First look Student Film Section
From its origins as a successful stand-alone film festival, the First Look
Student Film Section is now the official student film program at the
Starz Denver Film Festival. Established in 2001 by Wade Gardner and
Josh Weinberg – then students themselves – First Look sought to bring
to the screen works that might have otherwise never seen the light
of day (or rather the dark of the theater); the result of their efforts is
“arguably the best niche festival in Denver,” according to The Denver
special programs
Post in 2006. As the sole programmers, Gardner and Weinberg remain
special programs
as dedicated as ever to discovering the world’s most promising young
filmmakers.
In that sprit, SDFF 32 is honored to present the annual Spike Lee Sponsored by:
Student Filmmaker Award. After receiving a BA in communications from
Morehouse College, Spike Lee enrolled in the graduate film program at
New York University; by the time he received his degree, he had won a
Student Academy Award for Joe’s Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads –
Destination unknown
which was also the first student film ever selected for the distinguished
Life can be strange when you don’t know where you’re going.
y
series New Directors/New Films, curated by the MOMA and the Film
Looking Back Danzak Songs from the Tundra
Society of Lincoln Center. Such achievements, and the heralded career
they led to, make Lee an enduring figure of inspiration to film students.
Director: Emile Bokaer, Director: Gabriela Yepes, Director: Alexander Berman,
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Stanford University University of Texas – Austin Harvard University
It is with great pride that we anticipate bestowing the award now cre-
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USA / 2008 / 5 min. USA / 2008 / 19 min. USA / 2009 / 24 min.
ated in his name to a deserving filmmaker annually. ECT
h Albert Lewis, who struggles with The life of 10-year-old Nina A lyric journey across the
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addiction and posttraumatic stress changes dramatically when her Kamchatka Peninsula – Russia’s
disorder, relies on photography father – also known as Master most remote frontier – and into
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and his supportive community of Dancer – asks her to fulfill his last the awkwardly modern world of
The Spike lee Student Filmmaker Award Jury homeless veterans to survive. wish. the Even people.
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Psycho hillbilly Cabin Little Canyon
Massacre! Director: Olivia Silver,
TUDENT
Director: Robert Cosnahan,
UCLA School of Theater, Film, and
Television
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American Film Institute
USA / 2008 / 17 min.
USA / 2009 / 20 min.
A bloodbath erupts when a group
Twelve-year-old Greta’s dad moves
of Ivy League students discovers
the kids cross-country, promising
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an isolated cabin in the woods.
paradise and familial bliss when
Robert Cosnahan won the 2008
they reach California.
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Spike Lee Student Filmmaker
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Annie Eastman began her filmmaking James M. phelan founded Phelan Craig Volk is a former staff writer for
Award at SDFF 31.
career in Bahia, Brazil, where she Productions, Inc., a film production the Emmy-winning series Northern
directed a short documentary about a company, in 1974. A native of New York, Exposure and currently teaches dramatic
grassroots art and education program. Phelan moved to Los Angeles in 1966. writing for the Department of Theatre,
She joined Just Media as associate There he began his film production Film, and Video Production at University
producer on They Killed Sister Dorothy career, working for many prestigious of Colorado – Denver. His short
(SDFF 31) and has also worked on other production companies before moving to documentaries have aired worldwide,
Just Media films, including Iron Ladies Colorado in 1972. Phelan’s documentary including at SDFF, and in 2007 he won
of Liberia (SDFF 30), The Last Campaign work includes Chalice of Repose, a the PEN USA Award for Best Stage
of Governor Booth Gardner, and No short film on healing musician Therese Drama.
Strings (SDFF 31). Currently she edits Shroeder Sheker, and No Bigger than
Sponsored by:
educational videos on renewable energy a Minute, which won the Cine Golden
for GreenTech Films. She is also directing Eagle Award in 2007 as well as a Hugo
The Bay of All Saints, a documentary Television Award and aired nationally on
following three single mothers in a the acclaimed PBS series POV.
Brazilian slum.
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