Viz student's film receives
award at SWAMPfest 2010

The Last Appointment from Austin Hines on Vimeo.

A short film noir portraying a therapist struggling with his affections for a patient landed Austin Hines, a graduate visualization student at Texas A&M, the SWAMPFest 2010 Film Festival's Alumni Award.

The annual event, showcasing films made by members of SWAMP, the Aggie Screen Writing, Acting and Media Production Club, took place at Preston Geren Auditorium April 16 and 17.

Hines' movie, "The Last Appointment," can be viewed online at http://vimeo.com/9800775.  Hines is the film's director and cinematographer.

Vishwanand Shetti '08 MS VIZ, former SWAMP vice-president, Steve Landin '01 BED, former SWAMP president and Michael Ruiz, former SWAMP screenwriting chairman, were the judges for the alumni award.

More of Hines' films can be seen on his website, http://vimeo.com/futurelight.

"I'm really proud of all the hard work Aggie SWAMP Club put into the festival this year as our goals for the event were the most ambitious ones yet," said Keller Davis, SWAMP Club president and telecommunications media studies major, adding that it was the first time there was a different lineup of films for both nights of the festival.

Rahul Putha, who's pursuing a graduate degree in civil engineering, won SWAMPfest's Distinguished Judges Award for his movie "In the Shadows."

Ann McNamara and Joshua Bienko, assistant professors of visualization, were among the judges who recognized Putha's film.

Stanley Wong, a film, theatre and communication major from the University of New Orleans, won the festival's Audience Choice Award for his film "Thanks for Asking." A trailer for the film is available at http://www.youtube.com

"This was the first year for SWAMPFest to expand the submission process, so while most of the films were from students at Texas A&M, we did have a handful of entries from other schools," said Keller Davis.

Jonathan Greenwald, a graduate visualization student, posted highlights of SWAMPFest's second day in a video

For more information about SWAMP, visit the club's homepage at http://www.aggieswamp.com

- Posted: April. 28, 2010 -