Film
Columbia University’s School of the Arts offers students the opportunity to go to film school at one of the world's great universities, with a faculty of working professionals esteemed in both Hollywood and the independent film community. Our home is New York City, creative capital of the United States, affording access to exceptional talent pools and locations, major research collections, and the constant opportunity to see films from every country and era. The film programs are populated by the top students from around the world and its halls are an intersection of cutting-edge creativity, intellectual rigor and hands-on practicality.
The Film MFA programs—in Screenwriting/Directing and in Creative Producing—are among the world's premiere training grounds for young filmmakers. Since the Film MFA at Columbia began in 1966, it has been renowned for the global success of its alumni in film and television, including top prizes at Sundance, Cannes, Venice, Berlin and the Academy Awards.
The MA Film Studies program and the undergraduate Film Studies major give students a unique opportunity to study film history and theory in the midst of an active filmmaking community.
Film Programs:
MFA Film Programs
MA Film Program
Undergraduate Film
Film Program
513 Dodge Hall
Mail Code 1805
2960 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
Phone: (212) 854-2815
film@columbia.edu
Mail Code 1805
2960 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
Phone: (212) 854-2815
film@columbia.edu
Upcoming
08-Mar-2012
15-Apr-2011
Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program presents the 24th Annual Columbia University Film Festival, a program of screenings, dramatic readings and special events in New York and Los Angeles, beginning April 25 in New York. The festival is the premiere of over 40 thesis short films and feature screenplays by MFA students in the School of the Arts Film Program. Many of the films premiered have gone on to win top awards and honors at prestigious festivals worldwide.
News
30-Apr-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.
27-Apr-2012
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)
13-Apr-2012
Six members of the Columbia University School of the Arts community were among the winners of the Guggenheim Fellowship for 2012.
16-Apr-2012
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.
13-Apr-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.
11-Apr-2012
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.
09-Apr-2012
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.
03-Apr-2012
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.
03-Apr-2012
Alumni, Current Students and Faculty at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival welcomes numerous Columbia Film Program students, alumni and faculty for screenings and competition.
Feature Narrative:
21-Mar-2012
Film alumus Jon Haller (’09 SOA) wrote the latest episode of ABC’s Last Man Standing. The episode can be viewed here.
21-Mar-2012
20th Century Fox recently announced that alumnus Simon Kinberg (’03) will be writing the script for the sequel to "X-Men: First Class," which is to be produced by Bryan Singer and directed by Matthew Vaughn.
20-Mar-2012
"I am John Wayne" is the Winner of the Hammer to Nail Short Film Contest for March 2012. The film is written and directed by Christina Choe (4th year Directing), produced by Esra Saydam (4th year Producing), co-produced by Mimi Jeffries (4th year Directing) and Gerry Kim (’11), and edited by David Gutnik (5th year Screenwriting).
19-Mar-2012
Alumnus Bogdan George Apetri's ('06SOA) "Outbound" became the most nominated Romanian film of 2011 at the Gopos, the Romanian Oscars, with 12 nominations including Best Film and Best Director. Apetri is also adjunct faculty in the Film Program.
16-Mar-2012
"Girl in Progress", directed by alumna Patricia Riggen (’03 SOA) and starring Eva Mendes, Matthew Modine and Patricia Clarkson, is being distributed by Pantelion Films and will open nationwide on April 27th.
12-Mar-2012
Alumnus Jack Paglen’s (’06 SOA) untitled feature film has been acquired by Alcon Entertataiment. Pre-production has begun on the film, which will mark the directorial debut of Oscar-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister.
27-Feb-2012
Columbia Film Program students and alumni will have their work screened in The Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art's 41st New Directors/New Films, a showcase dedicated to the discovery of new works by emerging and dynamic filmmaking talent.
26-Feb-2012
Keep the Lights On, written and directed by Ira Sachs (Adjunct Faculty), won the Teddy Award for the best film with a queer cinema theme at this year's Berlinale.
29-Feb-2012
"Gimme the Loot" Wins Grand Jury Prize -
13 Columbia Filmmakers involved in this year's SXSW Festival
Film Program alumni and students screened their films at the prestigious world-renowned SXSW Film Festival, in Austin Texas from March 9 -17, 2012.
07-Feb-2012
Panther Baby, a memoir by Film faculty Jamal Joseph was released today, February 7, 2012. Panther Baby is a stirring autobiography of Joseph as a teenage member of the Black Panthers, and the youngest spokesperson of their “revolutionary underground.” He tells his stories of incarceration, where he later earned two degrees, then became Associate Professor at Columbia University.
20-Jan-2012
Eleven School of the Arts Film students and alumni contributed to films which were selected to screen at the 18th Annual Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, January 20-26.
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Columbia University School of the Arts offers MFA degrees in Film, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts, and Writing, an MA degree in Film Studies, a joint JD/MFA degree in Theatre Management & Producing, and a PhD degree in Theatre History, Literature, and Theory.
Columbia University School of the Arts offers MFA degrees in Film, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts, and Writing, an MA degree in Film Studies, a joint JD/MFA degree in Theatre Management & Producing, and a PhD degree in Theatre History, Literature, and Theory.