Contra El Mar" tells the story of a deep-sea diver who struggles with the pull of a job that could either kill him or get him arrested. The film focuses on the pressure this danger applies to his family and the search for stability within common ground of a young marriage. Read more...
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Richard Parkin is a TFT student whose film “Contra El Mar” (“Against the Sea”) was awarded a Directors Guild of America Student Film Award.
On Tuesday, comedian Betty White accepted the Jack Benny Award at UCLA's Royce Hall for her achievements in comedy. Read more...
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On Tuesday, veteran comedian Betty White accepted the Jack Benny Award at UCLA’s Royce Hall for her achievements in the field of comedy. The event was presented by the Campus Events Commission and the Benny family. (Credit: Courtesy of David Soto)
Young, first love can be intoxicating "“ so much so that one can get into a drunken stupor over it. Read more...
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UCLA's James Bridges Theater is one of the few theaters in the United States that can accommodate both nitrate and safety film stock, as well as a multitude of video formats, including the latest digital projection of films and presentations in high definition. Read more...
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courtesy of MARC BRENNER
This Sunday at 4 p.m., L.A. Theatre Works, BY Experience and the National Theatre Live will present a live performance of “The Kitchen,” a play set in the 1950s basement kitchen of a restaurant in the West End of London. The live performance at the UCLA James Bridges Theater will then be screened in HD to satellites around the world. Tom Brooke (left) will play Peter, and Rory Keenan (right) will play Kevin.
Somewhere in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York is a big white farmhouse surrounded by fields and patches of green grass. Read more...
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Two years ago, when graduate film student Vanessa Yee began brainstorming ideas for her thesis film, her mother was diagnosed with pancreatitis. Afterward, Yee didn't tell her friends or classmates. Read more...
When fourth-year nursing student Marie De Austria moved to Anaheim at the age of 13, it was a challenge for her to figure out what it means to be a Filipino American. She said people teased her about her broken English and her accent. Read more...
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A still from Gene Cajayon’s film, “The Debut,” starring Dante Basco. “The Debut” will be one of the feature films played at the festival.
