  {"id":27571,"date":"2017-03-15T09:21:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T14:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=27571"},"modified":"2017-03-29T16:15:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T21:15:41","slug":"headwaters-film-festival-march-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/15\/headwaters-film-festival-march-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter-Themed Headwaters Film Festival Kicks Off on March 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wizardry and witchcraft will fill the Bangsberg Fine Arts Complex on March 30-31 for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ&rsquo;s Harry Potter-themed fifth annual Headwaters Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>The two-day festival will feature a collection of films from the Colorado Environmental Film Festival, screenings of international student films and 15 films by student filmmakers from Minnesota. International film screenings will include a Skype session with guest speakers from Turkey and videos from the Syros Summer Seminar. The international film competition will include student submissions from Germany, Austria, Spain, Bulgaria, Senegal, Jordan\/Palestine, Singapore and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>A film from the Harry Potter series will cap each day of the festival. A limited number of wands and Harry Potter glasses will be given away prior to each session of the festival, and popcorn, candy and beverages will be available.<\/p>\n<p>All Headwaters Film Festival activities will be held in the Main Theatre of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ&rsquo;s Bangsberg Fine Arts Complex and are open to the public free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>The Headwaters Film Festival is a completely student-run initiative that is planned, produced and operated by students taking the Headwaters Film Festival course in Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ&rsquo;s Department of Integrated Media, taught by Deb Sea, assistant professor of integrated media. This year, more than 30 students are taking the course and producing the festival.<\/p>\n<h4><a id=\"StudentFilms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><\/a>Minnesota Student Films<\/h4>\n<p>This year&rsquo;s Minnesota Student Filmmakers competition features 15 films by 16 students from Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Minnesota State University Mankato and the University of Minnesota. Three entries were produced by Bemidji State students, and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ student Judson Tharin collaborated on three entries with University of Minnesota student Will Nordstrom.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&ldquo;Depression&rdquo; by Hannah Cook, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;Downward Spiral&rdquo; by Hana Kim, Shelana Ysen and Kelsey Jacobson, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;Chris and Kaela&rdquo; by Tristen Carlson, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;New Form of Deliverance&rdquo;, &ldquo;Iced Lines and Dark Water&rdquo; and &ldquo;Light, shifting the shapes I once saw&rdquo; by Will Nordstrom, University of Minnesota, and Judson Tharin, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;Printer&rdquo; by Derek Bauer and Jess Kalina, Minnesota State University Moorhead<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;Sci-Fi Hour Line&rdquo; by Joe Greening, Minnesota State University Moorhead<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;The B&rsquo;s Knees&rdquo; and &ldquo;Safe&rdquo; by Katie Urman, Minnesota State University Moorhead<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;The Barbershop Barbershop&rdquo; by Bryce Barrie, Minnesota State University Moorhead<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;Jazzy and Mumbo&rdquo; by Aaron Beck, Minnesota State University Moorhead<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;Electric Love&rdquo; by Zachary Liverseed, Minnesota State University Mankato<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;Lost 40&rdquo; by Seth Dahlseid, University of Minnesota<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;Specular Experiment&rdquo; by Torey Erin, University of Minnesota<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Colorado Environmental Film Festival<\/h4>\n<p>The Colorado Environmental Film Festival features films and dialogue that raise awareness of a wide variety of interconnected ecological, social and economic themes. The festival&rsquo;s goal is to have its audiences leave feeling as if they can be a part of the solution to environmental problems.<\/p>\n<h4>The Syros Summer Seminar<\/h4>\n<p>The Syros Summer Seminar, held on the Greek island of Syros, is an intensive 10-day workshop on journalism, new media, culture and the creative economy that accepts only 25 graduate and advanced undergraduate students from around the world each year.<\/p>\n<h4>Festival Schedule<\/h4>\n<h5>Thursday &ndash; March 30<\/h5>\n<p>12:30-1:45 p.m. &ndash; Colorado Environmental Film Festival<br>\n2-3:15 p.m. &ndash; International Student Films<br>\n3:30-4:45 p.m. &ndash; International Student Films II; guest speaker to be announced<br>\n5-7:45 p.m. &ndash; Feature film, &ldquo;Harry Potter and the Sorceror&rsquo;s Stone&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h5>Friday &ndash; March 31<\/h5>\n<p>1-1:50 p.m. &mdash; International Student Films, Skype guest speakers from Turkey and Syros Seminar videos<br>\n2-2:50 p.m. &mdash; International Student Films<br>\n3-3:50 p.m. &mdash; Minnesota Student Films plus talkback sessions<br>\n4-4:50 p.m. &mdash; Minnesota Student Films plus talkback sessions<br>\n5-7:30 p.m. &mdash; Festival prize winners and feature film, &ldquo;Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h5>Contact<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Deb Sea, assistant professor of integrated media, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ; <a href=\"tel:2187553358\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">(218) 755-3358<\/a>, <a href=\"mailto:dsea@bemidjistate.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">dsea@bemidjistate.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"Haley.Pollock@live.bemidjistate.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Haley Pollock<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>, festival marketing and promotions<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"Bailey.Wright@live.bemidjistate.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Bailey Wright<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>, festival marketing and promotions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Links<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>&ldquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0241527\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Harry Potter and the Sorceror&rsquo;s Stone<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>&rdquo; on IMDB<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3183660\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>&rdquo; on IMDB<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceff.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Colorado Environmental Film Festival<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/syrossummerseminar.edu.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Syros Summer Seminar<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/MN-State-logo-100x175.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24884 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/MN-State-logo-100x175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"175\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/MN-State-logo-100x175-e1539967051802.jpg\"><\/a>Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ<\/b>, located in northern Minnesota&rsquo;s lake district, occupies a wooded campus along the shore of Lake Bemidji. A member of the colleges and universities of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minnstate.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Minnesota State<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>, Bemidji State offers more than 80 undergraduate majors and 11 graduate degrees encompassing arts, sciences and select professional programs. Bemidji State has an enrollment of more than 5,100 students and a faculty and staff of more than 550. University signature themes include environmental stewardship, civic engagement and global and multi-cultural understanding.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"smaller\" style=\"text-align: right;\">2017-B-L-075<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wizardry and witchcraft will fill the Bangsberg Fine Arts Complex on March 30-31 for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ\u2019s Harry Potter-themed fifth annual Headwaters Film Festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[872,953,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-mybsu","category-top-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27571"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27579,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27571\/revisions\/27579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}