Jan 26 2012

2012 NYIT-NUPT Student Film Festival to Debut International Symposium

Nanjing, China (Jan. 26, 2012) — The 4th Annual NYIT-NUPT Student Film Festival will take place in Nanjing, China from April 21-22, 2012. Attracting prominent Chinese actors and directors as judges, the festival has become an important media event in Nanjing.

This year, the festival will premier an International Symposium on the film festival’s theme, “Longing and Inhibition in Film.” The symposium, hosted at NYIT-Nanjing’s Center for the Humanities and Culture, will feature individual and panel presentations by film professionals and academics. If you are interested in submitting a paper, please send a 500-word abstract to Symposium Chair Beverly J. Butcher, Ph.D. at bbutch02@nyit.edu by Thursday, March 1.

Student filmmakers at all NYIT campuses are encouraged to submit their short films for consideration. For more information, contact Film Festival Chair Kim Bigelow, M.F.A. at kim_bigelow@hotmail.com or visit the festival website. Student submissions are due on Wednesday, March 21.

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