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Regional / School Film Festivals as Pedagogy
Sunday April 6, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
W308
As film festivals proliferate, incorporating them into pedagogy becomes increasingly important. Regional festivals, school festivals, education, curated and submission festivals - each of these different types bring a new element for faculty to incorporate into how they teach.

How can faculty best use the experiential and temporal nature of film festivals to connect students to ideas being taught in theory and production classes on campus?
Moderator: Brent K Simonds, Illinois State University
Panelists:
Experiential Learning from Festival Submission Curation; Jason Brown, Valdosta State University
Submission as Coursework; Charity Robinson, Texas Christian University
Managing a Small Festival; Michael Crews, Georgia College & State University
Festival Management; Brent Simonds, Illinois State University
Production for Festivals; Kathy Bruner, Taylor University

Moderators
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Brent Simonds

Professor, Illinois State University
Mass Media Program Coordinator in the School of Communication at Illinois State University
Speakers
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Charity Robinson

Instructor, Texas Christian University Department of Film, Television and Digital Medi
Instructor in the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media at Texas Christian University.
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Michael Crews

Georgia College & State University
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Kathy Bruner

Professor, Film & Media Production, Taylor University
During my 30 year career in higher ed, I have taught courses in film and television production, documentary filmmaking, media history, and writing for both fiction and nonfiction. I have a Master of Fine Arts in Filmmaking with an emphasis on documentary.
Sunday April 6, 2025 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
W308
  Production Aesthetics & Criticism, Teaching Techniques/Tips & Educational Programs |   Service Learning & Community Engagement, Teaching Techniques/Tips & Educational Programs |   BEA, Teaching Techniques/Tips & Educational Programs

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