“I Dream in Widescreen” 2010 Unspools at The Historic Fox Tucson Theatre
Celebrating the Work of University of Arizona School of Media Arts BFA Seniors
Presented by Wells Fargo as a part of the innovative and new Fox Theatre Foundation Performance Partnership program, “I Dream in Widescreen: BFA Thesis Films from the School of Media Arts” will return this year to the historic Fox Tucson Theatre in downtown Tucson. The event, which is also being sponsored by Cox, features the work of students graduating from the School of Media Arts’ highly selective Bachelor of Fine Arts program in film and video production and has continued to grow in popularity since its “standing-room only” days at The Loft Cinema.
“I Dream in Widescreen” is the culmination of the skills, knowledge and creative vision fostered by the Media Arts BFA program in film and video production. Students from the program go on to present their films at major film festivals around the world. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place Saturday, May 15 at the Fox Tucson Theatre, located at 17 W. Congress Street in downtown Tucson. The doors to the Fox Theatre will open at 6:00pm and the screening will begin at 7:00pm.
“Wells Fargo, Cox and the Fox Tucson Theatre are giving this event an unprecedented level of support,” added Beverly Seckinger, Interim Director of the School of Media Arts.
The films unspooling this year feature themes close to the hearts of Media Arts students with a mix of love stories, bitter breakups, destructive lifestyles, outlaws, and strange torments, and documentaries that illustrate family drama. “The work this year is exceptionally bold and exciting, and perfectly represents the School’s mission to encourage unique voices in filmmaking,” said Associate Professor Yuri Makino, the instructor of the year-long BFA Senior Thesis course.
The University of Arizona School of Media Arts prepares students to create, to produce, and to understand the significance of film and television. It sustains excellence in the teaching of creative expression, aesthetic appreciation, practical knowledge, and scholarship of film, television, related media and their relationships to other arts. The School provides professional preparation in the art of filmmaking, as well as preparing students for scholarly activity in media arts. It encourages interdisciplinary teaching and research within the College of Fine Arts and promotes public understanding of media through outreach in Arizona and the Southwest.
“I Dream in Widescreen” is made possible by Wells Fargo, the Fox Theatre Foundation Performance Partnership, the School of Media Arts, the Hanson Film Institute, and Cox.
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