{"id":41391,"date":"2016-12-13T14:03:43","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T20:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=41391"},"modified":"2024-10-15T14:39:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T19:39:44","slug":"peck-filmmakers-show-work-sundance-slamdance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/peck-filmmakers-show-work-sundance-slamdance\/","title":{"rendered":"Peck filmmakers to show work at Sundance, Slamdance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two UWM Peck School of the Arts filmmakers will screen work at Park City, Utah, film festivals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyhopinka.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Hopinka<\/a>, a film department instructor and alumnus, will return to the Sundance Film Festival, Jan. 19-29. His film <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skyhopinka.com\/visions-of-an-island\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Visions of an Island&#8221;<\/a> will screen in the festival&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sundance.org\/blogs\/news\/short-film-program-announced-for-2017-festival\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">documentary short film program<\/a> and in its environmentally themed New Climate program.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41392\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41392\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-41392 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/hopinka300x200-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a film maker\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sky Hopinka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hopinka received an MFA from the department in 2016. He is a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and a descendant of the Pechanga Band of Luise\u00f1o Indians. His heritage informs his video work. His film &#8220;J\u00e1aji Approx.&#8221; screened at Sundance in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Visions of an Island&#8221; will also screen in the Whitney Biennial 2017 at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York from March 17 through June 11.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41393\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/kymmcdaniel\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-41393 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/12\/mcdaniel-250x300-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"mcdaniel-250x300\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kym McDaniel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/kymmcdaniel\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kym McDaniel<\/a>, a student pursing a film MFA, will have work in the 2017 Slamdance Film Festival, Jan. 20-26. Her film &#8220;Press Play&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/slamdance.com\/SLAMDANCE-2017-ANNOUNCES-SPECIAL-SCREENINGS-BEYOND-FEATURES-AND-SHORT\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will premiere in the experimental shorts program<\/a>. The film is about a little girl facing entrapment in an adult world.<\/p>\n<p>Filmmakers like Christopher Nolan and Lena Dunham gained notice early in their careers at Slamdance. Winners of the festival&#8217;s jury prizes for narrative, animated and documentary shorts qualify for Academy Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two UWM Peck School of the Arts filmmakers will screen work at Park City, Utah, film festivals. Sky Hopinka, a film department instructor and alumnus, will return to the Sundance Film Festival, Jan. 19-29. 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