{"id":65102,"date":"2026-03-04T10:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=65102"},"modified":"2026-04-02T09:09:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:09:05","slug":"media-arts-film-festival-3","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/calendar\/media-arts-film-festival-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Arts Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MEDIA ARTS FILM FESTIVAL:\u00a0<\/strong>The Western Connecticut State University Media Arts Film Festival returns to the Midtown campus on Friday, May 15. In its 12th year, the festival showcases the best student works from the <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/dima\/mediaproduction\/\">Media Production<\/a><\/u>, <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/admissions\/programs\/dima\/\">Digital &amp; Interactive Media<\/a><\/u>\u00a0and <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/\">Art<\/a><\/u>\u00a0programs at WCSU. The MAFF is very popular bringing in students, family members, alumni, and the community.<\/p>\n<p>The May 15 event takes place in the Student Center on the Midtown campus. The evening will begin with a <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">6 p.m.<\/span> reception in Room 202A, a <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">6 p.m.<\/span> Digital Interactive Media Arts Exhibition in Room 202B, and an <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">7 p.m.<\/span> film screening and awards ceremony in the Student Center Theater. The festival is free and open to the public; formal attire is suggested, but not required. There will be refreshments and a cash bar.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by the <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/com\/\">Communication &amp; Media Arts Department<\/a><\/u> the event will culminate with awards for best films, videos, animations, screenplays, and interactive media.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Dr. JC Barone at <u><a href=\"mailto:baronej@wcsu.edu\">baronej@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEDIA ARTS FILM FESTIVAL:\u00a0The Western Connecticut State University Media Arts Film Festival returns to the Midtown campus on Friday, May 15. In its 12th year, the festival showcases the best student works from the Media Production, Digital &amp; Interactive Media\u00a0and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":66222,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","wds_primary_tribe_events_cat":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[299,460],"tribe_events_cat":[324,49,4,30],"class_list":["post-65102","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-film-festival","tag-media-arts","tribe_events_cat-exhibition","tribe_events_cat-movie","tribe_events_cat-public-events","tribe_events_cat-social-event","cat_exhibition","cat_movie","cat_public-events","cat_social-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/65102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/65102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65102"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=65102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}