Bryan College Triangle

Thomas and Batt discuss ideas for Batt’s script during filming. / Triangle photo by Anna Katherine Thomas

Anna Katherine Thomas
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After the Broad Street Film Festival last year, students complained and lamented that the event did not live up to past film festivals, but this year the film festival will return to a three-day event, according to Chris Clark, Bryan College’s film professor.

“We are trying to go with that three prong 2012, meaning showings Thursday night, Friday night some kind of educational component for the filmmakers, and then Saturday having the awards night, the formal Oscar-like night,” said Clark.

In 2011, Clark attempted to begin the planning process for the festival with a group of students, but he said only two or three people showed up for the meetings.

At that time, Chattanooga State Community College stepped in and said it would put on a toned down version of the film festival, according to Clark.

With a limited amount of time to put the festival together, Chattanooga State decided to make the event one night, instead of three, with online or on the spot voting. Read full story »

In a screenshot from King's film "This is the Face", senior actor Derek Batt looks out over a local bridge./Courtesy of junior T.K. King

by Billy Findley
Online Editor

For months it has seemed like the Broad Street Film Festival would be virtually nonexistent this year. The time to raise funds and awareness for the event, plus plan the showings at the Majestic Theater in Chattanooga along with the ostentatious awards ceremony, just seemed too daunting for Bryan College to do alone. However, after a meeting and a series of email exchanges between Chris Clark, assistant professor of communications studies, and Chris Willis, professor of media technology at Chattanooga State Technical Community College (Tenn.), the showings will go on, but there will not be an awards ceremony this year.

“Really it was UTC (University of Tenn.) and Chattanooga State that said, ‘this needs to go on,” Clark said.

While sitting in a meeting at Chattanooga State in February with faculty and some student filmmakers from Chattanooga State, Clark said the collective interest in putting on a festival became apparent.

“Students were at the meeting and they said, ‘man it was awesome last year. We went to the showings, we went to the awards night – we were blown away,’” Clark said. Read full story »

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In its second official year, the Broad Street Film Festival held a three-evening event last weekend, April 22-24. Unlike last year, however, the festival was not run by Bryan College.

The Broad Street Film Festival is a nonprofit organization under the umbrella of The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga. According to a Broad Street Festival news release, the organization’s goal is to “enhance the film culture of Chattanooga by hosting a film festival that provides community exposure for collegiate filmmaking talent as well as educational and networking opportunities for the next generation of filmmakers in the Chattanooga region.”

The events included a screenings of festival films at the Carmike Majestic  12 last Thursday night, which was attended by over 400 people, an informal evening with Director Scott Teems on Friday for the filmmakers and the formal awards ceremony on Saturday evening at the Tivoli Theatre, which was attended by 600 people. Read full story »

by Matt Crutchfield, senior staff writer

Team for You Dropped Your Quarter accepts their award best short narrative.

The iron curtain of athletic rivalry between Bryan College and Covenant College (Lookout Mt., Ga.) was torn down last Saturday when the two schools united to celebrate the creative art of film.

The first annual Broad Street Film Festival was held at the Tivoli Theatre in Chattanooga, Tenn. and was enjoyed by students and staff members from both colleges, as well as honored friends and family. Read full story »

Broad Street Film Festival Pool:

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• The deadline for entering the contest is Saturday, April 25, at midnight EST.

Long Narrative:
A Pistol in Hand is Worth Two in the Glove Box
A Park Bench for Todd Kirkland
Give Me a Break
The Fountain of Youth

Short Narrative:
Octopus’ Garden
Sock Feet
You Dropped Your Quarter
Interrogation Room

Director:
A Pistol in Hand is Worth Two in the Glove Box
Sock Feet
The Fountain of Youth
All My Friends

Best Actor:
A Pistol in Hand is Worth Two in the Glove Box: Rob Yates
A Park Bench for Todd Kirkland: Jason Hundley
The Fountain of Youth: Nathanael Booth

Best Actress:
A Park Bench for Todd Kirkland: Brittany McGehee
Danish Day: Hillary Tullberg
The Fountain of Youth: Rachel Yellen

Best Supporting Actor:
My Brother’s Keeper: Clayton Schmidt
Interrogation Room / The Fountain of Youth: Max Belz
Danish Day: Cameron Lane

Best Foreign Film:
Der Zavn

Cinematography:
A Pistol in Hand is Worth Two in the Glove Box
Sense
You Dropped Your Quarter
All My Friends

Editing:
Sense
You Dropped Your Quarter
A Pistol in Hand is Worth Two in the Glove Box

Original Music:
A Pistol in Hand is Worth Two in the Glove Box
Sock Feet
You Dropped Your Quarter