Tallahassee Film Festival

Tallahassee Democrat
October 27, 2008
By Mark Hinson

Everyone can use a little more time, so The Tallahassee Film Festival is expanding its popular 24-Hour Film Contest to the 48-Hour Film Contest in the spring of 2009.

Officials from the Film Festival are expected to make that announcement and more later today during a special reception for volunteers and sponsors.

During the inaugural Tallahassee Film Festival in May, more than 15 teams of amateur and professional filmmakers signed on to write, act, shoot and edit a 5-minute movie in a 24-hour period. They were all given a common theme and a whopping $100 budget.

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December 6, 2008
By Paul de Revere, Tallahassee Democrat

Students at FAMU’s School of Journalism and Graphic Communication screened documentaries and long-form reporting in “The Way Eye See It,” a student-work showcase Friday at the school’s lecture hall.

Four mini-documentaries clocking in at about five minutes apiece take very different approaches but all focus on President-elect Barack Obama.

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