CADT student premieres grant winning film

Cinema Arts & Digital Technologies student, Conor Holt, premiered his latest film, “A Better Life” at the 2013 Fargo Film Festival. The project, which was produced through a Filmmaker’s Grant from the Minnesota Film & Television Board, concerns a woman’s efforts to deal with her comatose husband by means of a new, radical treatment. A number of CADT students and […]

Film Loop Journal seeking submissions

The Film Loop Journal is seeking submissions for its upcoming edition. If you have an article relating to film, including film reviews or essays on cinema, please send them to Conor Holt at holtco@mnstate.edu. Articles should be between 200-300 words long. The deadline is Monday, March 25. The next edition of the Journal will be published Thursday, March 28.

Cinethusiasts Film Club volunteered at Prairie Public Television

On Tuesday, Nov. 28, five students from the Cinethusiasts Film Club volunteered at Prairie Public Television for the station’s pledge drive. Nate Bakke, Kelly Dunifon, Conor Holt, Kristen Jensen, and Patrick McKeown answered phone calls from local donors all evening, got a tour of the studio and enjoyed free food from the Fry’n Pan. Volunteering at Prairie Public has been a […]

CADT students present at MPCA/ACA Conference

Two seniors, Conor Holt and Simone Leclaire, of Cinema Arts & Digital Technologies presented research papers at the Midwest Popular and American Culture Association Conference, Columbus, Ohio Oct 12-14. Holt’s paper is titled “Cinema Go Bragh: Irish Nationalism in Celtic Tiger Cinema” and Leclaire’s “Eyes of the Lady: Perspectives and Cinematic Representations of Women in New Danish Cinema.” Leclaire’s paper […]