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Finalists in this year&#039;s Sprite Films competitions, filmmakers Merlin Camozzi and Rick Perry recently attended CinemaCon in Las Vegas and were mentored by actor Michael B. Jordan. (Bryan Steffy/Getty Images)

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Students&#8217; film &#8216;What We Need&#8217; in Sprite Films finals

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For a few UCLA film students, it’s time to swap out their signature blue and gold with the iconic lemon-lime of Sprite Films. UCLA students Merlin Camozzi and Rick Perry from the School of Theater, Film and Television are among this year’s six teams of Sprite Films finalists with their film “What We Need.” The competition gives filmmakers a platform to create and distribute a short film advertising Sprite soda.

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Students’ film ‘What We Need’ in Sprite Films finals

By Kelsey Rocha

April 9, 2014 12:38 a.m.