Keith Wilson
As part of ongoing efforts to bring young and emerging talent to public television, ITVS recently hosted an invitation-only event for four filmmakers from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. Each were nominated by veteran producers who attended 2007’s LGBT Filmmaker Summit, a meeting that addressed issues related to the LGBT community. The ITVS Queer X-Change was hosted by the Programming Department’s Richard Saiz and Jonathan Archer and featured a case-study from ITVS-funded filmmaker Johnny Symons, who gave feedback to the presenters along with ITVS-funded filmmaker Charlotte Lagarde. UT Student Keith Wilson was invited to participate in the four person panel.
At the event, Wilson pitched a project titled “In The Family” where he examines his relationship to his roots through his complex and unexpected friendship with Matthew, his cousin and fourth-generation Ku Klux Klan member.
Marianela Vega Oroza
The 12th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, a competition designed to showcase the best of Latino and indigenous cinema, has recognized University of Texas at Austin MFA student Marianela Vega Oroza.
Her film Conversation II won the Jury Award for Best Documentary Short.
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