Wednesday, July 2

Sundance 2023 Q&A: ‘Theater Camp’ writers, directors discuss reflecting friendship onscreen

Just like their campers, the writers and directors of “Theater Camp” are a tight-knit unit. For their feature directorial debut, Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman collaborated with friends and writers Ben Platt and Noah Galvin on “Theater Camp.” Premiered in the U.S. Read more...

Photo: Noah Galvin (left) and Ben Platt (right) pose at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The pair served as co-writers on “Theater Camp.” (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)


Sundance 2023: Coming-of-age film ‘The Starling Girl’ explores nuances of adolescence, sexuality

This post was updated Jan. 29 at 8:38 p.m. “The Starling Girl” hits close to home for writer-director Laurel Parmet. In her first feature film as a Sundance Institute Feature Film Program fellow, Parmet said she drew inspiration from her own experience dating an older man. Read more...

Photo: Laurel Parmet smiles off to the side. Her film “The Starling Girl” premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)



Student organization RefineLA promotes environmentally conscious fashion at UCLA

Style and sustainability are being redefined at RefineLA. Led by fourth-year statistics student and club president Sheridan Ohlinger, RefineLA is a student organization devoted to making environmentally conscious fashion easily available to both UCLA students and the greater Los Angeles area. Read more...

Photo: Alyssa Vu, Faith Yuan and Sheridan Ohlinger wear their favorite outfits. The three students are a part of RefineLA, a campus organization that focuses on sustainability in fashion. (From left to right: Courtesy of Alyssa Vu, Courtesy of Faith Yuan, Courtesy of Sheridan Ohlinger)


Sundance 2023: Alumnus Randall Park makes directorial debut with film ‘Shortcomings’

This post was updated Jan. 29 at 8:28 p.m. Randall Park’s directorial debut is no shortcoming. As a first-time director, the alumnus premiered his feature “Shortcomings” in the U.S. Read more...

Photo: Randall Park smiles at the Sundance red carpet. The alumnus’s directorial debut “Shortcomings” premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. (Vivian Xu/Daily Bruin senior staff)



UCLA student Connor Gilbert unites passion for film, music through score writing

This post was updated Jan. 24 at 9:13 p.m. Connor Gilbert is determining what is instrumental to film composition. The second-year global jazz studies student is combining their passions for both film and music in the world of film composition and filmmaking. Read more...

Photo: Connor Gilbert stands against a white wall. The second-year global jazz studies student said they are interested in both filmmaking and score composition. (Photo by Shane Yu. Photo Illustration by Amber Lee)