Marissa Kitazawa | https://marissakitazawa.com Creative Producer Fri, 19 Jun 2015 20:45:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 VOTE for ‘Lil Miss Hot Mess’ Now Competiting in the Audience Awards’ LGBTQ Contest https://marissakitazawa.com/2014/08/27/vote-for-lil-miss-hot-mess-now-competiting-in-the-audience-awards-lgbtq-contest/ Wed, 27 Aug 2014 17:13:30 +0000 https://marissakitazawa.com/?p=333 http://theaudienceawards.com/film/lil-miss-hot-mess11337

]]> Audience Awards interviews Marissa Kitazawa and Jana Bolotin https://marissakitazawa.com/2014/08/20/marissa-jana-bolotin-interview/ Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:15:52 +0000 https://marissakitazawa.com/?p=335 My collaborative short film, Lil Miss Hot Mess, is currently competing in the Audience Award’s LGBTQ Competition. Please consider supporting my film, and in the mean while, check out the featured interview Audience Awards conducted on myself and wonderfully talented producer and close friend, Jana Bolotin.

You can check out the interview here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

]]> 7 Short Gay Films You’ve Never Seen For Your Pride Weekend Festivities https://marissakitazawa.com/2014/06/27/audience-awards-names-lmhm-as-one-of-the-7-short-gay-films-youve-never-seen-for-your-pride-weekend-festivities/ Fri, 27 Jun 2014 18:13:59 +0000 https://marissakitazawa.com/?p=19392 I am very excited and honored to have my short film, Little Miss Hot Mess featured in Audience Award’s “7 Short Gay Films You’ve Never Seen For Your Pride Weekend Festivities.”

]]> UCSC Outstanding Teaching Assistant 2014 https://marissakitazawa.com/2014/06/19/ucsc-outstanding-teaching-assistant-2014/ Thu, 19 Jun 2014 03:52:37 +0000 https://marissakitazawa.com/?p=321 One of the high lights of going to graduate school is the opportunity to teach the undergraduates in the Film and Digital Media department.  Teaching has been truly a rewarding experience and I’ve learned so much from it. I take pride in my job as a TA and am feeling really honored that I’ve received this years Outstanding TA award! Go Banana Slugs! 

]]> Social Documentation Grad Exhibition 2014 https://marissakitazawa.com/2014/06/19/social-documentation-grad-exhibition-2014/ Thu, 19 Jun 2014 03:42:39 +0000 https://marissakitazawa.com/?p=314 socdocflyer2014

Social Documentation Grad Exhibition 2014 – Wed. June 11, 6PM

An evening of documentary films from students of the Social Documentation program. Free and open to the public.

http://news.ucsc.edu/2014/05/soc-doc-screenings.html

Bread or Blood by Jack Chapman
Crenshaw by Lena Jackson
Legacy of Resilience by Marissa Kitazawa
Flatlands by Alex Melhuish
After the Crossfire: Memories of Violence and Displacement on the Northern Pacific Coast of Colombia by Ricardo A. Velasco

UCSC’s SocDoc program is a one-of-a-kind program designed for future documentarians committed to social change and to documenting communities, cultures, issues, and individuals. With training from professionals outstanding in their fields, students gain the skills and confidence to enter the increasingly sophisticated world of documentary production.

The event is co-sponsored by City of Santa Cruz Redevelopment Agency and Nickelodeon Theaters, Inc.

Contact socdoc@ucsc.edu or (831) 459-3445 for more information

When:

Wednesday, June 11, 2014 – 6:00pm – 10:00pm

Location:

Del Mar Theater – Downtown Santa Cruz

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