SMC Film Program - Santa Monica College

Congratulations to SMC Film Production alum Dennis Sandoval (producer of WITH A SINGLE LEG; SMC short film # 13) on the full-house premiere of his directorial feature film debut, SALSIPUEDES STREET !

Welcome to the Fall 2024 semester!
You can read the whole article here (link in bio):
https://www.argonautnews.com/arts_and_events/hitting-the-top-10-magazine-dubs-smc-one-of-the-best-film-schools/article_7471bb3a-544d-11ef-a416-5f4e2ba52abe.html

“We are delighted to have once again been ranked as one of the best film schools in North America by such a prestigious, well-respected institution as MovieMaker magazine,” said Salvador Carasco, SMC film production faculty lead, who went on to state that this distinction helps validate the program’s two main philosophical tenets:

1. Students should be able to receive the highest-quality filmmaking education without having to incur financial debt for years, if not decades to come.

2. Our faculty are actively teaching, challenging, and helping our students achieve what they set out to do with on-set professional guidance and mentorship. Rather than send out students to film on their own (which they can do outside of school), SMC’s approach ensures that when students graduate from our program, they have role models to emulate in terms of working methodology, safety procedures, and high-standard results expressed in films that have something to say about the complex world we live in.

“Both of the above set us apart from many other film schools, which is why MovieMaker’s recognition is so meaningful,” Carrasco said.

Since its launch in the fall of 2010, Santa Monica College’s award-winning film program has made 30 short films linked to the capstone class, Film 33. In the last ten years, eight SMC student films have been selected for/won accolades at the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the American Pavilion during the Cannes Film Festival (including 2021’s Best Student Film winner “Broken Layers”).

MovieMaker magazine has once again ranked our SMC Film Production Program as one of the 30 Best Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada in 2024! MovieMaker’s list includes private institutions such as AFI Conservatory, Columbia University School of the Arts, Northwestern University, New York University, UCLA, and USC, among others.

Many congratulations to all our students and faculty who made this remarkable achievement possible!

To read the whole story, go to…
https://www.moviemaker.com/best-film-schools-us-and-canada-2024/

AZIZAM is an official selection of the Festival Internacional de Cine de Gibara in Cuba… ¡Hasta la victoria siempre!

Visit to one of the main filming locations for Mel Gibson’s BRAVE HEART in the Western Highlands of Scotland.

Visit to the Danish Film Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark —the cradle of some of the best arthouse films of the 21st century.

Visit to Nordisk Film Studios in Oslo, Norway.

WHAT NEXT
Starring Roberta De Santis and Wayne Hodges
Written and Directed by Salvador Carrasco
Produced by Catharine Dada
DP: Vishal Solanki & Andrew Turman
Crew: SMC Film Production students

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Another “proof of concept” installment for the feature film LOVERS.
“What Next” - Written and Directed by Salvador Carrasco; Produced by Catharine Dada
DPs: Vishal Solanki & Andrew Turman
Crew: SMC Film Production students Starring: Roberta De Santis and Wayne Hodges

We are proud to share that the audio final mix of WOW! (SMC short film #22) has been completed in collaboration with our industry partner, Enhanced Media. It was a real pleasure working with writer-director Amy Brown Carver, with whom we’d team up again in a heartbeat —the measure of someone who “gets it” and will no doubt have a career in this challenging industry.
From left to right: Co-Executive Producer Salvador Carrasco, Director Amy Brown Carver, Sound Designer Quinn Cooper.

Some of our distinguished SMC Film Production graduates…

REPOST OF (SMC FILMMAKER AHMED REYAD)
🎬🎥 Appreciation post for Film 32 class with these talented people! From script to screen, we’ve learned, laughed, and created memories that will last a lifetime. A huge thank you to our inspiring professor Carrasco for guiding us every step of the way. Here’s to the hard work, early mornings and the beautiful art we brought to life together. Cheers to us! 🥂

“Silence”
Film 33
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.film in production now!

“Silence”
Film 32
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“Silence”
Film 32
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“Dead Poets Society”
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Film 32
“Maestro”
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Maestro Bartesaghi

Film 32
“Maestro”
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3 friends and film directors reunited today at CMD:
Salvador Carrasco, Laura Stabilini, and Simone Bartesaghi
*** Laura and her husband (DP extraordinaire Paul Cameron) brought the SMC Film Program to the attention of KESLOW Camera, which has co-produced our Film 33 projects for the past 7 years!
Thank you, thank you, thank you…

Film 32
“Sex, Lies, and Videotape”
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