Film graduate wins international Russian film festival prize
January 19, 2021
Sarah Manriquez
Keziah Anderson recently premiered her student-produced film at the Anchorage International
Film Festival and went on to win “Best International Short” at the Stone Flower Film
Festival in Russia.
The award-winning film, “Pink Violet,” was produced in a UAF Theatre and Film Department
class in a single semester under the direction of Maya Salganek, associate professor
of film and video arts. Film Set Production I and Film Set Production II aim to teach
students the filmmaking process by producing a capstone film project over the course
of the semester.The film follows Dana, a theater-obsessed college student who goes to extreme lengths
to get into the mind of her character. Her commitment scares her father, Jeffrey,
and her friend, Jody, into believing that she is suicidal, pushing them to try to
save her from herself.
Anderson graduated from UAF in 2019 with a focus in film and performing arts. She
currently resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she works as a freelancer, mainly
producing feature-length documentary films.