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The Film & Video Department of Columbia College Chicago is hosting its annual student film festival, The Big Screen on Thursday, May 13, 2004. The event takes place at the Harold Washington Library Auditorium, 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL at 7:00 PM. Admission is free and open to the public.

		In its 8th successful year, the festival highlights the best student films of the year, including Narrative, Animation, Experimental and Documentary works. The Big Screen is a juried competition with cash prizes awarded in a variety of areas including the Best of Fest and Audience awards. In addition, several films are screened at both national and international festivals, as well as a bi-annual screening in Los Angeles. The Big Screen has become one of the premiere event for the department, bringing together students, faculty, staff, and alumni, as well as industry professionals, in celebration of all the talented student filmmakers at Columbia. The festival is open to all Film & Video students of Columbia College Chicago. Applications are available on line (PDF file) or in the Film & Video main office at 1104 S. Wabash, Suite 301, Chicago, IL. Questions regarding the festival should be directed to Eileen Coken, Festival Director, at ecoken@colum.edu.
The Big Screen 2003 Damien Jackobs Arakelyan - Persistence of Sequence Hiromi Sogo - Take Five Keith Ransfer - The Brother We Keep Sue-Yeon Jung - Waiting for Spring Jennifer Gerber-Rinaldo - Cut and Dry Rikei Kubo - Hoppe (The Round Cheeks) Makoto Ono - Bolexploitation Peter Fleming - Any Class I Wanna Be Dalia L. Tapia - Camino/Path

The Big Screen 2002 Sarah Anderson Haiku, Baby Christina Carano Untitled James Davis Post Minstrel Syndrome Melissa Lawrenz I Hope, Grandmother (Jag Hoppas Mormor) Angie Lee Light Years in the Second World Danielle Corches Recite Jeremy Braverman Life is So Easy Julie Gabriele Uncle Greg Collin James Diederich Burning

The Big Screen 2001 Justin Dykhouse Opening Credits Keith Dunkerley The Basement Elizabeth Lawrence NightmareCrawler Seema Shastri Why is God… Andrew Hodges Hue Rikei Kubo Shira-Tama Justin Krohn Subway 2:36AM Shanra Kehl Paradise Loung Samantha Sanders Gypsy Blood Maris Lidaka, Jr. The Mirror Usman Zuberi O’ Janay Walay



The Big Screen 2000 Zane Edwards Opening Credits Todd Lillethun God is a Chocolate Ice Cream Cake with Vanilla Frosting John Littman The Legacy Jig Elena Antinelli Aquatic Aria Andrew Hodges Victor’s Gift Tim Marvel Membrane Rebecca Rasmussen Kelly Watch the Stars Esaú Meléndez ¡Escucha! Ryan Kirlin Pretty Boy Courtney Hermann The Single Most Feminist Thing June Newberry It’s Not for Me The Big Screen 1999 Jason Prelesnik Opening Credits Samantha Sanders In the Garden Everett Downing Half Pint Heroes Les Nagy Resurrection C.J. Dugan Your Zombie and You Esaú Mélendez Lost Love and El Solo in a New City Michael J. Grothaus Oh, Beans! Alden Brigham Ms. Parker’s Secret Wataru Yamamoto Color of Desire

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