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The 2011 Broad Street Film Festival
Thursday, April 7
Showings at 7 pm and 9 pm
Admission: $6
Carmike Majestic 12
311 Broad Street, Chattanooga

Last year's event was held April 22-24, 2010, with this schedule:

  • Film Screenings @ the Carmike Majestic 12 (THURSDAY)
  • An Evening with Filmmaker Scott Teems (FRIDAY)
  • The Awards Ceremony @ the Tivoli (SATURDAY)
  • Afterparty @ Club Fathom (Hosted by the Covenant College Film Club)
 
The annual Broad Street Film Festival is a celebration of the creative achievements of the students of Bryan College, Covenant College, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Southern Adventist University, and Chattanooga State, as displayed through the medium of film. During the academic year leading up to the film festival, students script, shoot, edit, and produce films that can range in length from just a few minutes up to feature-length presentations.
 
These films are then judged by a group of professional filmmakers and critics and awards are presented based on story, creativity, professionalism, and more. The films are also screened before the festival by students, and a People's Choice Award is given to the film that garners the most votes from the filmmakers' peers. 


The 2010 Award Recipients

  • Best Production Design-Covenant College, I Am a Stone
  • Best Editing-Southern, Get Started
  • Best Cinematography-Animals, Bryan College-Colton Davie and Jordan Pilgrim
  • Best Original Score-Maxwell’s Beasley’s Heart, Bryan College, Daniel Paul Lawson-not a Bryan student but a friend of Phillip Johnston who composed music specifically for their film.
  • Best Music Video-Covenant College, I Am a Stone
  • Best Actor-Cameron Lane/Bryan College-Animals
  • Best Documentary-Bryan College-Almost Space, Bryce James McGuire
  • Best Screenplay-Covenant College-Dukes of Leon
  • Best Actress-Tori Woodson/Bryan College-Animals
  • Best Director-Ian Pratt/Covenant College
  • Best Picture-Bryan College/Animals-Phillip Johnston, Colton Davie, Bryce James McGuire
  • People's Choice-Bryan College/Maxwell Beasley’s Heart-Jordan Pilgrim and Bryan Saylor

History of the Film Festival

This annual festival began as a spring 2004 Medium of Film class project designed by Professors Ray Legg, Michael Palmer and Ron Petitte. The festival expanded in 2007 with its move to the Tivoli Theatre. Mr. Chris Clark, who currently teaches the Medium of Film course with Mr. Palmer, explains that the name of the festival, formerly known as the Bryan Film Festival, was changed in 2009 to reflect Bryan's collaboration with Covenant College and the addition of co-sponsors Sky Angel and Redbox. In 2010, three more colleges joined to form Chattanooga's only regional, original, and educational film festival.

For More Information

 Please contact Mr. Chris Clark, or check out the BSFF website.