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By Geoff MclMurtry
Senior Editor
This Saturday, die works of sev
eral possible future Fcllinisor student
Spielbergs will be open to public
consumption, observation, inspec
tion, etc. when the ISth Annual Re
gion V Student Film Awards nomi
nees arc put through preliminary
judging at Sheldon T heater.
Region V is the northern Midwest
region, encompassing all colleges
and universities in the states of Michi
gan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Illinois, Iowa, North Dakota South
Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Mis
souri, and including wcll-knowm film
schools like the University of Chi
cago and Northwestern University.
Three films by UNL students are
entered in the competition — Dan
Hoffman’s experimental “When
Dead Eyes Open,” and “Whose Kids
Are These?” and “Milk and Honey,”
both dramatic entries directed by
David Stilwell. “Whose Kids” is a
product of Wheeler Dixon’s Spring
1987 16 millimeter filmmaking
course, while “Milk and Honey” and
“Dead Eyes” were both done as inde
pendent study projects (and self-fi
nanced) by the directors.
i ne eveni is sponsored oy me
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences (the “Oscar” folks), the
Academy Foundation, and the Col
gate-Palmolive Company.
Regional winners in the categories
of Animation, Documentary, Dra
matic and Experimental will be sent
on to Chicago to compete in regional
semi-finals on April 16. Films win
ning in the semi-finals will be sent on
to Los Angeles and vote^ on by the
Academy.
The winning films wui be honored
by the Academy at its Beverly Hills
headquarters on June 7. Student
filmmakers winning an overall cate
gory will be flown to Los Angeles for
a week and will also receive $1000
grants. Runners-up in each category
will receive $500 grants.
Screenings of the approximately
25 films, averaging about 15 minutes
each, are at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. and are
free and open to the public. At the
evening screening, refreshments will
be served in Sheldon’s Great Hall
during intermission. Because the fi
nal entry deadline is Friday, an order
of events has not yet been made up,
but schedules and synopses will be
available at the door.