features a dozen men sleeping on the floor of one room. Although the circumstances are extreme, writer and director Lena Khan tried to make the scene more funny than tragic, a tonal shift she said characterizes the film as a whole. Read more...

Photo: (Juliette Le Saint/Illustrations director)

This fall, students will delve into the hidden meanings of “Get Out’s” bloody brain extractions for course credit. Professor Tananarive Due’s fall course, African American studies 188A: “Special Courses in African American Studies: Sunken Place: Racism, Survival, and Black Horror Aesthetic,” will explore “Get Out” and other black horror films through the lenses of racism, survival and dystopia. Read more...

Photo: Professor Tananarive Due will teach African American Studies 188A, a course that will feature films like the 2017 horror film “Get Out.” Students will also be asked to analyze black horror films such as “Blacula” and written works such as Due’s own novel, “The Good House.” (Courtesy of Daniel Ebon)