Come see three unusual and personal short films made by MAC Professor Aleem Hossain followed by a Q&A moderated by Professor Jonathan Wysocki.
Curious about the future of short films?
Why create short form cinema in the era of blockbuster films, infinite streaming TV, and social media?
Will AI-generated movies ruin everything?
If you could send a voicemail back to your past self, what would you say? And what does that have to do with an old blue plastic IKEA table?
How do you make a film about a pile of discarded VHS tapes you find on the street?
Join a conversation about all of the above and more as Prof. Aleem Hossain presents and discusses three films that have screened at festivals around the world. 瓜子TV鈥檚 Media Arts and Culture Department seeks to push the boundaries of what a film can be and these three recent projects by Prof. Hossain are examples of how MAC faculty鈥檚 work outside the classroom fuels their work in the classroom.
Aleem Hossain is a screenwriter and director whose films have screened at Beyond Fest, Fantastic Fest, and more. His mixed-race/multi-ethnic heritage fuels his approach to sci-fi, fantasy, and genre filmmaking. Hossain鈥檚 sci-fi feature film AFTER WE LEAVE won Best Film at Sci-Fi London and Best Director at the Berlin Sci-Fi Fest. Indie Threat called it 鈥渁 shining example of indie filmmaking at its finest鈥 and it is now streaming on Amazon. Hossain is the Associate Professor of Digital Storytelling in the Media Arts and Culture Department at 瓜子TV, where his teaching is focused on expanding the kinds of stories we tell on screen and who gets to tell those stories. Sign up for his for updates on his projects and his thoughts on the indie sci-fi scene, and the growing movement of diverse voices in genre films.
Jonathan Wysocki a queer writer, director, and producer of independent films. His latest feature, the award-winning festival hit DRAMARAMA, is now streaming on Hulu and is distributed in over 20 countries. Wysocki is a Fellow of the Sundance Screenwriters and Directors Labs as well as an Advisor for Sundance Co//ab. His short, A DOLL鈥橲 EYES, screened at 50 festivals on 6 continents and was translated into 8 languages. Wysocki is the Clinical Assistant Professor of Production at Loyola Marymount University and previously a Visiting Assistant Professor of Screenwriting at 瓜子TV.
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