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Feature: NCSU's Third Annual Pinwheel Film Festival

Note: This article was originally published in Technician on April 3, 2006.

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Filmmakers and students enjoy Pinwheel Film Festival

Students and independent filmmakers flocked to the Witherspoon Student Center this past Saturday to take part in the Third Annual Pinwheel Film Festival. Started in 2004, the festival is known for its promotion of local and independent short films.

A total of 26 films were presented this year, many of which were made by students from N.C. State. Visitors were free to come and go as they pleased during the four-and-a-half-hour event, but on average there were always around 100 viewers in the theater.

The goal of Pinwheel is to offer independent filmmakers a venue to present their films to a wide audience, a point that wasn't overlooked by graduate student Staci Thornton.

"I have friends who have done movies before, and I had seen them on the small screen, but it was really cool seeing them on the big screen," Thornton said.

The festival was organized by Sonora Bostion, the chair of the Films Committee of the Union Activities Board.

"I think it went really well," Bostian said. "People seemed to really enjoy the films. They laughed and gasped when they were supposed to. It was nice to see all the students come to support their friends and family."

The festival included a variety of styles, including fictional narratives, music videos and documentaries.

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