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Last week we lost our dear friend and colleague, Milena Jelinek, a brilliant and beloved screenwriting professor at Columbia University's School of the Arts Film Program.

Despite the fact that the event couldn’t take place this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Aspen Shortsfest Film Festival virtually announced the winners of its 29th edition with great successes for two Columbia films.

Little Fires Everywhere, Hulu’s new hit show, was co-written and co-executive produced by film alumna Amy Talkington '99.

Tumbling Towards Home, co-written & directed by alumna Imelda O'Reilly '08, won the Bronze Remi Award at the Worldfest-Houston Film Festival.

Stars Behind The Stars is a bi-weekly series featuring theatre makers behind the scenes. This week we sat down with Playwriting alumna Elisabeth Frankel ’19 to discuss her theatrical work and creating art during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frankel is a Leo who has written The German Party, 2076, and The Visitors. She recently served as an Assistant Director on the Classic Stage Company production of Assassins, prior to its postponement.

Stars Behind The Stars is a bi-weekly series featuring theatre makers behind the scenes.

This week we sat down with Stage Management alumna Rachel A. Zucker ’17 and discussed her work on Six the Broadway musical. Zucker is a Cancer who has worked on Broadway shows such as Indecent, Farinelli and The King, Pretty Woman, True West, The Prom, and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. 

Adjunct Assistant Professor Vito Adriaensens's found-footage ciné roman, Entre Les Images, was shown at the Cadence Video Poetry Festival 2020 where it won in its category, 'Poetry by Video Artists'. 

Work by current student Joseph Liatela ’21 is featured in the group photography exhibit Love, Actually at New York’s Humble Arts Foundation, curated by Jon Feinstein.

Melina León '08, an alumna of the MFA Directing program, was chosen as the winner of the Premios Wapa, an award given by Wapa Magazine recognizing women who break stereotypes with their work.

Directing alumna Rachel Chavkin ’08, Professor Morgan Jenness, and Professor Lynn Nottage partner with a team of more than 50 artists to launch The Trickle Up campaign to help provide opportunities for artists to earn income during the shutdown of theatres and arts venues across the country.

Tangles and Knots, written & directed by alumna Renee Marie Petropoulos '17, was nominated for both Best International Short Film & Best Performance in a Drama at the NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Awards, which has been postponed currently due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Back in February, we were pleased to announce that three Columbia writers were finalists for the PEN America Literary Award, one of them being alumna Ruchika Tomar ’12.

Diversity in Film is a bi-weekly series covering underrepresented groups in Film.

Alumni Gauri Adelkar '19 and Lauren López de Victoria '19 were selected to participate in this year’s Film Independent Project Involve program.

Great American Desert, a collection of short stories by alumna Terese Svoboda '78, is a finalist for the Foreword Book Award.