Grisha Al-Asadi (BFA 00) produced and edited the trailer for Beyond Honor. It opens this weekend in NY and LA and he urges everyone to attend since attendance during the first weekend is so important to the life of a film. Grisha says: ?This movie is not for everyone; it is not a dating film, and if you have problems with your stomach you might as well not go. However, it is a heartfelt independent movie, produced under $200,000 and self-distributed. Here you go fellow film students ? anything is possible in Hollywood, you just need to know how. So please find the time and the $10 to spend and see this film in NY or LA. It?s a good example that film is still an art form, not to say it is an art film, but there is a platform for character driven drama?s outside the studio world.? Link for the trailer is at www.beyondhonormovie.com.

Following is an e-mail I received this week from faculty member, Chip Chalmers: ?This past Monday, March 6th, 2006, in Toluca Lake, California, we had what is, I hope, the inaugural and annual BFA Graduate Los Angeles Lecture Series. (Or the BFAGLALS - well, never mind) In attendance at the luncheon were Austin Smoak, Daphne Raves, Meghan Hernandez, Lindsay McCall, (all BFA 05) and Wolf Kraft from the class of 2004. This year?s guest was Steven L. Sears who turned a one and a half hour lunch in to a 4 hour learning fest. With credentials as Exec Producer, Show Runner, Creator-Producer, and prolific writer, Steve had a lot to give and is still giving. He made sure that all in attendance were given his e-mail and already he has helped Austin and Daphne with some great information via e-mail. Steve has a much less known item on his resume. He has been judging student films for the Academy for over 10 years and had dozens of tips on writing and directing a well crafted short story and the reasons why the ones who win are successful. The now EX-students (That's strange for me to say) were treated to some good food, some good times chat, and some seriously important information. Steve has also seen a thousand Director Reels and had some great advice there as well. Next year we hope to double the size and add a new guest. We'll hopefully be doing this every Spring Break, but this was a good start for something good for our BFA grads in LA. I think we had everyone who lives there from this class with the exception of Michael Lockridge who had a 5PM call for an all nighter and had to beg off, sadly. I imagine if not for the Academy Awards that night, we would have taken the discussions to another venue as we nearly wore out our welcome at the first one. I also got permission to refer the actors who have participated so enthusiastically in our movies to contact an experienced actor friend who has all the scoop on resumes, drop offs, head shots, agents, etc. All in all, quite a success. Not an official FSU College of Film event, but hopeful and educational nonetheless.?

This Summer, Cassie Henderson ('03 MFA Graduate) will be shooting a feature film, Finding a Good Man, that will air on cable networks winter 2006. The film will be shot in Tallahassee, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia. Finding a Good Man is the third film produced by her companies Double Vision Pictures and Po Folk Productions since graduating. Her last film, Papier Mache, a 25 minute short film, is currently touring film festivals.

"LOVE TRAP" Encore Screenings in Tallahassee March 31, April 1, 2006 FSU Film School MFA alumnus Frank Goodin, II will be holding encore screenings of his feature film "Love Trap" in Tallahassee on Friday, March 31, 2006, 7:00 PM, and on Saturday, April 1, 2006 at 5:00 PM and 7:30 PM at The Aakhet Center, 812 S. Macomb Street, Tallahassee, FL (850-681-2023), near the FSU Campus off Gaines Street. General Admission is $6.00. The film is appropriate for age 11 and up. Meet the director, get your "Love Trap" tee shirt signed, and enjoy popcorn, drinks, and Hors D'oeuvres.

FROM THE FSU MAILING LIST

FSU Screenings & Awards Update March 16, 2006

TYCHO'S NOVA (MFA 2005 - Soo Jin Hwang & Crew) has been accepted into the 1st Aarhus Festival of Independent Arts (AFIA), to be held on April 20-25 2006 in Aarhus, Denmark. For further information go to www.afianopop.com

THE MELTING POT (MFA D-3 2005 Erika Bagnarello & Crew) has been accepted to screen at the Sin Fronteras Film Festival hosted by the Latin American and Iberian Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The festival runs April 20-23, 2006. For more information on this festival go to www.sinfronterasfilmfestival.com

THE RESURRECTIONIST (MFA 2005 - Susan Bell & Crew), MEMORY COLLECTOR (MFA D-3 2004 - Soo Jin Hwang & Crew), and HOUSE OF LORDS (MFA D-2 2004 Rob Muraskin & Crew) have all been accepted to the Newport Beach Film Festival which runs April 20-30, 2006 in Newport Beach, California. For more information go to the website at www.newportbeachfilmfest.com

THE BOARDER (MFA D-3 - Susan Bell & Crew), MEMORY COLLECTOR (MFA D-3 - Soo Jin Hwang & Crew), and TYCHO'S NOVA (MFA 2005 - Soo Jin Hwang & Crew) have all been accepted to Damah Film Festival, which will be held in Culver City from May 19-21st.

THE BOARDER (MFA D-3 2004 Susan Bell & Crew) has been accepted into the Danville International Children's Film Festival which runs May 19-21, 2006, in Danville, California. For further information go to www.dicff.org/

THE BOARDER (MFA D-3 Susan Bell & Crew) was The Boarder was accepted into First Glance Philadelphia in Tarzana, CA, which runs June 1-4, 2006. For more information go to www.firstglancefilms.com

UPCOMING SCREENINGS, AWARDS AND EVENTS:

THE PROBLEM WITH FIBER OPTICS (MFA 2005 - Producer-Shannon Gregory/Director-Greg Jardin & Crew) and TYCHO'S NOVA (MFA 2005 - Producers -Tiffany Moore and Max Valverde-Soto/Director-Soo Jin Hwang) will earn top awards in the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences College Awards on March 19, 2006 in Los Angeles, CA. THE PROBLEM WITH FIBER OPTICS has won First Place Comedy, and TYCHO'S NOVA has the won the Best Music Film Award. Only one award is given in the Music Category. Go to www.emmys.org/foundation/collegetvawards.php

FIELDS OF MUDAN (MFA 2004 - STEVO & Crew) has been invited to screen in the Boston Underground Film Festival which runs March 22-26, 2006 in Massachusetts. The film is scheduled to screen on 35mm on Sunday, March 26 at 3:00 PM. For further information go to: Bostonundergraound.org

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

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

MY GOLDEN CAGE (BFA Doc 2004/2005 Cristina Paez and Wilson Tang) and OF MY GOD (BFA Thesis 2005 Demetrius Wren and Wilson Tang & Crew) will be screening at the Garden State Film Festival on March 30 - April 2,2006, in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Also THE SEASON, a semi-professional documentary about hurricane relief by grassroots organizations will screen there. Demetrius Wren, Jessica Miller and Wilson Tang worked on this documentary. The web site for this festival is www.gsff.org

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 at reelworld.ca

THE RESURRECTIONIST (MFA 2005 - Susan Bell & Crew) has been invited to screen at the 22nd edition of the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, which runs April 19 to 25, 2006 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The film was recommended through it's screening last October at Screamest L.A.

SIRAH (MFA 2005 Cristine Spindler & Crew) and CAKE (MFA D-3 Jennifer Arzt & Crew) have been accepted to the San Francisco International Film Festival - Golden Gate Awards. The festival runs April 20-May 4, 2006. Check the web at http://www.sfiff.org

SIRAH (MFA 2005 - Cristine Spindler & Crew) has been invited to participate in the 9th annual Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival For Children, April 21 to 30, 2006, in Toronto, Canada. For more information go to www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/sprockets

SIRAH (MFA 2005 - Cristine Spindler & Crew) has been invited to screen at the 5th Tribeca Film Festival which will be held in New York City, April 25th - May 7th, 2006. The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Martin Scorsese with the mission to contribute to the revitalization of lower Manhattan in the wake of September 11. For more information go to www.tribecafilmfestival.org

THE SKY IS FALLING (MFA Thesis 2004-Adam J. Kreps & Crew) has been accepted to the Tribeca Underground Film Festival., which runs from May 2-7, 2006 in New York, NY. For learn more go to www.befilm.net or email laurence at atasteofart.com