Every aspiring filmmaker has to start somewhere, and events such as the Pegasus Film Festival give them their first chance to share their vision with the world.
, one of the finalists in the student-run 2020 Pegasus Film Festival.give them their first chance to share their vision with the world.
The Pegasus Film Festival, founded in 2015, is the longest running, student-run film festival in the country. Every year, the film screens the work of young and aspiring filmmakers who explore deep themes in a variety of genres and mediums. The seventh edition of the festival kicks on on Monday, May 30, at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas.
"My goal was to provide opportunities for students not to do work that is meaningless," Jalilvand says."I feel like one of the struggles with students is the stuff kids have to do just to get grades, and I always try to have opportunities to not just do that."