Move over Academy Award winner Sofia Coppola. Rochester Institute of Technology’s Kimberly Miner won a student Academy Award during her first year of college. And Miner, now in her third year, is one of 10 talented female students in RIT’s School of Film and Animation (SOFA) who will have a film shown at this year’s High Falls Film Festival.
The festival runs Nov. 10-14 and the students’ films will be shown 4:30-6 p.m. on Nov. 13 at the Little Theatre. This is the fourth year in a row that RIT’s SOFA program is being represented in the festival. The films’ topics range from humorous to serious.
The following is a list of the students whose work will be shown as part of the program called RIT Student Shorts Program: Women of SOFA:
LaToye Adams (third year), Mother to Son, a film based on a poem by Langston Hughes
Tricia Andrew (fourth year), Man Pon, a film about what men would do if they had to deal with “that time of the month”
Meg Campbell (third year), Alvarene, a film about the memories of a grandmother’s death
Anastasia Cerankosky (MFA thesis student), More Than Meets the Breast, a documentary on how women relate to their breasts
Cynthia Danieli (2004 RIT graduate), Quoth the Raven, a stop motion animation based on Edgar Allan Poe’s classic poem, starring the alphabet
Keyla Echevarria (MFA thesis student), Narcissus, Retold, a film that shows how falling in love with an image of perfection can be destructive
Jennifer Herman (fourth year), The Ultimate Professional’s Guide to Life, a film that looks at little lessons about life
Brittany Lee (third year) Mirror, Mirror, a film that warns people to be sure to read the fine print in the personals
Kimberly Miner (third year), St. Ives, an animated version of a children’s riddle
Shannon Pytlak (fourth year), The Seventh Day, a whimsical animated revisioning of the creation story
Miner won a student Academy Award in 2003 for her animated film, Perpetual Motion. Miner says it’s exciting that her films continue to be recognized. “Creating one work that people enjoy is thrilling. Trying to create a pattern of good work is better, and a little more challenging.”
“Being part of the High Falls Film Festival gives a clear message to all students that they are making films worth seeing, and that they can be counted among the many talented filmmakers working today,” says Naomi Orwin, assistant professor at RIT’s School of Film and Animation, program curator, scriptwriter and journalist. “Because so much of the media in the past has been dominated by men, it’s particularly important for women to see their work valued, and for women students to see the wonderful work being done by women around the world.”
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