News
To view some of the most recent honors and awards for our FTT Faculty, Students, and Alumni, click here.
Light Up The Sky
By Moss Hart
Directed by Jay Paul Skelton
Decio Mainstage Theatre
Tuesday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 22 at 2:30 p.m.
Light Up The Sky (1948) is the last play written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Moss Hart. This backstage tale takes a jaundiced view of the theatrical archetypes: the arrogant director, the diva leading lady and her acerbic, seen-it-all-before mother, the ambitious producer, the naive new writer, and of course a garrulous parrot. Throw in a Shriners' convention and you have the recipe for a madcap evening in and about the theatre. Fast-paced and full of reversals of fortune and shifts in power, this very funny comedy is perfect for families and groups of all ages.
For ticket information, click here.
Chilean Film Festival begins Thursday, April 19th
Showcasing the originality of Chile’s indigenous filmmakers, the Festival of Chilean Film brings five feature films—and three acclaimed Chilean directors—to Notre Dame. Directors Ignacio Agüero, Gonzalo Justiniano, and Andrés Wood took up their work after the Pinochet dictatorship had almost eliminated Chile’s film industry. Their films have played a critical role in the country’s democratization process and helped form Chile’s present-day conceptions of history and identity. All events will be held in the Browning Cinema of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
The festival will begin with a free, but ticketed panel discussion and reception on Thursday, April 19 at 6:30 PM. The panel discussion, “Masters of Chilean Cinema,” will feature the three directors. The event is free, but ticketed with a reception to follow at 7:30 PM.
Tickets for the remaining events can be purchased at the Ticket Office by phoning (574) 631-2800 or online at performingarts.nd.edu. Ticket prices are $6, $5 Faculty/Staff, $4 Senior, $3 Child/Student.
Thursday, April 19 at 8:30 PM
Film Screening: Gonzalo Justiniano
Director Gonzalo Justiniano will introduce his film.
B-Happy (2003)
Not Rated, 90 minutes, Spanish and French with English subtitles
Katty is a teenage girl who finds solace from her troubled family in her friendship with a classmate who introduces her to the beauty of poetry. Challenged by her criminal father and overworked mother, she is forced to make difficult choices in order to live independently. Justiniano’s unsentimental coming-of-age drama is elevated by a remarkable performance by Manuela Martelli as Katty.
Friday, April 20 at 6:30 PM
Double Feature Screening: Andrés Wood
Director Andrés Wood will introduce his films.
Violeta Went to Heaven (2011)
Not Rated, 110 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles
Winner of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Jury Prize, Violeta Went to Heaven tells the extraordinary story of Violeta Parra, Chilean folksinger and pop culture icon whose songs expressed the soul of her nation. Following her whirlwind journey from Chile to Paris, where she also gained fame as a visual artist, Andrés Wood’s impressionistic biopic is permeated by Parra’s heart-wrenching, indelible songs.
Machuca (2004)
Not Rated, 121 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles
Set in 1973, this astonishingly intimate and painful coming-of- age story centers on a pair of 12-year-old boys from opposite extremes of society who form an unlikely friendship during the last chaotic days of President Allende and the first days of the brutal rule of General Pinochet. Featuring a searingly beautiful soundtrack, Machuca was acclaimed at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. It is arguably the best-known Chilean film in the international context.
Saturday, April 21 at 6:30 PM
Double Feature Screening: Ignacio Agüero
Director Ignacio Agüero will introduce his films.
100 Children Waiting for a Train (1988)
Not Rated, 55 minutes, Spanish with English voiceover
Each Saturday, Alicia Vega transforms the chapel of Lo Hermida into a film screening room as she conducts a workshop for children under the auspices of the Catholic Church. The hundred or so children who had never seen a movie before learn about the cinema through photograms and moving images, discovering the wonder of Chaplin, Disney and the Lumières.
Agustín's Newspaper (2008)
Not Rated, 80 Minutes, Spanish with subtitles
Journalism students embark on an investigation of El Mercurio, the country’s oldest newspaper, and its pro-coup role in 1970s Chilean politics. Agüero’s documentary raises profound questions not only about the role and responsibilities of Chile’s media, but also of all those who manage the dissemination of information around the world.
Laura Mulvey to present "Hitchcock's Blondes, Feminism and Psychoanalytic Film Theory"
Thursday, March 8, 2012
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Eck Visitor's Center Auditorium
With her landmark essay, "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema," in 1975, Laura Mulvey transformed feminist and film theory. Her discussion of what has come to be called "the male gaze" in cinema still generates debate. In this lecture, Mulvey will bring together Freud and Hitchcock in order to discuss the importance of the iconic "Hitchcock blonde" for the development of feminist psychoanalytic film theory.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, click here.
Peter Richardson, FTT '02, screened his Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner in the Browning Cinema
In 1994, Oregon became the first state to legalize the Death with Dignity Act. As a result, any individual whom two physicians diagnose as having less than six months to live can lawfully request a fatal dose of barbiturate to end his or her life. Since 1994, more than 500 Oregonians have taken their mortality into their own hands.
Director Peter Richardson appeared in person.
For more information, visit the film's website at howtodieinoregon.com
John Hibey, FTT '05, was awarded
the Grand Jury Prize for
Short Filmmaking at the
2012 Sundance Film Festival
The winning film, Fishing Without Nets, tells a tale
of a poor, young Somali fisherman who ends up
joining a group of pirates.
For more information, click here.
The 23rd Annual Notre Dame Student Film Festival
The wildly popular Notre Dame Student Film Festival returns to campus for its 23rd year. The Festival tickets will go on sale on Monday, December 5th.
A tradition like no other, the festival screens films that were made by undergraduate students during the past year as class projects. These students study the art of filmmaking in advanced, intermediate, and introductory film and television production courses taught in the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre. All films are shot on location and often feature the acting talents of Notre Dame students and faculty. The Festival will be held in the Browning Cinema of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
The Screenings Are:
Thursday, January 19th at 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Friday, January 20th at 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 21st at 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
On Monday, December 5th, tickets can be purchased at the Ticket Office, online at performingarts.nd.edu or by calling (574) 631-5200.
Tickets move fast, so get your tickets early!
FTT Talks Presents: Antonia Ellis and Kevin Fortson, and Their Lecture, "Producing Successful Television Shows - Studio and Producer Perspectives"
4:30 PM, Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Eck Visitors Center Auditorium
|
|
|
Antonia Ellis has been the producer of Sex & The City, Royal Pains and Men in Trees. She was also co-producer of The Corner, which won an Emmy for Best Mini-Series. Earlier, Ellis was a production executive and head of post-production at DreamWorks SKG Television, and before that was associate producer on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Ellis has also produced feature films and is developing a web series. She is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Producers Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild, and Women in Film.
Kevin Fortson, in his current role, produces scripted and reality series. He oversees the hit reality franchise The Bachelor -- which includes The Bachelorette and Bachelor Pad -- The Voice, Rizzoli & Isles, Pretty Little Liars, The Lying Game, and Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew. Prior, Fortson was senior vice president of operations and studio facilities for Warner Bros. Earlier, he worked on shows such as The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Extra, Geraldo, and Now It Can Be Told.
For more information on Antonia Ellis and Kevin Fortson: click here.
Sponsored by the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts and Multicultural Student Programs and Services
FTT Artist in Residence, Nejla Yatkin, has been selected to participate in the United States Artists Projects
Nejla Yatkin will be participating in a new online community of America's finest artists called USA Projects (unitedstatesartists.org) created by United States Artists to expand its mission of investing in America's finest artists.
For more information, click here or visit Nejla Yatkin's webpage.
Provenance in the Local News
To view reviews of Provenance, a play by FTT Professor Anne García-Romero, directed by FTT Professor, Kevin Dreyer, please click the following links:
The Observer and The South Bend Tribune
"From Simple Flats, Elaborate Plots Bloom"
November 17, 2011
Professor Pam Wojcik and her recently published book, "The Apartment Plot:
Urban Living in American Film and Popular Culture, 1945 to 1975," were featured in
The Chicago Tribune, in an article by Nina Metz, discussing the ever important
"Apartment Setting" in American Pop Culture.
To view the full article, click here.
Film Fails as Scholarship, but Anonymous Might be Fun
November 5th, 2011
Professor Peter Holland, the McMeel chair of Shakespeare at Notre Dame, states
"As an action movie, [Anonymous] promises to be fun, but as a serious contribution to scholarship,
it promises to be ridiculous," in his interview with the South Bend Tribune.
To view the full article, click here.
Playwright and Theatre Scholar Gives Voice to Lost Stories
November 3rd, 2011
Intersecting cultures. Family heritage. Art. Love. Money.
All these themes work their way onstage in Provenance, a new play
by Anne García-Romero, a Moreau Postdoctoral Research Fellow
in Notre Dame's Department of Film, Television, and Theatre.
For more information, and to see the full article, click here.
Latina Theater Today: New Voices Conference
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
210 McKenna Hall
Latina Theater Today: New Voices is a one-day conference on
Contemporary Latina Theater. It will feature two free panels of
leading theater professionals and Latina Theater scholars exploring
Latina plays and playwrights.
The conference will include a performance of Provenance by Anne García-Romero.
For more information, click here.
Silent Shakespeare: An Evening With Thanhouser Films
7:30 PM, Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
The Browning Cinema, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Featuring the short films The Winter's Tale (1910), Cymbeline (1913)
and King Lear (1917)
For more information, click here.
M
ark Pilkinton's new book, Washington Hall at
Notre Dame, is featured in ND Works.
See: http://nd.edu/~ndworks/2011-8-18-Vol%209-No%202.pdf
For Publication Information: http://undpress.nd.edu/book/P01479