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At this weekend's closing ceremony on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière, the jury of the Festival de Cannes gathered to announce the 74th annual winners of this most prestigious film festival. Film alumni Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović '17 and Frank Graziano '18 were awarded the Camera d'Or for Murina, and alumna Jasmin Freitas Tenucci '20 was given a Special Jury Mention for her short film, Céu de Agosto (August Sky).
Acting Alumna Rebecca Henderson '06 is featured in the film Werewolves Within directed by Josh Ruben.
Cosmic Dawn, a film starring Emmanuelle Chriqui (Entourage) and Camille Rowe (The Deep House) and co-produced by Film alumni Joseph Raso '04 and Mark Raso '12, has been acquired by levelFILM and Cranked Up (an arm of Good Deed Entertainment) for North American distribution.
Naysayer is the new web series developed and produced by a team of alumni.
Columbia University Film and Media Studies BA alumna Peier Tracy Shen ’17 (CC) and MFA Film student Olive Nwosu are both featured in Who Will Start Another Fire, a nine-part film anthology presented by the new distribution initiative, Dedza Films.
After translating the works of Swiss-German author Robert Walser for decades, Professor Susan Bernofsky has written the first English-language biography of him.
Alumna Yuri Yuan ’21 was recently named one of the finalists of the 2021 AXA Art Prize Competition.
All the Frequent Troubles of our Days, a thrilling true story of the American leader of a resistance group in Nazi Germany by Writing alumna Rebecca Donner '01, will be released by Little Brown and Co on August 3, 2021.
Numerous projects helmed by Columbia University faculty and alumni have been nominated for the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards. They are: Dick Johnson Is Dead, The Social Dilemma, Lovecraft Country, Indian Matchmaking, and The Handmaid's Tale.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently announced its list of 2021 invitees, and four Film alumni are among them. Ben Odell '04 (Overboard, How to Be a Latin Lover) and Adjunct Professor Shrihari Sathe '09 (The Sweet Requiem, It Felt Like Love) have both been invited to join the Producer's Branch, Cherien Dabis '04 (May in the Summer, Amreeka) has been invited to join the Director's Branch, and Angela Tucker '05 (Belly of the Beast, (A)Sexual) has been invited to join the Documentary Branch.
Among the many consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the closest to home for the School of the Arts community has been the effect on students' MFA experience. Thanks to shut-downs and a switch to remote or hybrid learning, many of our students have not been able to showcase or even practice their art in a typical way.
The winners of Columbia@Roundabout's 2021 New Play Reading Series have been announced. This year marks the sixth anniversary of the series.
Dear School of the Arts Community:
I am writing in response to yesterday’s Wall Street Journal article about student debt in masters programs with a particular focus on the debt of some of our graduating students compared to their very early career earnings.
Professor Robert O'Hara ’96 and alumnus Torrey Townsend ’13 unite for a creative collaboration in Off Broadway, a biting new satirical comedy.
Playwriting student Alaudin Ullah’s singular play and one-man show, Dishwasher Dreams, will come to life once again at Hartford Stage in Connecticut during its 2021-2022 season.