Feb. 6th, 2026 | Evelyn “Arch” Archibald, UW Daily

Media: Sylvia Le

Though the competition is just as fierce, you never hear people discussing their nomination picks for the short categories at the Oscars, even us here at “Watch Dawg.” Theaters often screen Oscar-nominated shorts in blocks, but they’re rarely advertised, and I honestly don’t know who goes to see them. Frankly, the only people who really pay attention to short films are filmmakers themselves or people with a Criterion subscription. I say: Let’s bring them into the mainstream…

Jul. 3, 2024 | North American Division Office of Communication

Image courtesy: Walla Walla University

Sonscreen Films is proud to announce that “Color of Threads,” a historical short film, showed at the San Antonio Film Festival, on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. This marks the second, in-competition screening for the film, which premiered at the Walla Walla Movie Crush earlier in the month…

Jun. 12, 2024 | Will Maupin

Our little corner of the world is about as crammed full of diverse terrain and scenery as is possible, from the lush forested slopes of the Selkirks, Bitterroots, Blues and Rockies to the near-desert expanses of the Columbia Basin. We have raging rivers and placid streams connecting a landscape pockmarked with lakes from big to small. And it's all within a short drive from our front door. So get out there and enjoy it, without having to worry about getting too homesick along the way…

Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 | Tim Molloy, Moviemaker Magazine

Image Credit': Jon Ossoff, courtesy of Shutterstock.

In today’s Movie News Rundown: Jon Ossoff was a moviemaker before his run for Senate in Georgia; Jordan Peele has a fun analogy for quitting acting; and the founders of StudioFest get very transparent about how they started their festival. Plus: An inside look at another festival’s process…

Mar. 19, 2020 | Oakley Anderson-Moore, nofilmschool

Many of us are out of work or attempting to work from the confines of self-isolation to flatten the curve of COVID-19. If you happen to be an aspiring screenwriter, the outlook is not so bad. Especially with the help of a $500 cash prize, should you be the winner of the Walla Walla Movie Crush short script contest…