NOVA Student Film Festival International

04/22/2021

Paramount Pictures has hired Mika Pryce as senior VP of production. She begins her new position on April 26 and will report to the motion picture group’s co-presidents Daria Cercek and Michae…

04/17/2021

2019 NOVA Student Film Festival - Films Without Walls series on "Immigration & Refugees"25:43 minutes | Narrative Fiction | Oaxaca, Mexico/Alexandria, VA - U...

04/17/2021

TRT:19:58 minutes | Drama | Ethiopia/USA | Ethiopia Director: Samuel Dejene | US Director: Taylor SpearsCory and Girum are both college/university students f...

04/17/2021

documentary covering my Fulbright experience - October - December 2015; my students made this doc and presented it to me at the end of the program...God bles...

07/20/2020

Teaching @ NOVA In their own words: NOVA Alexandria Film Students & Alumni discuss the film courses they took: Fall 2020 – Film classes @ NOVA Alexandria we don’t just train filmmakers, we mold social activists with cameras Classes with Prof. Lucy G/E CST 120-001A (38861) Screenwriting – We 11...

06/03/2020

"I made this film 20 years ago, as a commentary on racism & xenophobia. It breaks my heart to say that the themes treated in this film still holds true today, 20 years later, in America." Prof. Lucy Gebre-Egziabher
https://blogs.nvcc.edu/lgebre/

At the Second Traffic Light © 2000 Teret Productions 20:50 minutes; 16 mm Film/Color An accident blocks traffic at an intersection and forces individuals from different backgrounds, who would ordinarily not have anything to do with one another, to interact in order to get out of a situation. Winner...

05/30/2020

05/22/2020

The message to our Oaxaca counterparts that officially launched the international collaboration...

05/17/2020

The 2 crews who gave birth to Siempre Esperanza (see film on previous post) Oaxaca unit & NOVA Alexandria unit.
“Siempre Esperanza” 2019 NOVA Student Film Festival - Films Without Walls series on "Immigration & Refugees"
25:43 minutes | Narrative Fiction | Oaxaca, Mexico/Alexandria, VA - USA | Directors: Christian Arvizu & Benjamin Stancik

05/16/2020

The 2020 NOVA Student Film Festival International has been postponed for now. Until we can hold the festival in person or online, I decided to celebrate our festival by highlighting 1 film per week from our past festivals. 2 weeks ago, I shared with you a film, the first international co-production, between film students in Ethiopian and NOVA students, "Final Exam", filmed in 2016.

In 2019, NOVA Alexandria film students partnered with film students from Oaxaca Mexico for the Films Without Walls international co-production on our theme for the year: Immigration & Refugees. Our partnering team is made up of film students from 2 institutions: 100Volando Escuela de Cine and from UNIVAS - Universidad José Vasconcelos de Oaxaca.
It was a labor of Love, Solidarity, Struggle, Learning…and the result is a film that was shot both in Oaxaca, Mexico and in the USA (Arlington & Alexandria, VA); the story starts in Oaxaca, Mexico and ends in Virginia, USA. I present to you:

“Siempre Esperanza” 2019 NOVA Student Film Festival - Films Without Walls series on "Immigration & Refugees"
25:43 minutes | Narrative Fiction | Oaxaca, Mexico/Alexandria, VA - USA | Directors: Christian Arvizu & Benjamin Stancik

2019 NOVA Student Film Festival - Films Without Walls series on "Immigration & Refugees" 25:43 minutes | Narrative Fiction | Oaxaca, Mexico/Alexandria, VA - ...

05/02/2020

week 2 - The 2020 NOVA Student Film Festival International would have taken place this past Thursday, April 23rd. Until we are able to hold the festival in person or online, I decided to celebrate our festival by highlighting 1 film per week from our past festivals.Last week I shared with you a film, an international collaboration, between film students in Ethiopian and NOVA students, "Final Exam". I hope you enjoyed watching the film. This was the film that started the "Films Without Walls" series (more on that another time). Before my NOVA students started to work on the film, I instructed them to first do research on Ethiopia know everything there is to know about the country, as it is sad to say that most students in the US know very little about the rest of the world. That was objective number 1. The other objectives 2 - 100 :-) were to learn the process of filmmaking; creative collaboration not just within one's crew but with a crew from a different country. At the end of the experience, I asked the editor of the NOVA side to put together a chronicle documenting their experience on this project. Here, in their own words:

(Editing project) 5:38 minutes | Documentary | USA | Editor: Matthew Vargas A film about the process it took to make FINAL EXAM, last year’s FCI production. ...

04/25/2020

The 2020 NOVA Student Film Festival International (https://blogs.nvcc.edu/nsff/) would have taken place this past Thursday, April 23rd. Until we are able to hold the festival in person or online, I decided to celebrate our festival by highlighting 1 film per week from our past festivals. Today, I start with a film that is close to my heart, a collaboration between NOVA Cinema students and Cinema students (at the time, 2016) in Ethiopia. The film is entitled "Final Exam". While the film is moving, what was more precious was the process by which these 2 sets of students who live on 2 different continents and who know nothing about one another, came together, developed means of regular communication, shared ideas, held meetings and finally gave birth to this film! This was the first film that inspired the "Films Without Walls" series of our festival. I hope you enjoy this film as much as I enjoyed witnessing its making:
"Final Exam" TRT:19:58 minutes | Drama | Ethiopia/USA | Ethiopia Director: Samuel Dejene | US Director: Taylor Spears

TRT:19:58 minutes | Drama | Ethiopia/USA | Ethiopia Director: Samuel Dejene | US Director: Taylor Spears Cory and Girum are both college/university students ...

03/31/2020

Due to the measures being pursued by the community and the College to control the spread of COVID 19, the 2020 NOVA Student Film Festival International is being postponed. A new date will be announced when circumstances permit. Thank you for your support and continuing interest in encouraging the development of the art of cinema. Please check out the NOVA Student Film Festival International blog for updates. NOVA Student Film Festival International (https://blogs.nvcc.edu/nsff/)

"Women in Society" Poster designed by: Zarina Dela Cruz
NOVA Studio (NOVA Alexandria)
Supervising Professor: Lisa Hill

02/27/2020

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01/22/2020

Dr. Joseph Windham Scholarship

01/20/2020

To submit your film go to: https://blogs.nvcc.edu/nsff/submit-your-film/

01/20/2020

Submit your films for consideration - Call for Entries - 2020 NOVA Student Film Festival International. For more information visit:
https://filmfreeway.com/MyFilmFestival-1546117

NOVA Student Film Festival International (NSFF-International) is a non-competitive film festival of short films open to all Northern Virginia Community Colle...

12/11/2019

Cinema Classes scheduled for Spring 2020 @ NOVA, Alexandria campus.
Graphic design by Robel Kassa

Cinema Classes scheduled for Spring 2020 @ NOVA, Alexandria campus.

Graphic design by Robel Kassa

11/28/2019

"Siempre Esperanza" and 2019 NOVA Student Film Festival - Films Without Walls series successful screening in Oaxaca, Mexico - November 28, 2019.
https://blogs.nvcc.edu/nsff/nsff-latest-news/

Siempre Esperanza screened in Oaxaca, Mexico Siempre Esperanza, an international co-production, was screened in Oaxaca, Mexico on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at UNIVAS – Universidad José Vas…

11/21/2019

Call for Entries - NOVA Student Film Festival International
For more information please visit: https://blogs.nvcc.edu/nsff/submit-your-film/

This year's theme is "Women in Society"

To submit your film go to: https://blogs.nvcc.edu/nsff/submit-your-film/

11/17/2019

At long last, the presentation of "Siempre Esperanza" the international co-production, on the theme of "Immigration & Refugees", between NOVA film students under Film Collabrative International, 100Volando Escuela de Cine and UNIVAS - Universidad José Vasconcelos in Oaxaca, Mexico. Professor Lucy Gebre-Egziabher, Founder and Director of the NOVA Student Film Festival International will be in attendance of the screening in Oaxaca, Mexico - Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 6pm (screening will be in Auditorio La Tormenta at UNIVAS)

La espera ha terminado, nos vemos este miércoles 27 de noviembre para el gran estreno del cortometraje binacional "SIEMPRE ESPERANZA".
Auditorio La Tormenta. 6:00 pm (entrada libre).

11/08/2019

NOVA Student Film Festival International screened: 1) China, at the Xingtai Polytechnic College on October 30, 2019. 2) Alexandria, VA on November 8, 2019 NOVA students' films from the festival will be highlighted today at the 2019 Alexandria Film Festival. 3) Oaxaca, Mexico screening of festival coming soon! Stay tuned for more on this.
https://blogs.nvcc.edu/nsff/nsff-latest-news/

The 2019 NSFF International screened at Xingtai Polytechnic College, Xingtai, China Our partners in Xingtai, China, hosted for the second year the 2019 NOVA Student Film Festival International, on …

11/08/2019

NOVA students' films screened at the 2019 NOVA Student Film Festival featured at the 2019 Alexandria Film Festival.

The Alexandria Film Festival brings high-quality short and feature length films, documentaries, filmmaker panels, and arts presentations to the historic port city of Alexandria, Virginia.

10/20/2019

Exciting news for NOVA Student Film Festival International (NSFF-International).

NSFF-International, a traveling film festival, has partnered with the Alexandria Film Festival (AFF). NOVA students' films that were screened in its 2019 festival, will be screened at the AFF in November 2019, in Alexandria, VA.

In addition, our international partners will be hosting the screening our entire 2019 festival at their respective institutions - Xingtai Polytechnic College, on October 29, 2019, in Xingtai, China and our co-partners on the 2019 FCI co-production, 100Volando Escuele de Cine & UNIVAS - Universidad Jose Vasconcelos, at the UNIVAS campus in Oaxaca, Mexico, on November 29, 2019.

Between October - November 2019, our festival will be screened on 3 different screens in 3 different countries!

Save the Date - mark your calendars for the 2020 NOVA Student Film Festival International, Thursday, April 23, 2020, at the Schlesinger Concert Hall, at NOVA Alexandria campus.

For more information please visit our latest news page on our blog, below.

Thank you for your continued support.
https://blogs.nvcc.edu/nsff/nsff-latest-news/

NSFF-International to be screened at UNIVAS – Universidad Jose Vasconcelos, Oaxaca, Mexico NOVA Student Film Festival International (NSFF-International) is proud to announce that its 2019 fil…

10/14/2019

Featured Student Life & Athletics Top Stories  Film Festival Winners Announced October 14, 2019October 10, 2019 helaker 0 Comments nova film festival The winner of the 2019 NOVA Student Film Festival International Dean’s Award for Cinematic Distinction is Sandra Camargo, who directed “Mi Tier...

09/30/2019

Announcing winners of the 2019 NOVA Student Film Festival International awards:
1) The winner of the 2019 NOVA Student Film Festival International Dean’s award for Cinematic Distinction is Sandra Camargo (USA - NOVA Cinema student), who directed “Mi Tierra”.

2) The winner of our new award, The Joe Windham Award for Cinematic Activism goes to Maliheh Gholamzadeh, (Iran -film student), for her film “Tangle”.

Both films were part of the “Films Without Walls” series on “Immigration & Refugees” at last year’s festival (2019).

Congratulations to Sandra and Maliheh on your much deserved cinematic recognition!

05/29/2019

2019 NOVA Student Film Festival in Pictures.
© NOVA – Photo credit: Neil (Kevin) Mattingly

05/23/2019

The 2019 NOVA Student Film Festival is now available online (click on link below). We had very powerful film line up this year. Stay tuned for the announcement of the winners of the “Dean’s Award for Cinematic Distinction” and our new award, the “Joe Windham Award for Cinematic Activism”.

Mark your calendar for next year’s film festival, scheduled for Thursday, April 23, 2020.

The winners of the 2018 Dean’s award for Cinematic Distinction are co-writers/directors Nikkia Atkinson and Long Tran with their experimental short film Dinosaurs in the Hood. The film is based on the spoken words of Danez Smith.

04/22/2019

To all filmmakers from around the world, whose films were selected for the festival, we will post online the festival program as well as all the films at the end of our festival. We will post the link on our page.

Pour tous les realizateurs/realizatrices dont les films ont été sélectionnés pour le 2019 Festival du film d’étudiant NOVA 2019, nous posterons le festival et les films en ligne après le festival. Nous publierons le lien sur notre page facebook.

A todos los cineastas de todo el mundo, cuyas películas fueron seleccionadas para el Festival de Cine Estudiantil NOVA 2019, publicaremos en línea el programa del festival y todas las películas al final de nuestro festival. Publicaremos el enlace en nuestra página de facebook.

04/17/2019

Hot off the press!

The Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) annual Student Film Festival will take place on April 25 from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Alexandria Campus in the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, located at 4915 East Campus Drive, Alexandria, VA 22311. The event is free and open to....

04/06/2019

FB Village, the 6th annual NOVA Student Film Festival is upon us! Please mark your calendars and come to support our journey: Thursday, April 25th@ 6pm at NOVA Alexandria - Schlesinger Concert Hall. Event is open & free to the public. Free parking available in the garage. Opening reception starts at 6pm. Film screening & Q&A from 6:30pm - 9:30pm.

This year's them is: "Immigration & Refugees"

"@ NOVA Alexandria Campus – we don’t just train filmmakers, we mold social activists with cameras" LGE :-)

Hot off the press! Our NOVA Studio graphic design students have done it again! They are so gifted! Here is the 2019 NOVA Student Film Festival poster for you to share!

Poster designed by: Bianca Marcias
NOVA Studio (NOVA Alexandria)
Supervising Professor: Angela Terry

03/26/2019

Day 4 - It's a Wrap!!!!! On the set of "Siempre Esperanza" - @ HB Woodlawn. Thank you God for blessing their journey!

Thank you Tom for making this happen! Thank you HB Woodlawn fam for sharing our creative journey!

Films Without Walls 2019 - Students' Film Collaboration with 100Volando Escuela de Cine & UNIVAS - Oaxaca, Mexico.

03/24/2019

Day 3 - The traditional group selfie, on the set of "Siempre Esperanza". NOVA team still going strong! May God continue to bless their journey!

Films Without Walls 2019 - Students' Film Collaboration with 100Volando Escuela de Cine & UNIVAS - Oaxaca, Mexico.

03/23/2019

Day 2 - On the set of "Siempre Esperanza". NOVA team progressing along beautifully! May God continue to bless their journey!

Films Without Walls 2019 - Students' Film Collaboration with 100Volando Escuela de Cine & UNIVAS - Oaxaca, Mexico.

03/23/2019

Day 1 - On the set of "Siempre Esperanza". NOVA team started filming tonight! May God bless their journey!

Films Without Walls 2019 - Students' Film Collaboration with 100Volando Escuela de Cine & UNIVAS - Oaxaca, Mexico.

03/21/2019

Finally meeting little Esperanza!
Our story begins in Oaxaca, Mexico, where this Esperanza and her Father begin our journey...and it ends on our side where older Esperanza is in the US facing the obstacles immigrants face! This is the face with which our story begins...

03/20/2019

Congratulations to our partners in the 2019 Films Without Walls series wrapped their shoot in Oaxaca, Mexico! Team NOVA starts this weekend - Friday, March 22nd- Monday, March 25th! Keep us in your prayers!