The 2016 University of Guam Film Festival of the Pacific (UOGFF) Spring Local Showcase has announced the official line-up for its second spring event set to take place April 29th and 30th, 2016 from 10am to 10pm Friday and Saturday at the UOG Lecture Hall and the UOG Fine Arts Theatre.

A total of 14 world premieres from the Mariana Islands will be exhibited. Admission to each screening will be $5.00. Only cash payments will be accepted at the door.

Scheduled to appear is Hollywood special effects make­up artist and hair stylist, Analyn Cruz. Cruz, originally from Guam, is scheduled to conduct a movie makeup workshop at the 2016 UOGFF. Cruz has made her mark on the Hollywood scene working at Paramount Studios and on projects such as The Grammys and The Oscars. She has worked for celebrities such as Matthew Gray Gubler (Criminal Minds ­ CBS), Kat Dennings (2 Broke Girls ­ CBS), James Roday and Dule Hill (Psych ­ USA), Matthew Fox, Kurt Russell and David Arquette (Bone Tomahawk ­ RLJ Entertainment), The Wayans Brothers and more.

The 2016 UOGFF will unveil the world premiere of the highly anticipated Guam documentary, “American Soil, Chamorro Soul”. The film will make its debut as the festival’s centerpiece film. The documentary, produced and directed by Guam resident and travel blogger Jessica Peterson, has been in production since March 2015 and features interviews with Chamorro cultural practitioners on Guam.

Additional festival highlights include an unprecedented cash prize award for the top three films totaling two­thousand dollars. The top three films and two audience choice winners will go on to vie for the “Best Made in the Marianas” honors at the Guam International Film Festival (GIFF) signature fall event in September 2016.

For complete showtimes and film schedules, visit guamfilmfestival.org, on Instagram at @guamfilmfestival and fb.com/guamfilmfestival

 

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2016 UOGFF Official Selections

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILMS

“AMERICAN SOIL, CHAMORRO SOUL” ­ directed by Jessica Peterson (Guam) “WAR FOR GUAM” ­ directed by Frances Negrón­Muntaner (New York/Guam)

NARRATIVE FEATURE FILMS

“YOU’RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE...KID” ­ directed by Kyle Twardowski (Guam)
“MAISA: THE CHAMORU GIRL WHO SAVES GUAHAN” ­ directed by Michael Q. Ceballos (animation, Hawaii/Guam)

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS

“CLOSING THE GAPS ­ WORDS OF HOPE” ­ directed by PeaceGuam.org (Guam) “THE NEIGHBORHOOD” ­ directed by David Yamartino (Guam)
“SOUDELOR: SAIPAN STRONG” ­ directed by Svetlana Hunter (Saipan)

NARRATIVE SHORT FILMS

“AYOTTE: WAY OF THE WARRIOR POET” ­ directed by Ben Salas (Saipan) “DREAM” ­ directed by Xaphrious Phoenix (Guam)

“MASKS” ­ directed by Xaphrious Phoenix (Guam)
“NORMAL” ­ directed by James Aevermann (Guam)
“O MOTHER DEAREST” ­ directed by Nancy Twardowski (Guam) “THE VIRGIN FLOWER” ­ directed by Dylan Montalbo (Guam) “WHAT GOES AROUND” ­ directed by Robert Patricio, Jr. (Guam)

STUDENT SHORT FILMS

“GROUP” ­ directed by Alyssa Eclavea (University of Guam, CO394)
“A TWIST OF YARN” ­ directed by Whisper Dela Cruz and Julianne Hernandez (University of Guam, CO394)
“THE INITIATE” ­ directed by Ashley Martinez and Jeffrey Bautista (University of Guam, CO394)

Filmmakers, cast and crew are scheduled to attend Q&A/discussion sessions immediately after their films are screened.

The Guam International Film Festival (GIFF) has officially partnered with the University of Guam College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences to produce the University of Guam Film Festival of the Pacific (UOGFF) Spring Local Showcase, a launching pad for original work made exclusively in the Mariana Islands.