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Full Focus: How a campus film festival built a friendship

Written on January 17, 2020. Posted in Lifestyle, Postscript.

Jonathon: As a Film and Media minor, I knew entering university that I wanted to get involved in extracurricular activities that fostered my interest in making videos. Little did I know that, now, as a third-year student, I’d be the video editor at The Queen’s Journal. In a lot of ways, it all started...

Focus Film Festival rolls out red carpet at Grant Hall

Written on February 1, 2019. Posted in Arts, Film.

With only a theme, a camera, and 72-hours, 100 participants from 14 groups had to shoot and edit their own short films for this year’s Focus Film Festival. On Thursday, a full-house saw the results of each participant’s hard work as the 14 short films made their debut at the annual gala held at Grant...

Focus Film Festival a “jukebox” of short films

Written on February 6, 2018. Posted in Arts.

The Focus Film Festival is simple: 13 student teams are given 72 hours to write, produce and edit a short film based on a theme revealed at the beginning of a three-day period. On Feb. 1, a packed audience saw the results as the films debuted at the festival’s annual gala at The Bader Centre. This...

A cliché preview of Focus Film Festival

Written on January 24, 2017. Posted in Arts.

In only three days, one of the most anticipated events for student filmmakers will reel into Grant Hall. Focus Film Festival’s gala and screening, “It’s a Cliché for a Reason”, features a wide array of films shot and edited by student artists. This year, 11 teams of filmmakers were tasked with...

Two films win big at Kingston’s annual Focus Film Festival

Written on February 2, 2016. Posted in Arts.

This past Thursday evening, audiences were treated to a dazzling spectacle of cinematic achievement as 15 diverse films competed at the 13th annual Focus Film Festival. The festival, which took place at Grant Hall, is a student-run, not-for profit guerrilla filmmaking competition that provides Queen’s...

Focusing on student filmmakers

Written on January 22, 2016. Posted in Arts.

In just three days, students participating in the annual Focus Film Festival must conceptualize, write, shoot, direct and edit a short film. The 13th annual Focus Film Festival is a student-run film festival showcasing, judging and awarding short films made by groups of students over the course of 72...

Weekend film project to show at KCFF

Written on February 28, 2014. Posted in Arts.

Travelling and self-exploration can lead to artistic inspiration. That’s how Jonathan Klynkramer, ArtSci ’14, describes the idea for the script that won his short film The Path “Best Picture” and “Best Editing” awards at the 2014 Focus Film Festival. It will be shown next month at the Kingston Canadian...

Film with a focus

Written on January 14, 2014. Posted in Arts.

A topic, a camera and 72 hours. This is the premise behind the Focus Film Festival, a Queen’s-based event that was started 11 years ago. Since then, it has grown exponentially. “This is actually the biggest festival that we’ve had,” said Eva Otlewski, one of the festival co-directors. “We have 14...

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Full Focus: How a campus film festival built a friendship

Focus Film Festival rolls out red carpet at Grant Hall

Focus Film Festival a “jukebox” of short films

A cliché preview of Focus Film Festival

Two films win big at Kingston’s annual Focus Film Festival

Focusing on student filmmakers

Weekend film project to show at KCFF

Film with a focus

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