Mass media department hosts its annual WIFI Film Festival

On April 21-23, the mass media department held its annual WIFI Film Festival. This year’s theme was art and healing. Filmmakers from around the world sent in their films and various guest speakers held workshops.  Friday, April 21 kicked off the festival in the Mulvane Art Museum with guest speaker Leonora Anzaldua, a filmmaker. The event was well attended with students, faculty and visitor...

The WIFI Film Festival continued into Saturday, April 22 at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library. This event featured workshops with multiple filmmakers, a woman's panel and 30 featured films from 23+ countries. The accepted films were separated into seven categories and shown at Arts Connect and T&SCP Library.  Over 106 films were submitted to this year's festival. The WIFI Film Fe...

The end of day two for the WIFI Film Festival featured a filmmaker talk from Micah Brown, and the film, “The Goonies,” at Evergy Plaza. Bearing the chilly spring evening, many students and family members came to Evergy Plaza to listen to Micah Brown’s who gave the audience insight into his own career.   Brown gave the audience an inspirational talk about his experience in the film i...