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Biola Film Festival rebrands as Guerrilla Student Film Festival

Biola Film Festival rebrands as Guerrilla Student Film Festival
The annual event moves to an online format due to COVID-19.
Kayla Santos, Arts & Entertainment Editor April 23, 2020

This year marks the first year that the Biola Film Festival acts independently from the university, rebranding as the Guerrilla Student Film Festival, named after the Guerrilla Film Society club, which formed on campus in 2001 but is now defunct.  Having planned to launch First Glance—an event...

Students seek to revive Biola Film Festival

Senior cinema and media arts major Lindsay Lewis and sophomore cinema and media arts major Griffin Douglass at the 2019 Biola Film Festival.
The annual event rebrands after loss of financial support.
Kayla Santos and Micah Kim February 8, 2020

The School of Cinema and Media Arts has decided not to fund the Biola Film Festival, an annual gala that awards student films for excellence in screening, acting, directing and more. In response, hundreds have joined a petition over the past few days to bring back the annual festival.  For the past...