This was my second year attending the Visions Film Festival & Conference. Last year's festivities were amazing, but this year Visions knocked it out of the park. I'm incredibly impressed with my fellow classmates (and Shannon!) who dedicated so much time and effort to put on such a fantastic event; their efforts made last weekend one of the greatest things I've experienced while being at UNCW! The event itself was so well organized, but the icing on the cake was the pool of talented filmmakers and scholars who got to showcase their work. I had heard so much about the awesome film submissions all year long and couldn't wait to see some inspiring work. Of course I was expecting to see great student films from all over, but I was not prepared for the mass amount of ingenuity and genius that radiated from each film. Gifted doesn't even begin to describe the featured filmmakers and scholars. I attended the 2nd film block and was absolutely blown away by every single filmmaker and animator. Creativity, originality, production value- they had it all and kept everyone in that audience captivated the entire time. I couldn't believe that Pandy, Dia De Los Muertos, Straight Down Low, Heartbeats of Fiji, to name a few, were done by students not much younger or older than I! I was truly inspired by their craft and felt motivated to push myself to create something as phenomenal as their work.
I honestly wish I could have joined the Visions team! To see everyone's hard work come together like that must have felt so surreal, it would've been a great thing to be a part of. Although we won't be able to submit our film for Visions 5, my goal for every other film festival we (hopefully) get accepted in to will be to leave the audience as astounded as the Vision's audience was for their guests. The festival was a great reminder for myself that I must always work to my full potential and strive to create something that will not only be received well, but will also reflect me as a person and filmmaker.
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