CUFF | 2017
8-9:30 a.m.
Screening of Relocation, Arkansas, film from this year’s Philadelphia Asian-American Film Festival about Japanese Internment camps
9:40-11:10 a.m.
English instructor and filmmaker Tracey Lewis-Giggetts will discuss the challenges of being a first-time, independent filmmaker making the transition from writing to visual storytelling
11:20 a.m.-12:50 p.m.
Deaf actor Robert DeMayo and assistant professor Brian Morrison discuss their work on the film Universal Signs, the story of a deaf man who must learn to forgive, love, and reconnect with the world after his fiancé’s daughter dies while in his care. Presentation in ASL; voice interpreter provided for hearing audience members.
1-2:30 p.m.
Web series creator Christina Faith and members of her cast and crew host a panel discussion on her series, Single and Anxious, which looks at dating, relationships and friendships through the lens of millennial students of color.
2:40-4:10 p.m.
Screening of films not selected to compete as finalists but worthy of being screened.
6-7:30 p.m.
Director John Olshefski discusses his documentary, Quest, the portrait of a North Philadelphia family, which was selected to compete in the Sundance Film Festival, along with Christopher “Quest” Rainey, the main subject of the piece.
7:40-9:30 p.m.
Screening of film finalists and awarding of prizes.