Content area
Full Text
The University of California at San Diego issued the following press release:
It's a story about a misfit on a quirky journey of self discovery along the edge of society, "The Girl Who Came from The Sea" is one of the more surreal films in 40 original works by UC San Diego students that will be presented by ArtPower! each Sunday in October at the Loft as part of Press Rewind Plus '08.
The student films speak to younger generation and reveal that student filmmakers are more interested in self-exploration than politics, according to ArtPower! film curator Rebecca Webb.
Daring, whimsical, heartbreaking, creative and thought-provoking are some of the words Webb uses to describe Press Rewind Plus '08, which starts at 6:30 p.m., Oct. 5 and runs through Oct. 26. "Student filmmakers can really represent their generation more than commercial filmmakers," she said. "A lot of student films in the seventies were about politics, but these students are more introspective."
"The Girl Who Came from the Sea," directed by Jessie Pellegrino, UC San Diego '08, was lauded at UCSD's Up & Coming '08 - the...