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Traveling film festival visits the campus of NMU
Shane Nyman
Issue date: 9/20/07 Section: Entertainment
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When students are seeking entertainment, three options are usually going to the movies, checking out live music or going to live comedy. All three options will combine into one event on Monday, Sept. 24 when NMU's campus welcomes the Film on the Run festival.
The festival, currently touring the United States, features several award-winning, internationally promoted short films, plus three films submitted by NMU students. The event also will feature a live DJ and is hosted by comedian Michael Kosta.
Film on the Run began as a collection of people who had traveled to film festivals around the world, including Cannes in France, the Sundance Film Festival in Utah and Tribecca Film Festival in New York, said Film on the Run's festival director Logan Hale. "[After having] access to all of these great films and all of this ground-breaking talent," said Hale, "[we] just kind of thought about what's happening in colleges and that a lot of this great work is rarely seen across the country."
The show will feature around 15 different short films ranging from comedy to drama, each running between five to 10 minutes, Hale said.
"All of the films are very short and to the point. They all evoke a particular quick emotion whether you laugh or cry or scream," he said. "We have a nice mix between films that are funny and serious and visual so that there's a little something for everyone."
Some of the films to be shown include "The Pity Card," directed by former "Saturday Night Live" and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" writer Bob Odenkirk and "The Bicycle Messengers," which features a combination of live-action and animation.
In order to make the festival more accessible and entertaining to a wider audience beyond the actual films, Hale said they recruited other forms of entertainment to liven things up.
"As you come in, music is pumping, there are visuals on the screen, you're instantly greeted by something you haven't seen before," Hale said. "Once the show starts, we bring on our host Michael Kosta and he gets everybody charged up. Our idea is that we don't want to just turn out the lights, show some films and say goodnight."
The festival, currently touring the United States, features several award-winning, internationally promoted short films, plus three films submitted by NMU students. The event also will feature a live DJ and is hosted by comedian Michael Kosta.
Film on the Run began as a collection of people who had traveled to film festivals around the world, including Cannes in France, the Sundance Film Festival in Utah and Tribecca Film Festival in New York, said Film on the Run's festival director Logan Hale. "[After having] access to all of these great films and all of this ground-breaking talent," said Hale, "[we] just kind of thought about what's happening in colleges and that a lot of this great work is rarely seen across the country."
The show will feature around 15 different short films ranging from comedy to drama, each running between five to 10 minutes, Hale said.
"All of the films are very short and to the point. They all evoke a particular quick emotion whether you laugh or cry or scream," he said. "We have a nice mix between films that are funny and serious and visual so that there's a little something for everyone."
Some of the films to be shown include "The Pity Card," directed by former "Saturday Night Live" and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" writer Bob Odenkirk and "The Bicycle Messengers," which features a combination of live-action and animation.
In order to make the festival more accessible and entertaining to a wider audience beyond the actual films, Hale said they recruited other forms of entertainment to liven things up.
"As you come in, music is pumping, there are visuals on the screen, you're instantly greeted by something you haven't seen before," Hale said. "Once the show starts, we bring on our host Michael Kosta and he gets everybody charged up. Our idea is that we don't want to just turn out the lights, show some films and say goodnight."
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