2012 Media Film Festival
The 2012 Media Film Festival was held on February 23–25th with a line-up of 31 great films at the Media Community Center!
Award Winners
Juried Winners 🏆
GOLD AWARD: A Finger, Two Dots Then Me
Directed by David Holechek and Daniel Holechek, an experimental film of a spoken-word piece based on a popular poem by renowned modern beat poet Berrick Brown that looks at death, life and love.
SILVER AWARD: Desparate Crossing
Directed by Min Seok Jeon, a funny animated film about a misunderstnding between an urgent criminal and a rookie policeman.
BRONZE AWARD: Laduma
Directed by Ashwin Chauhary and Jon Korn, the story of the 2010 FIFA World Cup told through the eyes of adventurous Anerican supporters who travel to South Africa.
BEST LOCAL FILM: Meh Sha
Directed by Joseph Caravalho, the story of a 17 year-old Burmese refugee who struggles to reunite members of his family fractured by violent oppression and to lead them in their new life in South Philadelphia.
Audience Winners 🎟️
Thursday: Steven Phoenix: The Untold Story
Friday: Rain in Summer
Saturday: Laduma
The winner of the La Belle Epoque gift certificate is E. Humme.
Schedule
Thursday February 23, 2012
Evening – 7:00 pM
Desperate Crossing
Oscillating Garrett
Crashing by Design
Undivided: The Preston and Steve Experience
Another Day Another Life
Steve Phoenix: The Untold Story
Friday February 24, 2012
Evening – 7:00 PM
SquareFish: Beatles Favorites
Top Leaves
Sweet Love
Romaine
The Ruby Runs Red
Rain in Summer
Porthole to the Past
Race to the Bottom of the Earth
Horror Fest – 10:30 PM
The Scream of the Screaming Screamer
The Record
Cantata in C Major
Clutter
The Walk Home
Blood Signal
The Survivor
Dead of Nowhere (in 3D)
Saturday February 25, 2012
Workshop – 12:30 PM
How to Craft a Story: The Fundamentals of Screenplay Writing — It's easy to feel intimidated by the thought of writing your first screenplay. Don't let the seemingly endless parade of screenwriting elements scare you away from writing your first script. In this workshop you will learn the basics of the craft. Film is a visual medium. You will learn how to tell a story visually with a focus on what the audience sees and hears, as well as plot structure, setting the scene, character development, and writing effective dialogue. Workshop Leader Hezekiah Lewis is a producer, director, screenwriter, actor and teacher. He is a graduate of UCLA’s prestigious film school with an MFA in Directing. While attending UCLA, Lewis won the Abraham Polonski Award for Excellence in Screenwriting, the Four Sisters Award and the James Bridges Award for Excellence in Directing. His film The Warrior Queen won the "Best of Show" at the 2010 Media Film Festival. Hezekiah Lewis is currently an Assistant Professor of Communication at Villanova University.
Workshop – 2:30 PM
A Short, Yet Funny, History of the Movies — This workshop will show a range of exciting clips from classic films in an attempt to give film lovers a greater appreciation for the diverse, multi-faceted medium that dominates our thirst for mass entertainment. Film, over these past 100 years, has certainly come a long way from its humble, silent beginnings. At its best, it rivals great art and literature. Workshop Leader Marc Lapadula is a full-time lecturer at Yale University, where he runs the screenwriting curriculum. Marc has also lectured extensively on film at Johns Hopkins University, Columbia Graduate Film School, the University of Pennsylvania, as well as the Smithsonian Institution. Lapadula has produced a number of feature films and has worked as a consultant and expert analyst for New Line and Paramount film studios. His former students have gone on to write hit movies including The Hangover and The Break Up.
Evening – 7:00 PM
Oliver's Treasure
Rebirth
Wonders of the World
Meh Sha
Blanche
This Too Shall Pass
Reflector
A Finger, Two Dots Then Me
Laduma