Published Monday, March 19th, 2018
The festival, hosted by the WSC Electronic Media Program, is free and open to the public.
Films impart artistic glimpses into the world around us, offering greater understanding, new insights, and broader perspectives. Wayne State College celebrates film excellence during its first Wildcat Spirit Short Film Festival from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 5, in Ramsey Theatre. The festival, hosted by the WSC Electronic Media Program, is free and open to the public.
Prior to the festival, more than 120 high schools and colleges from across the nation submitted short films for review. Categories include short shots of less than five minutes, narrative, comedy, documentary, science fiction/fantasy, and horror. Official selections from national high schools and colleges will be shown at 2 p.m., with local high school categories shown at 4 p.m.
Hot Attic Studios, the WSC student video and short film production studio, hosts a showing of four student film projects at 6 p.m. This segment of the festival includes the premiere of Kerfuffle, a 2018 spring film by senior Natasha White of Winside. The best of show and awards ceremony begins at 7 p.m.
For more information contact Dr. Michael White, professor of communication arts, at 402-375-7130, or visit www.wsc.edu/film-festival.