Independent Thinking

Riverwalk film’s first project Waiting for Godard win Best Micro-Short at the 2026 Coastal Carolina Film Festival last week. The project features actors from the Coastal Carolina University theater program, Alainna Todd and Patrick Nguyen. It was filmed on the CCU campus with assistance from the school’s Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS) Program. It is the directorial debut of CCU sophomore Richard Bottoms who is pursuing a Communications & IDS double major and Film Production minor.