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).

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.

Two films by Columbia filmmakers, Hector's Woman and Coronation, will show at this year’s 52nd edition of the Nashville Film Festival.

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.

The Telluride Film Festival has honored Professor Anette 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.”

Three films by Columbia filmmakers will play at this year’s Woodstock Film Festival: The Winter House, The Binding of Itzik, and Hector’s Woman.

Several projects by Columbia University filmmakers were honored during the 2021 Creative Arts Emmy Awards Ceremony that took place over the weekend: Dick Johnson Is Dead, The Social Dilemma, and Lovecraft Country.

The 78th Venice International Film Festival was organized by La Biennale di Venezia and was held on September 1–11, 2021.

The 17th annual Hollyshorts Film Festival will take place in-person in Los Angeles, as well as virtually via their website, from September 23 until October 1, 2021.