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Frameline, the media and arts nonprofit that hosts the annual San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, has announced that Film student Nana Duffour is a recipient of the annual Frameline Completion Fund Grant.
Film alum Kaelo Justin Iyizoba ’23 has been named one of eight filmmakers selected for the inaugural Sundance Cultural Impact Residency.
Media Res, the studio behind acclaimed series such as The Morning Show and Pachinko, has announced that it will begin the production Summer of 1985, a series co-written by Film alum Melina Maraki '23, later this year, marking a significant milestone for the rising screenwriter.
In his fourth poetry collection, The Bear Wrestler (Saturnalia Books), Writing alum Robert Ostrom ’08 blurs fact and fiction, deception and truth.
Sam Grabiner ’21 won the 2025 Olivier Award for Best New Production in an Affiliate Theatre for his play Boys on the Verge of Tears. The highest award in British theatre comes after his 2024 win for best debut at the Stage Awards.
Film alum Chris Galletta '10, of Kings of Summer (2013) fame, is co-writer on the wildly popular new blockbuster, A Minecraft Movie. The film, based on the beloved Mojang video game, opened April 4, 2025 and made an incredible $140 million on its opening weekend.
Associate Professor and Co-Concentration Head of the Writing for Film and Television concentration Blair Singer has secured a script commitment at Fox for a television adaptation of the bestselling novel Cold Blooded Liar by Karen Rose. Singer will write and executive produce the project.
Visual Arts alum Anna Ting Möller '23 explores disgust—and more—in a new show at MASS MoCa, Dirty & Disorderly: Contemporary Artists on Disgust, alongside New Red Order and Nguyễn Duy Mạnh.
In her recent show at Columbia, the artist issued a cry for help and a call for action.
The Tony Award winning Crossroads Theatre Company has partnered with Professor Lynn Nottage and Columbia University School of the Arts to found the annual Crossroads Genesis Prize for Playwriting Excellence.
Acting alum Ito Aghayere '12 will continue in her role as Eléna Andréevna in Conor McPherson's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya after a successful run at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. The production, which concluded on March 25, 2025 will transfer to Washington, D.C.'s Shakespeare Theatre Company from March 30 through April 20, 2025.
Writing alum Latif Askia Ba ’23 recently published his second poetry collection, The Choreic Period, with Milkweed in January of 2025.
After a stellar premiere at South by Southwest earlier this month, audiences will be able to catch Holland, a new American mystery thriller written by Film alum Andrew Sodroski '10, on Prime Video when it hits the streaming service on March 27.
For her Composer Portrait at Miller Theatre on March 6, Miya Masaoka presented a substantial, cohesive, and emotive demonstration of how she has mastered illusory chaos.
This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia School of the Arts' professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making. Here, we talk with Professor Alan Gilbert about finding poetry through music, the importance of discovering your own artistic links, and why pushing students beyond their comfort zones can lead them to unexpected horizons.