Jay Keitel, alumni, Program in Film and Video, has been invited to screen his film "Black Dragon Canyon", a black and white western shot in Utah, at the Vienna Film Festival.

Lee Nah Yeo, alumni, Experimental Animation Program, has been invited to screen her film Crocodile Journals at the 38th edition of the Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia, Oct. 9-18, 2005. This festival is considered one of the most important festivals in Spain, recognized by FIAPF-IFFPA.

NIck Fox-Gieg's film The Option of War has been chosen to screen at Ottawa '05, Sept. 2005. Nick Fox-Gieg is a video artist and theatrical designer. His short works have been shown at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, and on television in Canada, Israel, and the Netherlands. His theatrical video design has been featured in the Festival d'Avignon production Boxed In and in the Broadway musical Squonk; he's performed his live sound and video works at the Paradiso in Amsterdam and the Redcat Theater in Los Angeles. He was an artist-in-residence at the STEIM Center in 2002, and in 2001 and 2003 he was awarded Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowships.

Fox-Gieg is originally from Huntington, West Virginia; he got his MFA from CalArts in 2004, and his BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in 1999.

JJ Villard's film "Chestnuts Icelolly" has been selected to screen at Ottawa '05 Int'l Animation festival, Sept. 2005. JJ Villard is an alumni (2004) from the Character Animation Program. JJ Villard directs, edits and produces his own films. His film "Son of Satan" was awarded a Bunny at the Boston Underground Film Festival and screened at Cannes.

Rahul Das, MFA 2005 graduate from the Film Directing Program recently screened his film "India Spiceland" at the FILMI 6-2005, South Asian film festival Toronto, Canada, celebrating South Asian talent from around the world. Festival dates were Aug. 5-13, 2005. 'India Spiceland" was screened Aug. 7th to a packed house at York Quay Theatre.

Exciting news from Rahul Das, alum 2005, Film Directing Program:
'India Spiceland' (Producer/Director: Rahul Das) has been selected for screening in Seattle's 2nd Independent South Asian Film Festival. The main festival screenings dates are September 14 -18th.
Festival website: http://isaff.tasveer.org
India Spiceland website: http://www.rahuldasfilms.com