Petrels Compete in National Campus MovieFest

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The team from Oglethorpe’s Best Picture “The Crush.”

In early February, Oglethorpe hosted its second annual Campus MovieFest red carpet finale. Great fun was had by all as students came out to support their fellow petrels’ cinematic efforts.

The winners of the night were The Crush for Best Picture, Zork for Best Comedy, and No Hate: Embracing the LGBT Community for Best Drama.

Other award recipients include Santiago Agurcia for Best Actor in Mingled Yarn, and Ali Kight-Palmore for Best Actress in Untitled Break Up Story. The top movie contenders are now on their way to the main event in Hollywood, Calif. to compete against films from schools across the country.

CMF2This was OU’s second year participating in the Campus MovieFest competition, the world’s largest student film festival. Students at participating colleges and universities have one week to create their own short movies, with each school hosting red carpet finales to showcase its top movies. All the movies are five minutes or less, and use music created by the students themselves or contributed by thousands of independent artists. Since 2001, CMF has awarded more than $2 million in cash and prizes. Previous winners have gone on to be featured as in-flight segments on Virgin America, and at the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival.

Just in case you missed all the fun of finale night, there is still one more chance to get in on the action! Go online and vote for your favorite video to be selected as the wild card submission for the competition in Hollywood. Visit the Campus MovieFest website and start viewing. The video that gathers the most views will be chosen.  And don’t forget to visit CMF on Facebook and see photos from 2014 CMF competition at OU.

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