Audience members will choose their favorite student-produced film at DePaul University’s DC Premiere V Film Festival which takes place June 4 at the historic Portage Theater, 4050 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago’s oldest movie palace.

The festival showcases the best work produced by undergraduate and graduate students in DePaul’s digital cinema program from this academic year.  Films typically included in the film festival range from music-videos and narratives to experimental films and documentaries. The competition usually draws from 70 to 100 entries with up to 15 films selected for the festival.

“Every year our students produce an amazing variety of films. Just being selected for the competition is an honor in itself,” said Dana Hodgdon, a visiting professor and television veteran who organized this year’s festival.  “This film festival is truly the capstone event for all the incredible efforts our students have made during the preceding year.”

Among the awards to be presented at the event, including a juror’s award for best film and an audience choice award, where those in attendance will be asked to vote for their favorite film via text message voting at the conclusion of the screenings.

Doors for the event open at 7 p.m. and the 90-minute program begins at 7:30 p.m.

Sponsored by Digital Cinema, the School of Cinema and Interactive Media and the College of Computing and Digital Media, the DC Premiere V festival is free for all DePaul students, faculty and staff. Other audience members can purchase tickets at the door for $10.

To view highlights and clips from previous years’ festivals, visit the School of Cinema and Interactive Media on YouTube at http://tinyurl.com/r2kt5h.  For more information on the DePaul Digital Cinema Premiere V Film Festival, including a list of films, call (312) 362-8714.  For more information on digital cinema and other digital arts majors at DePaul, visit www.cim.depaul.edu.

About CDM

The School of l of Cinema and Interactive Media is part of DePaul’s College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM) and allows students to explore multiple formats of visual storytelling that are available to artists in the digital age.  With more than 3,000 graduate and undergraduate students, CDM is one of the largest programs of its kind in the nation and has evolved into an interdisciplinary college with a broad range of innovative programs.  In recent years, DePaul has invested millions of dollars into state-of-the-art labs, facilities and specialized equipment for its digital cinema program. 

About DePaul

With more than 25,000 students, DePaul University is the largest Catholic university in the United States and the largest private, non-profit university in the Midwest. The university offers approximately 275 graduate and undergraduate programs of study on two Chicago campuses, four suburban campuses and three international locations. Founded in 1898, DePaul remains committed to providing a quality education through personal attention to students from a wide range of backgrounds. For more information, visit www.depaul.edu.