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Our world is entering its Golden Years. By 2050, it is estimated there will be 1.5 billion senior citizens on the planet. Preparing for this phenomenon will practically change all aspects of our societies. A new feature-length global documentary The Silver Mirror explores the changing view on aging in the 21st Century.The film, written, directed and produced by Ali Habashi, director of the Edward H. Arnold Center for Confluent Media Studies at the College of Engineering, with cinematography by School of Communication Professor Ed Talavera, will have its U.S. premiere [...]

The nine students who participated in the UGreece Film Program this summer returned home with a 25-minute feature film and a music video and with some valuable experience on cutting-edge filmmaking equipment.The program, a four-week, six-credit course that included work on storytelling skills, exterior lighting and editing, as well as classes on the history of Greek cinema, was led by Associate Professor Ed Talavera. Lost in the Aegean – the film’s rough working title, Talavera said – tells the story of two American girls who accidentally kill a German tourist [...]

Before enrolling in the MFA film program at the School of Communication a year ago, Luis Jose Galvis Diaz studied journalism in Bucaramanga, Colombia, and worked as a television producer, a radio commentator and a film critic. He also taught history of cinema at the Universidad Autonoma de Bucaramanga.“I love movies,” Galvis said recently, “but more than anything, I am a storyteller. I came to film by way of writing.”Among the many stories he tells is that of the film industry in his native state of Santander. He recently completed [...]

Less than 10 years after graduating from the film program, Kyle Patrick Alvarez made his debut at the Sundance Film Festival last January with C.O.G., a movie he wrote, produced and directed.The film, based on a piece from David Sedaris’ essay collection, Naked, was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in the category of drama. The award, which recognizes the best dramatic submission from the independent film community, went to Fruitvale, directed by Ryan Coogler. “Getting into Sundance was a lifelong dream of mine, so for it to come true [...]