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Film Faculty Richard Peña will be honored at the 50th annual New York Film Festival as he retires as the Film Society’s Program Director and Selection Committee Chair of the New York Film Festival where he has served for the past 25 years.
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The Hispanic Scholarship Fund/McNamara Family Creative Arts Project has awarded 5th year directing student Wendy James with a grant for her thesis film, Savage, produced by Laurie Thomas (SOA '12) and 3rd year producer, Alexandra Vivas.
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The 2012 Telluride Film Festival honored Revolution Reykjavik, directed by Isold Uggadóttir (’11 SOA), and Delicacy, directed by Jason Mann (3rd year Directing), as two of the nine selections for the “Student Prints” program.
Each season, selected student films are showcased among the work of rising artists and new talent.
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Film Program Alumni and Faculty premiere and compete at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, from September 6 -16, 2012. The films include:
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Film faculty Trey Ellis has been named to the 2012-2013 class of Alphonso Fletcher Sr. fellows by The Fletcher Foundation, a private charitable organization created to develop a more just society with more equal opportunities for more of the population.
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From Ira Deutchman, Chair, Film Program
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Motherland, by Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program alumnus Shariq Siddiqui ('11 SOA) won the Audience Prize for Best Short Film at the first edition of the Champs-Elysées Film Festival. The festival ran June 6 - 12, 2012 in Paris, and was co-presided by actors Lambert Wilson and Michael Madsen.
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Under, directed by Mark Raso ('12 SOA), written by Raso and Jake Crane (4th year Screenwriting) and produced by Jean-Marceau Sécheret ('11 SOA) won a Gold Medal in the Narrative category at this year's 39th Annual Student Academy Awards.
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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.
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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.
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