Tom Bessoir EE'79

Class Notes

Tom Bessoir EE'79 writes:

“My newest experimental film, THREE PRIDE FLAGS, premiered at MicroActs in London and The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival. It has screenings at: Nightpiece Film Festival in Edinburgh Scottland on August 26, Supernova Digital Animation Festival in Denver CO on September 17, Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival on September 21-24, Astoria Film Festival in Queen on October 1-2, and The Weird Film Festival in San Francisco on October 29.”

To find out about upcoming screenings of THREE PRIDE FLAGS, please click here.

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