August 2017 – Film and Video Studies

Almost Sunrise

August 29, 2017

Almost Sunrise Monday, September 11, 6pm HUB Ballroom Documentary screening and discussion with director Michael Collins and producer Marty Syjuco Tickets are free and open to the public. Almost Sunrise follows two Iraq veterans, Tom Voss and Anthony Anderson, both tormented by depression for years after they returned home and pushed to the edge of…

Best of Film at Mason

August 29, 2017

Best of Film at Mason Friday, September 15 5 pm, Johnson Center Cinema Free and open to the public. Q&A with the filmmakers and reception to follow. Best of Film at Mason is a showcase of recent notable and award-winning films. From heartfelt to heartbreaking intermediate and Senior fiction films, to poignant intermediate and beginning…

NEW DATE OCT 24: Cameraperson

August 29, 2017

GMU Visting Filmmakers: Cameraperson RESCHEDULED TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24 4:30 PM, Johnson Center Cinema Documentary screening and discussion with director Kirsten Johnson Free and open to the public PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24. What does it mean to film another person? How does it affect that person, and what does…

Tickets on Sale Now for ARTS by George!

August 18, 2017

Tickets are on sale now for ARTS by George! ARTS by George! is an evening showcasing the extraordinary talents of students in Mason’s College of Visual and Performing Arts and will include screenings of student films, dance and theater performances, and much more. The evening will end with a performance by Broadway star Kelli O’Hara,…

FAVS Alum Co-Directs Palestinian Film Fest

August 10, 2017

FAVS alum Michael Kamel (’17) is bringing independent Palestinian film to Washington D.C. as Co-Director of the DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival (DCPFAF). Now in its seventh year, DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival showcases the range and complexity of Palestinian identities and narratives using the dialogue of film and culture as a starting…