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Film student Celine Sutter was awarded a 2021 New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) Scholarship.
The Conference of the Birds by alumnus Kevin Contento ’18 was awarded both the Directors’ Choice Award and the Audience Choice Award at the 2021 Tallahassee Film Festival.
The Toronto International Film Festival has announced its complete list of 2021 award winners, and among them is Costa Brava, Lebanon, a film by alumni Mounia Akl '17 (director, co-writer), Clara Roquet '16 (co-writer), and Cyril Aris ’17 (editor).
Anchor Books recently published The Best Short Stories 2021: The O. Henry Prize Winners, a twenty-story collection which includes “Brown Girls” by alumna Daphne Palasi Andreades ’19.
Alumna Gina Werfel ’79 is featured in the solo show In Context at the Prince Street Gallery. This show is on view from September 7 through October 2, 2021.
The National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2021 National Book Awards, nominating School of the Arts alumni Baba Badji ‘15 and Jakob Guanzon ‘17 and Journalism School alumna Paula Yoo (‘92 JRN) for the historic literary prize.
Alumna Raphaela Melsohn ’21 is featured in the group show Bolhas Siderais at the Marli Matsumoto gallery in São Paolo, Brazil. This show is on view from August 21 through October 9, 2021.
Two films by Columbia filmmakers will show at this year’s 52nd edition of the Nashville Film Festival, which will run from September 30 to October 6, 2021.
Alumna Nelicia Low '18 will direct the sports drama Pierce. The film, which was also written by Low, will mark her feature debut and is scheduled to begin production in Taiwan in January 2022. It is supported by prestigious funds, including the Hubert Bals HBF+Europe Minority Co-Production Support, a Purin Pictures Production Grant, and the Taipei Film Commission.
The World’s Lightest Motorcycle, a collection of poems by Yi Won and co-translated by alumna E.J. Koh ‘13 and Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello, is now available from Zephyr Press.
The Telluride Film Festival has honored Professor Annette Insdorf with its Special Medallion, which the festival awards annually to celebrate a “hero of cinema—an organization or individual—that preserves, honors and presents great movies.”
Alumnus Rory McGregor ’17 is assisting Academy and Tony Award winner Sam Mendes in his production of The Lehman Trilogy on Broadway this season.
The Prince Fellowship, in association with Columbia University School of the Arts, has named Osh Ghanimah and Lawryn LaCroix as the fellows for 2021-22.
Three films by Columbia filmmakers will play at this year’s Woodstock Film Festival. They are: The Winter House, The Binding of Itzik, and Hector’s Woman.