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Sundance continues online amid COVID-19

Sundance continues online amid COVID-19
The Sundance Film Festival creatively fosters an intimate online experience to benefit students and filmmakers alike.
Lauren McBride, Senior Copy Editor February 6, 2021

Taking place fully online for the very first time, this year’s Sundance Film Festival was a unique and attainable experience. Though holding the festival in person is convenient for attendees to make connections and gives satisfaction to filmmakers, there were some benefits that come from the festival’s...

Film students close out COVID-19-challenged semester

[Left to right] Ben Skinner and Britt Skinner act in cinema and media arts major Graham Skinner's short film “Rookie.”
Quarantine forces filmmakers to exercise creativity.
Kayla Santos, Arts & Entertainment Editor May 2, 2020

From seeking out family members as actors to shooting video on iPhones, film students have been forced to “make do with what they have.” In addition, some have had to bid summer projects adieu in hopes of returning to them in the fall. But the outcomes of quarantine have not all been negative. The...

Symphony Orchestra draws community to concert

Students and faculty collaborated to perform pieces from the Romantic period.
Students and faculty collaborated to perform pieces from the Romantic period.
Brittany Ung, Web Editor November 24, 2019

Biola’s Symphony Orchestra tuned up on Saturday night at Crowell’s Lansing Recital Hall to perform works from composers Giuseppe Verdi, Dmitri Shostakovich and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovski.  The concert opened with a swelling rendition of Verdi’s I Vespri Siciliani Overture. Then, the symphony’s...

Film students tackle full-length films

Film students tackle full-length films
Three Biolans fulfill vision of creating their first feature films.
Kayla Santos, Arts & Entertainment Editor April 13, 2019

(This story was originally published in print on Apr. 11, 2019). Seeking variety from typical short films and miniscule projects, three Biola film students spent their summers putting their full-length scripts to screen, a feat no student has accomplished while enrolled at Biola. While senior cinema...