BFA Film & Television seniors debut senior thesis films at I Dream in Widescreen 2023

*Sunbeam*, written, directed and filmed by Kaleigh Brown and starring Brooke Gorman (pictured), makes its premiere during I Dream in Widescreen 2023 at the Fox Tucson Theatre. Photo Julius Schlosburg

On May 6 filmmakers from the School of Theatre, Film & Television’s Class of 2023 premiered their senior thesis films at I Dream in Widescreen (IDIWS), a signature annual event of the School of Theatre, Film & Television. Along with the filmmakers, the audience included their families, many of whom travelled from out of state to attend, cast and crew, industry guests, sponsors, TFTV faculty, staff and students, and countless supporters.

The screening was followed by an awards ceremony led by Film & Television Production Professors Jacob Bricca, ACE, and Michael Mulcahy. The winners of the awards were as follows:

Film Tucson New Filmmaker Award: Sean-David Ta (Dear Ivy)
Neil Benton Arts & Entertainment Award for Excellence in Producing: Grant Forgues and Tatiana Hernadez (Pétalos)
Hanson FilmTV Institute Award for Excellence in Screenwriting: Hadas Bar (The Art of Leaving Home)
Hanson FilmTV Institute Award for Excellence in Production Designer: Elisa Gonzalez (Dear Ivy)
Monte Ralstin Award for Excellence in Acting: Babacar Ba (Deserted)
Monsoon Award for Excellence in Cinematography: Tatum Sailors (Unconditional)
Adobe Award for Excellence in Sound Design: Ryan Ramsey (The Rematch)
Adobe Award for Excellence in Editing: Ryan Ramsey (The Rematch)

The films of IDIWS2023 are available to screen on TFTV’s YouTube channel and on the IDIWS website through May 21.

We're proud to share that TFTV Assoc. Professors Yuri Makino and Michael Mulcahy have been selected for the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy Fellows Program to support their films on healthcare and climate change respectively. The program, which supports around four projects annually, offers Fellows a semester off from teaching to allow for scholarship and the pursuit of additional funding for research projects potentially impactful to public policy.

Makino’s feature-length documentary, AMERICA’S HEALTH: WELCOME TO THE GAME, spotlights a number of communities that are restoring healthcare to its original mission by taking control away from entities designed to profit from sickness. She is co-producing and co-directing alongside local filmmaker Christine Harland.

Mulcahy’s documentary series, MAKING ARIZONA, consists of video portraits of a range of Arizonans who are demonstrating a resilient response to the effects of global climate change, particularly drought, fire, and extreme heat.

Read more about their films and their goals here:
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Big round of applause for Robbie Voigt (BA Theatre Studies, '22) who has been accepted into the Musical Theatre Master of Fine Arts program at LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art). Among the first to be selected for the program, Voigt will move to London to commence his studies in September. 👏👏

"'Are you ready for this?' That was the first thing I asked myself when applying for LAMDA, and the last thing the audition panel asked before I left my callback. The answer is a resounding yes. I am thrilled to be furthering my studies at one of the most recognized drama schools in the world." says Voigt. "I would like to acknowledge my mentors Philip Bennett, Eric Ashley, and the incredible faculty I encountered while at TFTV: Greg Pierotti, Claire Mannle, Brent Gibbs, and of course, Wolfe Bowart. All of them saw something in me, and each one of them had a hand in getting me where I am today."

While studying at TFTV, Voigt appeared in multiple Next Performance Collective and Studio Series productions, including the first annual New Directions Festival, 'From the Fishbowl' and 'Sinkers'. On screen, Robbie starred in several films including 'Punchline', a dark comedy directed by James Valacich (BFA Film & Television, ’22) that premiered at I Dream in Widescreen. Also active in the Tucson theatre scene, Voigt most recently appeared in 'One Twig at a Time', the magical physical theatre production by Wolfe Bowart, at The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre .

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Congratulations Robbie!

Now that is damn good news!! Robbie has been a joy to teach.

Congratulations

Congrats!

YOU GOT THIS ,KIDO!

Love to see a fellow BA doing big things!

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Four TFTV films have been selected to screen at the Student World Impact Film Festival (SWIFF), taking place June 18-25. This year the festival attracted 13,000 submissions from 120 countries. The festival lineup was chosen by a team of fellow film students located across the country from NYU to Chapman.

The officially selected films are:

• THE SUN ROOM, directed by Chloe Shafer
• DESIRE TO FLY, directed by Oral McKinley Sledge and Olivia P Hocker
• GREEK ALPHABET MAFIA, directed by Preston Kersting and Fiona Paskoff
• AT 7, directed by Tatum Sailors

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Last weekend, Tatum Sailors' documentary AT 7 screened at the Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival (LAICFF). AT 7 follows Harrison, a 7-year-old boy grappling with everyday life as a Type One diabetic. The film premiered at What's Up, Docs? in December 2022. Missed it? Watch the film on our YouTube page: youtu.be/PyYTTrJJo04!

Sailors was present for the screening of her film at LAICFF and participated in a Q&A afterwards, where she took questions about her filming and editing process and had the opportunity to talk about her fiction film MAYBE SOMEDAY, which premiered earlier this month at Magic Hour. It's A Worm's World, the short doc by Kaleigh Brown and Jason Lee, was also selected to screen at LAICFF.

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Great stuff.

🌟 We are so proud to share the BFA Acting & Musical Theatre Showcase of 2023.

The Showcase comprises a curated set of songs, scenes, and monologues performed by our graduating class of BFA Acting/Musical Theatre majors.

On April 25th the filmed edition of Showcase 2023 was made available via an exclusive platform for viewing by thousands of agents, casting directors, and other industry professionals across the U.S. and Canada – an invaluable opportunity for our emerging artists.

Watch the full Showcase online now at showcase.tftv.arizona.edu!

Congratulations seniors! We look forward to seeing what you do next. Bear down!

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So fantastic!

Brilliant!!

Tomorrow night! Show your support for the next generation of theatre and film & television creators at the Stories Travel screening at the CCP.

Stories Travel is TFTV’s high school outreach program supported by the Provost’s Investment Fund. Over the course of this semester, UA Instructors have been mentoring Flowing Wells High School students, empowering them to develop their artistic voices via a variety of storytelling methods.

Join us for this final presentation, where we’ll see examples of the work the students have created around the themes of time, place, and change.

FREE | Thursday May 11 at 6pm | Creative Photography Auditorium

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