Adelphi Film Festival

One of the best parts of making a film is being able to screen it with and for all of your fellow peers, colleagues and professors. Last night (5/11/11) at 7pm in the Olmstead Theater was the annual Adelphi Film Festival.

Rough Exotica (Our group) did submit “Rebirth” for the festival but unfortunately we were not selected. We did however make the honorary mention category and our film was screened prior to the main festivities.

We were all disappointed in not being selected but we decided to, as a group, attend the festival and show support for our fellow film makers. As Professor Campbell once said, “One of the best learning techniques is watching, observing, and seeing what aesthetics you can take and apply to your own techniques and vision.”

There was such an overwhelming zest of excitement and enthusiasm for film in the auditorium which really made me feel happy and excited. I love seeing young film makers, like myself, who are proud and excited to celebrate and share their craft.

 

All of the films that made it into the festival were phenomenal in their own individual rights. I loved the creativity and liberty that was taken by all the directors and was really inspired to hopefully next year be one of them.

My favorite film of the night was, “All I Ever Wanted,” which was written, directed and starred my friend Brandon Scott Touhey. His film went on to win the “Best Actor” category.

Check out the film’s Facebook page here