Film

Columbia University Film Festival: 1987-1997

Retrospective montage of films shown at the Columbia University Film Festival, 1987-1997.

Film Alumnus Wins Top Prize at Cannes
The feature film Aquí y Allá, written and directed by Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program alumnus Antonio Méndez Esparza (’08), has taken top prize at La Semaine de la Critique (Critics Week) at the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival.
Columbia Filmmakers Selected for Cannes 2012

Columbia filmmakers have contributed to two films selected for the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival.

Gimme the Loot, which was produced by Jamund Washington ('10) and edited by Morgan Faust ('11) was selected to screen in the Un Certain Regard category. The film was a Grand Jury Prize Winner at SXSW earlier this year, and also screened at New Directors/New Films.

Columbia Sweeps the East in Student Academy Award Nominations

Of the nine films selected as finalists for competition in the Student Academy Awards, all three from the Eastern Region were made by Columbia School of the Arts students or recent alumni:

Hatch - written and directed by Christoph Kuschnig ('12 SOA)

The Recorder Exam - written and directed by Bora Kim ('11 SOA), co-produced by Gerry Kim ('11 SOA)

Faculty Tom Kalin at the London Fringe! Festival

Film Professor Tom Kalin's Swoon will screen Sunday, April 15, at London's 2012 Fringe! Gay Film Fest.

Kalin's short films Geoffrey Beene 30 and Third Known Nest will also be shown.

Kalin will also join Colleen Atwood, Andrzej Żuławski and Josh Radnor on the Main Competition Jury at the Off Plus Camera International Festival in Krakow.

Film Society of Lincoln Center Interviews Isold Uggadottir ('11 SOA)

The Film Society at Lincoln Center recently published an interview with the writer and director of Revolution Reykjavik, Film Program alumna Isold Uggadottir (’11 SOA).

Read the complete interview ►

Alumni Film at the Walter Reade Theatre

Á annan veg (Either Way), written and directed by alum Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson (’08 SOA) and produced by Tobias Munthe (’08 SOA), will screen at the Walter Reade Theatre on April 18th and 19, as part of the series Images from the Edge: Classic and Contemporary Icelandic Cinema.

Current Film Student Wins at the Hollyweb Festival 2012

Current Film Student Wins at the Hollyweb Festival 2012

Matt Kenchington's (3rd year Directing) comedy web series, Headshots, won the Best Screenwriting Award and the Grand Prize for Best Web Series at the 2012 Hollyweb Festival on March 31st, in Los Angeles. 

Film Professor Annette Insdorf's Book on Philip Kaufman Is Published

Professor Annette Insdorf published a new book on director Philip Kaufman in March 2012 as part of University of Illinois Press' "Contemporary Film Directors" series. The book is a study of Kaufman's work, and is the first book about the director of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," "Henry & June," "Quills," "The Right Stuff" and more.

Directing Student Nominated for African Academy Awards

Rwanda: Beyond The Deadly Pit, directed, produced and edited by Gilbert Ndahayo (3rd year directing), has been nominated for Best Documentary at the 2012 African Movie Academy Awards, which is Africa’s most prestigious awards for filmmakers.

The film is also in selection at the Africa World Documentary Film Festival.

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