KCETs Annual Fine Cut Student Film Festival Honors Filmmakers From Eight Schools, Premiering January 7

Five-Week Series to Showcase Student Films from AFI, CalArts, Chapman University, Columbia College Hollywood, Idyllwild Arts Academy,Loyola Marymount University, UCLA and USC

Los Angeles, Calif. - January 09, 2013 - KCET, along with the Bridges/Larson and Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundations, presents Fine Cut: KCETs Annual Festival of Student Films, honoring filmmakers from eight renowned schools across Southern California. The five-week series will showcase some of the finest documentaries, comedic, dramatic and animated shorts by students. The series begins Jan. 17, 2013 at 9 p.m. during KCETs arts and culture series, Open Call hosted by Suzanna Guzmn. Many of the winning short films can also be streamed online at kcet.org/finecut.

This seasons participating student filmmakers hail from American Film Institute (AFI), California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Chapman University, Columbia College Hollywood, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Loyola Marymount University (LMU), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of Southern California (USC).

Were excited to offer another year of exceptional films from talented Southern California student filmmakers, said Bohdan Zachary, vice president of Broadcasting, Syndication and Program Development for KCET, who serves as executive producer of the annual series. A KCET mainstay for many years, the Fine Cut series contiues to deliver groundbreaking stories that showcase the human spirit in triumph and adversity.

Fine Cut: KCETs Festival of Student Films, kicks-off on Thursday, Jan. 17 with Kiss Me directed by Jules Nurrish of UCLA. The film tells the story of Kid Vargas, a boxer who is forced to face some devastating truths after he kills his opponent in the ring. Caterwaul directed by Ian Samuels of CalArts and Homecoming directed by Chapman Universitys Gursimran Sandhu will also air on the series first night.

Fine Cut is made possible by the Bridges/Larson Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting programs that serve film students. Fine Cut is also sponsored by the Lloyd E. Rigler-Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation, which supports young artists and community arts programs.

Films are chosen by professors and submitted to KCET for final selection. Fine Cut showcases films as diverse as the students who make them. Projects making the final cut have ranged from nail-biting suspense to gut-wrenching stories of love and loss.

Often, Fine Cut represents the television debut of a students work- which has led to other opportunities. In 2009, for example, UCLAs Hezekiah Lewis thesis film, Warrior Queen, featured on Fine Cut, led to funding for a feature-length version of the film that is currently in production.

Detailed information about all of the film shorts in this years series is available at kcet.org/finecut, which includes filmmaker biographies, film synopses, video streaming and discussion boards. Below, please find a complete list of films and scheduled airdates:

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