Aims Community College students will show off their artistic creations on the big screen later this week at the Aims Film and Animation Showcase.
The lineup spans genres from comedy and action to drama, suspense and imaginative animated storytelling. Many of the works shown in the showcase were developed in hands-on courses emphasizing both technical proficiency and creative storytelling.
Screenings will take place 2-4 p.m Friday, May 8 and 6-8 p.m. Saturday, May 9 at the Ed Beaty Hall Theater, 5203 W. 20th St., in Greeley. The event is free and open to the public, and each day features the same show.
“It’s a very fun, collaborative event,” animation student Marcus Everitt said in a news release. “You get to meet new people that have the same interests and you get to kind of grow together in that way.”
The showcase features roughly 50-60 submissions with short runtimes.
“The longest ones might be 5 minutes. I think we had one film piece that was 8 minutes last year, and that would be long,” said Brian Dunning, a professor of graphic design and rich media at Aims.
Aims’ animation program launched in 2004 and in 2024, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of it, the community college put on a film and animation showcase.
“It’s a way to showcase student work from our two different departments: graphic design and rich media and communication media,” Dunning said.
For more information about the film and animation showcase and other upcoming events, go to events.aims.edu.