Colorado Dragon Boat Film Festival
Thursday, March 3–March 6, 2022

Emerging Artist Showcase
Sunday, March 6, 2022 12:00–2pm MST
Sie Film Center

The College of Arts & Media (CAM) joins the Colorado Dragon Boat Film Festival (CDBFF) to showcase Asian and Asian American film at Denver’s Sie Center, opening March 3 and running through March 5, 2022. This is the Rocky Mountain region’s only Asian and Asian American film festival. Presented in partnership with Colorado Dragon Boat and CAM, the 2022 festival will highlight the power of filmmaking within Asian communities.

CAM is proud to sponsor the Emerging Artist Showcase to celebrate short films made by emerging filmmakers from Colorado and the College of Arts & Media (CAM). The works of CAM students, alumni and faculty filmmakers, composers, musicians will be screened, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.

This year the CDBFF theme is “celebrating our resilience,” which is underscored throughout the festival’s film selection. Highlights from the Emerging Artist Showcase featuring the talent of CAM filmmakers, composers, and musicians include:

"All Mine" by Esmé Patterson – A Music Video

Directed and edited by Marin Lepore

“CORE”

After several miscarriages, a woman must decide how to handle her friend’s pregnancy announcement.

Producer/Director/Editor: Jessica McGaugh
Writer: Roma Sur
Music Composer: Dina Bodaubay

“Heart Sutra: An Augmented Reality Installation”

Composer, Musical Director, and Featured Musician: Jiayue Cecilia Wu

"Maa"

Ma follows a septuagenarian on her road to recovery from Kolkata to Niagara, her dream destination. It taps into themes of loneliness, spiritualism and the strength of the human mind. 

Writer, Director, Producer, Editor: Roma Sur
Cinematographer: Chris Riggs ‘21
Motion Graphics: Madison Santamaria ‘21