A free short film festival at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva will explore time, memory and aging Monday, Nov. 9, with a program selected by seniors in the Media and Society Department.
The Capstone Film Festival begins at 7 p.m. in the Fish Screening Room at the Gearan Center, according to a college announcement. Students, faculty, staff and members of the public are invited.
The evening will include approximately one hour of short films. A panel discussion led by students in the senior seminar will follow, giving audience members a chance to ask questions about the films and their selection.
Seniors selected films about passing time
The program grew out of the Media and Society Senior Seminar, where students worked under the guidance of Professor Leah Shafer. They took on the role of a film acquisitions board, with responsibility for evaluating possible selections for the festival.
Students screened and evaluated short films, proposed selections and then worked together to choose the final collection. The resulting program examines how people capture, preserve and reflect on moments throughout their lives.
Memory, aging and the moments that shape a lifetime connect the selections. For the seniors organizing the event, those themes also relate to their own transition as they approach the end of college and prepare for what follows, the announcement said.
During the discussion after the screening, student panelists will talk about the films’ themes and explain the reasoning behind their choices. Audience questions are part of that conversation.
The festival is open to the campus and Geneva communities. Admission is free for the short film program and the discussion that follows.
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