COMMON GROUND MIDDLETOWN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Presented by Russell Library

All screenings begin at 7 PM 
Guest lecturers at every film
Refreshments immediately following

Upcoming Screenings

October 22--Dance Me Outside--at Wesleyan University's Center for Film Studies, 301 Washington Terrace

October 29--Golden Door--at Russell Library, 123 Broad Street

November 5--Everything Is Illuminated--at Wesleyan University's Center for Film Studies, 301 Washington Terrace

For more information on the festival or any of the screenings, please visit:

http://www.russelllibrary.org/news_events/news_main.html#Common

The Common Ground Film Festival is made possible by a grant from the Middlesex County Community Foundation, and co-sponsored by Middletown Commission on the Arts, Middlesex Community College, Green Street Arts Center, and Wesleyan University.

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Information on booking events at the Center for Film Studies can be found here.

Construction of Phase II of the Center for Film Studies was completed in January 2008.

More information on and pictures here on Phase I.
 

Senior Seminar
Spring 2007

Professor Basinger and Joe Pantoliano after visiting a senior seminar class.

WesFest
April, 20,  2006
Screening of Election with introduction and Q&A by Alexander Payne (director, co-writer) and Jim Taylor (co-writer)

l to r: Alexander Payne, Jeanine Basinger, Jim Taylor


Reunion and Commencement Weekend WESeminar
May 27, 2006
Working in Hollywood: featuring Paul Schiff ('81), producer of Rushmore (1998) and Mona Lisa Smiles (2003), and Bradley Whitford ('81), actor in The West Wing and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

l to r: Bradley Whitford, Jeanine Basinger, Paul Schiff


The Class of 2006
Senior Thesis Presentations
May 7-14, 2006


Film history thesis writers: l to r, Matthew Fishbein, Logan Starr, Audrey Golden


Screenplay writers: l to r, Jessica Loughery, Gianna Sobol, Dan Janvey, Libertad Gills, Zachary Boger, Paul Tyson


Filmmakers: l to r, Sarah Lipkin, Erin Smith, Sam Fleischner, Alex Verville, Jonas Carignano, Lucy Radtke, Ray Tintori. Not pictured: Lizz Morhaim.


Filmmakers: l to r, Michael Gottwald, Ingird Aravena, Ben Feuer, Steve Rubenstein, Pete Letz, Jordan Schulkin, Conor Glavin. Not pictured: Jordan Fish.