Campus Movie Fest (CMF) has invaded UNC. Filmmakers around campus have been making movies for the past week, with the hope that they will be screened this Wednesday.
The contest began on Feb. 27. Any UNC student was allowed to enter and would be given a week and some filming equipment to make the best short film possible.
Sara Stewart, a promoter for the UNC edition of CMF, said that in 2015 there were 32 entrants in UNC’s contest, but this year she expects even more — around 40 or 50.
“We are an amateur film festival but we want it to be like the beginning — a student’s first taste of a professional film festival,” Stewart said.
CMF started when a resident advisor at Emory University wanted to create an activity for his residents to do in their dorms. It was a hit, and has grown since its beginning from a film festival at Emory to an event that spans across the country.
This year’s edition of CMF at UNC has attracted a wide array of filmmakers, whose ideas run the gamut from serious and pensive to absurd and hilarious.
UNC sophomore Alex Kim entered her film “Not in This World” into the competition. Kim said her film is all about the micro-aggressions that occur in interracial relationships.
“It’s been pretty difficult. I mean not really difficult, just kind of hard to choose between wanting to allow someone else to experience your culture versus just being comfortable within your culture,” Kim said.
UNC sophomore Claire Goray is the writer and producer of “Roy Williams is My Father,” another film in the contest. The film is about a fictitious UNC student who believes basketball head coach Roy Williams is her father.
