Sophomore English major with minors in Spanish and communication arts Julia Truesdell plans to return to the Lux Mea Film Festival with a new film, this one, about a widowed janitor.
Last year, Truesdell’s 2-minute film “Brushstrokes” was about a girl whose painting of a church led someone else to step inside.
This year, Truesdell’s film features a widowed janitor who begins to see the beauty of things again thanks to the help of a college professor.
“My hope with this film is simply to provide someone – even just one person – with a “momentary stay against confusion,” as Robert Frost put it. I love how filmmaking provides a medium through which individuals can connect with one another and become attune to various ways of seeing our broken world,” Truesdell said.
Truesdell began filmmaking in eighth grade when she started a YouTube channel about her dog. “I’ve always had a passion for storytelling, and I love how the visual medium allows me to capture more than even words can sometimes,” Truesdell said.
Truesdell shared that one of her goals while working on this project was to challenge herself to convert something from her imagination into something tangible, and to view the project as an opportunity to trust God to both use and improve her gifts.
The Lux Mea Film Festival was Truesdell’s favorite event last year. Her parents drove in from Maine to surprise her. This year, “I’m most excited to get to share my film with my friends and family, as well as to see what everyone else has been busy creating! There are going to be so many wonderful films,” Truesdell said.