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Sarah Ginsburg
  • Class of 2011
  • Columbia, MO

Sarah Ginsburg Showcases Film in Los Angeles at Emerson College's 12th Annual Film Festival

2012 Feb 17

Columbia's Sarah Ginsburg and six other student filmmakers will screen their work at the 12th Annual Emerson Film Festival (EFF) on Thursday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the Writer's Guild Theater (135 South Doheny Drive) in Beverly Hills, Calif. Ginsburg, a 2011 Documentary Production graduate, was chosen from more than 60 applicants to attend the coveted event and showcase a short film in front of entertainment industry professionals, including Emerson alumni.

The student whose film most powerfully explores a current social issue--whether cultural, political, or personal--will be awarded the Take Action Hollywood! Award, co-founded by Emerson alumna Maria Menounos '00. The Dr. Marcia Robbins-Wilf '71 Women in Film Production Award will be presented to the Festival's outstanding female filmmaker.

Members of the screening committee who evaluated and selected the student films are Visual and Media Arts (VMA) Professor and Chair, and award-winning filmmaker (Powwow Highway and Repo Man) Jonathan Wacks; alumnus and best-selling author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter (both being adapted as feature films) Seth Grahame-Smith '98, Associate Professor of VMA and filmmaker John Gianvito; Associate Professor of VMA and Graduate Program Director Jan Roberts-Breslin; and Executive Director of the Emerson study and internship program in L.A., Jim Lane.

"We're looking forward to showcasing this year's selected student films," said President of Emerson College Lee Pelton. "And this year's film festival is perfectly timed to coincide with the groundbreaking celebration for ECLA. The new facility highlights Emerson's ongoing commitment to the City of Los Angeles as well as the film industry, in which many of our students, parents, and alumni actively participate."

Watch the film trailers: http://bit.ly/yEqcqW.

The festival follows the groundbreaking ceremony for the college's new building on Sunset Boulevard: Emerson College Los Angeles (ECLA), which will take place earlier in the day.

Admission to the Film Festival

The Emerson Film Festival begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $25 for the general public; $15 for Emerson GOLD Members (graduates of the last decade, 2001 - 2011); and free for current Emerson students. The event includes a reception following the screenings. To secure tickets in advance, contact monique_thorne@emerson.edu. Tickets can also be purchased at the event at the Writer's Guild Theater, 135 South Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif.

About Emerson College

Located in Boston, Massachusetts, opposite the historic Boston Common and in the heart of the city's Theatre District, Emerson College educates individuals who will solve problems and change the world through engaged leadership in communication and the arts, a mission informed by liberal learning. The College has 3,453 undergraduates and 837 graduate students from across the United States and 50 countries. Supported by state-of-the-art facilities and a renowned faculty, students participate in more than 80 student organizations and performance groups, 14 NCAA teams, student publications, honor societies, television stations including the Emerson Channel, and WERS-FM, the nation's highest rated student-run radio station. Emerson is internationally known for its study and internship programs in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., the Netherlands, London, China, and the Czech Republic. It was the first East Coast college to establish a residential study and internship program in Los Angeles. Since the program's inception in the 1980s, more than 4,300 students have participated. For more information, visit emerson.edu.