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FAÇADE: a short film by Sophie Frey

April 1, 2022usfmediastudies

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In this short film, an introverted college student tries to achieve happiness by making her online life picture-perfect, but finds that appearances do not always correlate with reality.

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Student Awards + Recognition

Forgotten Fountains, a short experimental doc by Ellie Vanderlip ’16 about drinking fountains and the U.S. infrastructure crisis, will screen at the SF Documentary Film Festival in June 2023.

Check out Vogue’s short video “Inside Iman & David Bowie’s Scenic Home Filled With Wonderful Objects” edited by Media Studies alum Victoria Mortati ’13.

“A Coming of Age Film” by Wyatt Fields ’23 was officially nominated for Best First-Time Filmmaker at the Cannes Shorts Film Festival.

Media Studies alum Alexander Flores ’18 recently served as lead editor on a marketing campaign that won Double Gold at the John Barleycorn awards, which celebrates the spirits industry. Flores is Junior Editor at the Oakland-based Slow Clap Productions.

Media Studies alum Karen Ver Trinidad ’17 is working as assistant editor on an upcoming A24 documentary.

Media Studies alum Karim Iliya ’12 is headed to outer space as a member of the dearMoon Crew.

Listen to a Film Sessions podcast interview with Sophie Frey ’23 about her short “Facade,” which received an honorable mention at the Student World Impact Film Festival.

Jeremy Goei ’23 continues to rack up festival awards. The short doc, “Gente Del Barrio,” was a semi-finalist for Best Director (male) and Best Documentary Short at the LA Indie Fest. The short narrative, “Leo Y Fernando” was officially selected in those categories by the LA Indie Short Fest and was also officially selected for Best Short Film at the New Filmmakers NY festival.

Julian Sorapuru ’22 published his first front page story as Fellow at The Boston Globe.

Media Studies major Bridgette Yang named USF’s 2022 Valedictorian.

Media Studies minor (Business Marketing major) Sophia LeTourneau receives the School of Management’s 2022 Medal of Excellence.

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