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Fine Cut features a collection of short films from schools across Southern California, including, winners in the categories of Documentary, Narrative and Animation.
This festival is a tribute to Fine Cut founder, Jack Larson. In the late 1990s, the actor, librettist, screenwriter and producer had the idea of creating a student film series that would provide talented students with the much-needed opportunity to have their short films selected for television broadcast. Mr. Larson thought that public television was an excellent platform for providing critical visibility to emerging filmmakers.
PBS SoCal shares Mr. Larson's enthusiasm for showcasing local student filmmaking and 25 years later, Fine Cut continues to be a flagship program for Southern California's flagship PBS organization.
An animatronic cowboy fights for creative freedom in "Under Refurbishment," a drama from Biola. Chapman documentary "A Piece of Myself" examines the appropriation of Indigenous culture by Alaska's booming tourism industry. Two Nigerian weightlifters compete against each other for a chance to win US citizenship in "Lift," a drama from NYFA followed by animated short "Sports Day" from USC.
Under Refurbishment. An animatronic cowboy at a Western-themed family entertainment park struggles to maintain his creative freedom. (Griffin Douglass/Biola)
A Piece of Myself. Three Alaskan Native artists define the intrinsic value of their work, while a booming downtown tourism industry extracts and appropriates their culture into souvenirs. (Vivienne Ayres, Audrey Shuppert, Nidhi Kumar/Chapman)
Lift. Two Nigerian immigrants thrust themselves into the world of competitive weightlifting for a chance to gain American citizenship. (Abraham Amkpa/NYFA)
Sports Day. A girl struggles for her mom's approval in a lively school sports event. (Jessica Wu/USC)
Families separated by oceans, mistakes and magic.
Fine Cut features a collection of short films from schools across Southern California, including, winners in the categories of Documentary, Narrative and Animation.
This festival is a tribute to Fine Cut founder, Jack Larson. In the late 1990s, the actor, librettist, screenwriter and producer had the idea of creating a student film series that would provide talented students with the much-needed opportunity to have their short films selected for television broadcast. Mr. Larson thought that public television was an excellent platform for providing critical visibility to emerging filmmakers.
PBS SoCal shares Mr. Larson's enthusiasm for showcasing local student filmmaking and 25 years later, Fine Cut continues to be a flagship program for Southern California's flagship PBS organization.