The Legacy of Milos Forman
In 1978, esteemed director Milos Forman and his Screenwriting mentor Frank Daniel were appointed co-chairs of the Film Program. Under their leadership, the program flourished and became the world-renowned institution of film education that it is today. In many ways, Forman was the "creative founder" of Columbia Film, having shaped and refined its commitment to narrative filmmaking anchored in strong screenplays. He gave it a character as distinct as his own—original, passionate, intelligent, and international.
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Silent Voices, a short film directed and produced by Film students Nadine Jin and Yuwen Zhang respectively, has been accepted into the prestigious La Cinef short film competition at the 79th Festival de Cannes.
Neighbors, a new series story-produced by Max McGillivray '21, is now streaming on HBO.
Film alum Nayantara 'Tara' Roy '17 is set to release her second novel, Sisters of a Halved Heart, this June with Algonquin Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group.
Top Awards at this year’s Miami Film Festival went to Columbia filmmakers, former Film student David Pablos and MFA Film alum Kali Kahn '25.
Remarkably Bright Creatures, the newest feature film from Olivia Newman '12, will premiere on Netflix on May 8, 2026.
When the screenwriter and producer was asked to adapt a military memoir into a TV series, the project struck a personal chord. Read more from Columbia Magazine.
Columbia filmmakers took over the lineup at last week's San Francisco International Film Festival, which ran from April 24 to May 4, 2026.
Coming off the heels of the massive blockbuster A Minecraft Movie, Film alum Chris Galletta '10 has been announced as the co-writer of the next film in the series, A Minecraft Sequel.
The short film At the Edge of the Volcano, directed by Jorge Granados Ross '21, co-written by Granados Ross and fellow alum Melik Kuru '21, and produced by Mariana Saffon '19, is set to screen at the Semaine de la Critique (Critic's Week) of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, in the International Film Festival of Morelia program.
A new supernatural drama, The Boroughs, executive produced by The Duffer Brothers with writing by Professor of Professional Practice James Schamus—also a consulting producer on the project—is set to premiere on Netflix this spring on May 21, 2026.
Heaven is Nobody’sˆ, the latest by director, Film alum, and Adjunct Assistant Professor in Film and Media Studies Hector Prats '23, has been released on Short of the Week.
Directing Concentration Head and Professor of Professional Practice Bette Gordon has been featured in the book Cinema Her Way: Visionary Female Directors in Their Own Words, published by Rizzoli International Publications on February 25, 2026.
