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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Three Columbia alumnae have been selected to participate in this year’s 20th edition of Berlinale Talents at the Berlin International Film Festival. Alumna Maya Korn '19, alumna Ellie Foumbi '17 and alumna Marta Cruañas Compés '20 are part of the 200 new additions to the Berlinale Talents network and will connect with their new cohort digitally from February 12-17, 2022 during the festival.
Cha Cha Real Smooth, a feature film produced by alumnus Erik Feig '92 (CC), won the Audience Award in the U.S. Drama Competition at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
Five Columbia artists have projects that have been nominated for the 2022 GLAAD Media Awards. They are: Ray Yeung ’13, Manuela Sosa ’19, Joey Odom ’19, Ashley Lyle '07 ('02 CC), and Professor Tom Kalin.
Animation Conversations is an interview series with Film faculty, students, and alumni where we discuss working as screenwriters, directors, and producers in the animation industry.
On Friday, January 21, 2022, second-year Creative Producing student Kaelo Iyizoba participated in a panel presented by Blackhouse Foundation and Meta at the Sundance Film Festival’s Filmmakers Lodge.
Adjunct Assistant Professor Diana Peralta has been selected as one of the 5 inaugural fellows for the Ojalá Ignition Lab.
The 79th Golden Globes were announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on January 9, 2022 with season three of Succession, for which alumnus Brysen Boyd '20 serves as a Writing Fellow, taking home three of the five awards it was nominated for.
Myth - The Go Between, a short film written and directed by alumna Alies Sluiter '20, won five awards at the South Australian Screen Awards, including Best Drama, Best Director and the Grand Jury Prize.
Alumna Hope Dickson Leach '05 is set to direct a hybrid adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Only the Moon Stands Still, a short film written and directed by alumnus Johnson Cheng '20, recently won the Audience Award for Best Short Film at AFI Fest, which ran from November 10 to November 14, 2021.
Nominations for the 79th Golden Globes have been announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and two films by Columbia filmmakers have made the list. The Lost Daughter, directed by alumna Maggie Gyllenhaal '99 (CC) received nominations in the Best Director, Motion Picture category and the Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama category for Olivia Colman.
Two feature projects from Columbia University filmmakers were chosen to participate in the Fiction Track for Film Independent’s 2021 Fast Track Program. They are: Alien Kulture, written by Iesh Thapar '17 and produced by Sarah Seulki Oh '15, and The Mesopotamian, written and directed by Esra Saydam '11 and produced by Gerry Kim '11 and Alvaro Valente '14.
