2024 Brown Media Group Film Festival
SPECTACULAR SHORT FILMS DIRECTED BY, WRITTEN BY, PRODUCED BY OR FEATURING A BROWN ALUM
Celebrate the Brown creative spirit at our biggest Media Group event of the year! Come see the spectacular Brown alumni (and current student) films that have been chosen for the 4th Brown Media Group Film Festival. Full list is below.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
from 6:00 pm - 10:30 pm SVA Theater
333 West 23rd St.
(Between 8th & 9th Aves)
6:00 -7:00 pm - Opening Reception with wine, beer, hard cider and light buffet
7:00 -9:45 pm - Program begins promptly at 7:00
9:45-10:30 pm - Networking
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR FOR $30 CASH OR VENMO.
Questions? Email: brownmediagroup2000@gmail.com
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Coconuts -- Casey Friedman ‘15, Director and Producer -- A filmmaker tries to convince his sister to take a lunch break with a story about a Catholic missionary and a Samoan woman.
Constructing Criticism -- Matthew Osubor ‘19, Producer, Director & Featured - A struggling performer in a crowded diner orders the patrons to partake in an unexpected ritual. An absurd, surrealist perspective on the nature of criticism.
A Cow in the Sky - John Andrews ‘76, Producer - The pain and personal triumph of a son left behind. Based on the true story of Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian college student killed in Portland, OR in 1988 by skinheads in a crime inspired by white supremacist Tom Metzger.
Falling -- Lena Song ‘27, Director & Producer - On a beautiful autumn day, a leaf travels through a college campus and discovers more than just a wonderful view.
Lock It Up - Laura Colella MFA ‘14, Director and Producer, with additional Producer Charles Shi '23 and Co-Producers: Rehaan Kaul '22 & Justin Woo '23. Featuring a large number of alumni and current students. On a film set with a troubled director, ripples become waves that throw the whole crew off course.
Millstone -- Peter Kimball ‘04, DIrector & Producer - A desperate, grieving couple think they have found the only therapist who can help them - but his methods might be worse than anyone imagined. Features an entirely Deaf cast and shot exclusively in American Sign Language.
Natural Hair:The History & The Joy In The Movement - Paige Censale ‘27, Director, Producer & Featured - Untangling the history of Black natural hair and its role as a symbol of identity, empowerment, and resistance throughout the ages.
Rainbow Speed Dating -- Michael Schelp ‘85, Director & Producer - A hopeful gay man navigates the colorful yet challenging world of online speed dating, encountering an array of mismatched suitors.
Storage -- Tony Kim ‘91, Director & Producer - Trapped in a storage facility, a newlywed couple are terrorized by a sadistic psycho with no way out.
Today I -- Brett Halperin ‘18, Producer - An interpretation of how people with dementia experience their world.
Vial -- Alexandre Jerard Davis ‘20, DIrector -- A relapsed parolee has two options: find clean urine or lose custody of his son and be sent back to prison.
The Violence Engine -- Healey Koch ‘24, Director, Producer and Featured - A coin-operated robot tries to return a letter.
Work Life -- Sam Masto ‘21, Featured - Four corporate co-workers unknowingly cross paths during a chaotic weekend that leaves their lives intertwined through improbable twists of fate.
Yidlife Crisis: The Double Date -- Eli Batalion ‘02, Producer & Featured - A blind date with the perfect woman turns into a battle of nebbish proportions.