Editor

The sixth annual Kodak Emerging Filmmakers Showcase will screen clips from
nineteen award-winning student projects at the Cannes International Film Festival
on May 19 at the Riviera Theatre at 4:00 p.m. The Showcase is sponsored by the
Kodak Student Filmmaker Program. A reception at The American Pavilion will immediately
follow the screening.

“This initiative is designed to help young filmmakers bridge the gap
between the completion of their formal education and the realization of their
dreams,” says John Mason, director of Kodak’s Student Filmmaker
Program. “Many previous participants have told us that the Showcase boosted
their careers in tangible and intangible ways. They made important professional
contacts at critical junctures in their careers, and gained valuable insights
into how the industry works. The Showcase also provides an opportunity for talent
scouts to meet this new generation of filmmakers and get a first-hand look at
their work.”

The twenty-two student filmmakers participating in the Showcase have won first
place in prestigious student film festivals/competitions in the United States,
including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Student Academy
Awards®, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences College Television Awards,
Directors Guild of America Student Film Awards, NextFrame, The Short List, Ft.
Lauderdale International Film Festival, American Society of Cinematographers
Heritage Award, International Documentary Association David L. Wolper Student
Award, Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, New York University
International Student Film Festival, Eastman Scholarship Award, CINE Award of
Excellence and The Kodak Filmschool Competition. Many of the featured student
films were produced with the aid of Kodak product grants.

The 2003 Emerging Filmmakers Showcase participants are a diverse group, including
writers, producers, directors, cinematographers and animators, from 15 film
schools around the world. Their films are from all genres, including dramas,
documentaries, live action and animated stories, and range in content from humor
and horror to science fiction and reality. Showcase participants and their award-winning
films are:

· Dan Blank, Shadowplay (New York University)

· Daniel Calvo, Ivan & Eva (Buenos Aires University)

· Derrick Cameron and Michael Hall, ANTS (Florida State University)

· Gerardo Gonzalez, The Last Attack of the Beast (American Film Institute)

· James Goss and Raphael Michoud, Allo Jean-Luc (Jean-Luc’s Calling)
(Ecole

Cantonale d’Art Lausanne)

· Maureen Grosser and Daniel Truog, How Does It Feel (Northwestern

University)

· Andrew Hodges, Hue (Columbia College-Chicago)

· Joey Jones, Little Red Plane (Art Center College of Design)

· Helen Lee, Sophie (University of Texas-Austin)

· Huixia Lu, Alice Liu’s Adventures in America (Temple University)

· Tanja Mairitsch, Fueling the Fire (American Film Institute)

· Kazuo Ohno, For Our Man (Columbia University)

· Yen Ooi, L’Envie (The Desire) (Victorian College of the Arts)

· Don Phillips, Jr., Passing Moments (Ringling School of Art and Design)

· Christof Putzel, Left Behind (Connecticut College)

· Pin Pin Tan, Moving House (Northwestern University)

· Bram Tihany for a compilation reel (Pratt Institute)

· Victor Viyouh, Mboutoukou (University of Southern California)

· Frederick Wedler, Ocha Cups for Christmas (a University of Southern

California production)

The Kodak Student Filmmaker Program was launched in 1991. The Showcase is
one of many initiatives Kodak sponsors to help film schools and their students.
Other initiatives include scholarships, visiting artists, educational and communications
materials, product grants and discounts for film schools and their students.

For more information about the Kodak Student Filmmaker Program, visit the
Kodak website at www.kodak.com/go/student.

The American Pavilion, located just a few steps from the Palais des Festivals,
is celebrating its 15th anniversary as the leading communications, hospitality
and business center at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and Market.