Events

‘Canes Film Showcase

Bill Cosford Cinema 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, United States

Celebrating excellence in student production, featuring competitively selected student films produced at the Department of Cinematic Arts during the 2021-22 academic year. Join our special guest, Hollywood film producer Ben Everard, A.B. ’06, for a reception honoring our students’ work, followed by a screening of their award-winning films—and vote for your favorite. Ben Everard, A.B. ’06, co-founder of Grey Matter Productions, has produced films such as Lights Out, Hang Men, The Laundromat, and Walt Before Mickey. His latest film, Yes Day, was Netflix’s most-watched movie upon its release in 2021. [...]

Call for submissions – Canes Black History Film Festival

The School of Communication is pleased to announce the second annual United Black Students and UTrailblazers Canes Black History Film Festival. We seek short films that reflect on University of Miami’s rich Black History. We welcome short films on any aspect of Black History (including Black diasporic history) as well as films from any genre, including, but not limited to documentary, news, comedy, experimental, and drama. Thematically, we invite short films that reflect on Blackness, broadly construed. We are particularly interested in films that are based on contents in the [...]

United Black Students and UTrailblazers Canes Black History Film Festival

Bill Cosford Cinema 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, United States

The School of Communication is pleased to announce the second annual United Black Students and UTrailblazers Canes Black History Film Festival. We seek short films that reflect on University of Miami’s rich Black History. We welcome short films on any aspect of Black History (including Black diasporic history) as well as films from any genre, including, but not limited to documentary, news, comedy, experimental, and drama. Thematically, we invite short films that reflect on Blackness, broadly construed. We are particularly interested in films that are based on contents in the [...]