Five Whittier College Student Films to Compete at 2009 Campus MovieFest West Regional Finale

On Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Presidio Theater in San Francisco, the top 75 student films from 16 colleges and universities in California, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona will compete in the 2009 Campus MovieFest's Western Regional Finale. Screenings will include Q&A sessions with the filmmakers; awards for top regional honors will include professional film programs and equipment from Apple; movie shown in-flight on Virgin America and at the Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner; and entry into the Campus MovieFest International Grand Finale Competition. Among those films selected to screen are five Whittier entries: Phoebe's Fifteen, Audition, A Family on Probation, Palaver, and O Sister, Where Art Thou?