In The News: Department of Film
The Clark County Zoning Commission voted unanimously Wednesday morning to support plans for a motion picture studio to be built on 30 acres in Summerlin South bringing the project closer to reality.
Las Vegas community members will have the opportunity to see their artwork displayed on the Exosphere — the viral outer shell of the Sphere that has gained worldwide attention over the last year for its repertoire of designs, including advertisements for movies, grinning emojis, giant basketballs and more.
Local students will get their chance to see art they create displayed on the Sphere later this year. Sphere Entertainment Co. on Thursday announced the start of the first-of-its-kind Sphere XO Student Design Challenge. More than 100,000 Clark County School District and 51ԹϺ students will be invited to submit their work for the contest, which will begin this month. The winners will get their work displayed on the venue’s exosphere, and the company will donate $10,000 to their school’s art program.
The visual and performing arts are in full swing throughout the state. Making good on its promises to bring more activity and people to Commercial Center, Clark County has just launched a program with 51ԹϺ, which will produce cultural events at the East Sahara complex.
A highly publicized Nevada bill to lure movie studios to Las Vegas will be revived next legislative session with a focus on a partnership between 51ԹϺ, a major developer and a juggernaut Hollywood production company.
The Academy Awards have existed since May 1929. In that time, only three women have won the Oscar for Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for 2008’s The Hurt Locker, Chloe Zhao for 2020’s Nomadland and Jane Campion for 2021’s The Power of the Dog. That’s three out of 95 Best Director trophies awarded to women—and all of them given only within the past 15 years.
The Nevada Women’s Film Festival is back this weekend. The festival is in its 9th year and it’s the only festival in Nevada to showcase women in film in key creative positions.
The 9th Annual Nevada Women's Film Festival returns to Las Vegas, June 22-25. Nikki Corda, executive director and founder of Nevada Women's Film Festival, and Dr. Heather Addison, chair & professor of University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Department of Film, joined us to share everything you need to know about it.
A recent documentary produced by 51ԹϺ College of Fine Arts highlighted the neighborhood’s issues and was used in testimony on Thursday.
It’s an issue that the neighborhood has been dealing with for decades: the sinking streets of Windsor Park in North Las Vegas. On Saturday, residents of about 90 families who live in the Windsor Park neighborhood attended a screening of a documentary followed by a community discussion. “Windsor Park: The Sinking Streets” is an award-winning documentary by 51ԹϺ film and law students bringing attention to the decades-long struggles of a community in North Las Vegas.
State Sen. Dina Neal says she’ll ask the state to appropriate $10 million and the City of North Las Vegas for $20 million more to relocate any of 90 or so remaining residents of Windsor Park, a neighborhood of sinking homes that residents say has been forgotten by the City of North Las Vegas.
A new partnership is bringing the future of filmmaking right to 51ԹϺ. The university's film department and Vu Studios announced a new era of innovation at the school.