Awarded Student Film Tsiiyééł Created w/ Blackmagic Design

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Awarded Student Film Tsiiyééł Created w/ Blackmagic Design

PostTue May 16, 2023 3:19 pm

Blackmagic Design today announced that high school filmmakers from the Flagstaff Bordertown Dormitory in Arizona, working with the University of Arizona’s School of Theatre, Film and Television, used Blackmagic Design digital film cameras and DaVinci Resolve Studio editing, grading, visual effects (VFX) and audio post production software to create the film Tsiiyééł. Since its completion the film has been shown at ten international film festivals, including imagineNATIVE, the world’s largest indigenous film festival.

The student filmmakers of Tsiiyééł created a film around the idea of drawing strength from their Native American culture. In the film, a Diné teenager, played by Hailee Bekis, is feeling down and decides to go on a run wearing her Tsiiyééł, a traditional Diné hair bun. On her run, she is followed by a creature that is making her question who she is. She must draw strength from her culture to overcome her identity conflict and embrace who she is.

Tsiiyééł has been a huge success following a festival strategy devised by the festival and awards office at the University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film and Television. In addition to the Toronto based imagineNATIVE, the film has drawn audiences at festivals across the United States and in Europe, including the All American High School Film Festival in New York, the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco, CineFestival San Antonio, and the UK’s Native Spirit Film Festival.

For more information, please visit: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/ ... 0230511-01

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