Congratulations to Film School faculty member Bill Carruth! Into the West, Night Two, has been nominated for a Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in Television Dialogue/ADR--Bill was a Dialogue Editor on this project!

Congratulations to Dee Wren (BFA 05) was received the Florida Commerce Credit Union $5,000 Pathfinder Award at the Film School BFA Graduation Ceremony in December! This award is presented at each BFA and MFA graduation to an outstanding film student to help them get their start in the film industry. At the graduation screening of the thesis films for the BFA Class of 05, the audience was given an opportunity to vote for their favorite film. Ranked, 1st was Of My God written and directed by Dee Wren and Wilson Tang; 2nd My Vulgar Life, written and directed by Rocco Melillo, and coming in 3rd was A Story of Brothers written and directed by Michael Pycher.

Following is the list of new FSU film titles chosen by the Film School Alumni Council to screen at our two-hour DGA Screening at 7:30 on February 7, 2006 at the Directors Guild Theatre Complex in Los Angeles:

The Problem With Fiber Optics - MFA 2005 Sirah - MFA 2005 My Vulgar Life - BFA 2005 A Story of Brothers - BFA 2005 The Bigger Picture - MFA D-3 Of My God - BFA 2005 Once Broken - MFA 2005 My Golden Cage - BFA Documentary

Congratulations to Valerie Scoon (Film School faculty) and Keith Bowers! They were married in Tallahassee last weekend and are currently honeymooning in Italy.

FSU Film School community liaison Dave Schmeling and writing partner David A. Pasquarelli's Galway's Chattel was announced a quarterfinalist in Creativescreenwriting Magazine's December AAA Screenplay Contest. It is the story of Sean Galway, a disillusioned Miami chief arson investigator, who leaves behind his Pulitzer-prize-winning girlfriend and sets sail for paradise - Christophene - his Caribbean birth nation. With his delinquent nephew in tow, he will rescue from foreclosure and rehabilitate the family estate. But, the welcome home is far from warm. His paradise has been taken over by a drug cartel.

?I am a second year MFA student in the Film and Media department at Temple University. I am looking for an experienced crew for a 16mm shoot that I am planning for the second week in March 4-11 in Orlando . I am hoping to collaborate with some film students or people who have had experience working on set. The DP should have some experience working with water (the whole thing takes place at a pool) and idealing done some underwater shooting. I am looking for a DP, AC, Gaffer, Sound and PAs. Please send me a copy of your CV and any other pertinent information. I am very sorry, but I don't have any money to pay you. It is a student film and everyone will be working for the experience. Of course, I will cover food on set and it might not be worth much, but you would also have my unending appreciation. Thanks You. Aliza Nimon amnimon@temple.edu

Interested in a Television Academy Internship? This program offers full-time internships in 29 different areas of the tv industry during an 8-week period. The Academy pays a $4,000 stipend to each intern accepted into the program. Go to www.emmys.tv/foundation/intern to obtain information. Application deadline is March 15. Full-time students pursuing degrees in tv and film are eligible. Students who have completed college or graduate school prior to January 1, 2005 are NOT eligible.

This week with the Tallahassee Film Society: 1) Coming This Weekend - "Torremolinos 73" - January 27 and 28., 2) "Rocky Horror" This Weekend - January 27 and 28., 3) "Ballet Russes" - Coming February 3, 4, 10, and 11th., 4) Special Valentine's Day Event - "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" - February 14th., 5) This Week's Regal Miracle Five Theater Films (January 27th - Feb 2nd)., 6) This Week's Challenger Learning Center IMAX Films. Go to Tallahasseefilms.com for complete information.

?I know it might be too soon to put your mind on post production right now, but I decided to write you a quick note anyways and maybe save you some time when it comes the time to choose a composer for your film. You can take a listen to our work at our website, which is our demo, at: http://www.dreamtracks.com/ Although the website is geared to a mainstream audience, we can provide music to suit your needs. If you prefer to listen to music via a CD, I can provide you one per your request. Thank you for your time and consideration. Ariel Ramos, Composer/Arranger.

Screenings & Awards Update January 19, 2006

FSU Screenings & Awards Update January 26, 2006

THE PROBLEM WITH FIBER OPTICS (MFA 2005 - Greg Jardin & Crew) will be screening in the Florida Film Festival's Midnight program, and SIRAH (MFA 2005 - Cristine Spindler & Crew) and CHARM (BFA 2004 - Melissa Rossi & Crew) will be screening in the festival's Florida Sidebar program. This year's festival runs March 24-April 2, 2006. Check their web site at www.floridafilmfestival.com/index.html

MY BODY'S REVOLTING and HUNGER (both BFA Thesis 2001) have been invited to screen in an American Sidebar of short, independent films during the Tampa International Film Festival in February 3-11, 2006. For more information go to www.tampafilmfest.com/

UPCOMING SCREENINGS, AWARDS AND EVENTS:

CHARM (BFA 2004 - Melissa Rossi & Crew) will be showcased at the Cinema Society of San Diego's "An Evening of Award Winning Short Films" on Tuesday, Feb. 7th at Sherwood Auditorium in the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (700 Prospect Street, in the Village of La Jolla). Key opinion-makers from all over San Diego County, are invited to select from a 5 pm or 8 pm showing of the program.

COOCHIE (MFA Thesis 2004 - Naaja Young & Crew) has been accepted for screening in the 14th Annual Pan African Film Festival being held at the Magic Johnson Theatres in Los Angeles February 9-20, 2006. The festival's web site is www.paff.org

KOSHER (BFA F-3 2001) will be screening at the Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival February 18, 2005. For more information on this festival go to www.jewishtampa.com

ONCE BROKEN (MFA Thesis 2005 - Matt Pope & Crew) and SIRAH (MFA Thesis 2005 - C. Spindler & Crew) have been invited to screen at the Sedona International film Festival & workshop being held February 23-26, 2006, in Sedona, AZ. For more information on this festival go to www.sedonafilmfestival.com

MEMORY COLLECTOR (MFA D-3 12/2004 - Soo Jin Hwang & Crew) has been accepted for screening by the Pacific Film Archive at Berkeley, CA in the Women of Color Festival in March 2-5, 2006 and the festival will close on Saturday, March 11th at the Yerba Buena Gardens theater in San Francisco through Cinematheque. For further information contact Linda Charmaraman, Women of Color Film Festival Director by email at lacharm@berkeley.edu

TONI AND THE GREAT PADDLE CAPER (MFA D2- 2004 Kyley T. Robinson & Crew) has been chosen to screen in the 8th Annual BAMKids Film Festival which will take place March 4-5, 2006 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York and will feature some of the finest children's films and videos available internationally. The 2005 BAM International Children's Film Festival welcomed more than four thousand children who participated in voting for the Bammies, the Festival's top honors. For more info on this festival go to http://www.bam.org/education/BAMkidsfilmfestival.aspx <http://www.bam.org/education/BAMkidsfilmfestival.aspx>

FIELDS OF MUDAN (MFA 2004 - STEVO & Crew) has been invited to screen in the Boise Human rights Film Festival in Boise, Idaho. The festival is scheduled to take place March 11-12, 2006. For more information on this event contact Angela Hummel at 208-713-3055.

SIRAH (MFA Thesis 2005 - C. Spindler & Crew) and ONCE BROKEN (MFA Thesis 2005 - Matt Pope & Crew) have made the short list being considered for acceptance to the Bermuda International Film Festival which runs March 17-25, 2006 on the island of Bermuda. We are awaiting the final word on whether they will be screening.

FIELDS OF MUDAN (MFA 2004 - STEVO & Crew) has been invited to screen at the 4th San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival in Spain which runs March 24-31, 2006. For more information go to www.cineyderechoshumanos,com

SIRAH (MFA 2005 - Cristine Spindler & Crew) has been accepted for screening at the 6th Annual ReelWorld Film Festival (RWFF) in downtown Toronto, Canada, April 19-23, 2006. For further information check the web site at www.reelworld.ca or email to kirk@reelworld.ca