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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Brynne Norquist (left) and Tyler Knohl pose for a photo together. The two co-founded Hiike, a platform that uses data to provide film festival recommendations to student filmmakers. Photo courtesy Kira Briggs.

How Northeastern students are pushing to ‘revitalize the film festival landscape’ from Boston

Tanvi Saxena, news correspondent January 23, 2025

Filmmaking is an incredibly diverse, fruitful, yet competitive industry. Globally, filmmakers vie for the chance for a streaming service to pick up their work or for it be featured in a film festival. However, only a small fraction of films end up making it to the silver screen.  At...