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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Alumnae So Young Shelly Yo '18 and Ellie Foumbi ’17 were both chosen to participate in Tribeca’s 2021 Writing in Unreal Program.
Film student Cecilia Otero was accepted into the 2021 Film Independent Producing Lab.
Works by Columbia filmmakers Maggie Gyllenhaal ’99 (CC), Professor of Professional Practice Tom Kalin, Jessica Kingdon ’09 (CC) and Julia Ducournau have been honored at this year’s Gotham Awards in New York City.
Four films by Columbia filmmakers are set to screen at the 12th edition of the DOC NYC film festival between November 10 and November 18, 2021.
Adjunct Professor Rich Perello currently produces the feature film Quasi, a new comedy which offers a satirical look at the story of The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Two Columbia alumni have been recognized by the Sundance Institute. They are: Lauren López de Victoria ’19, named as an inaugural Sundance Producers Intensive Fellow, and Cyril Aris ’17, whose project Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano was selected to receive a Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program Grant.
Leylak has been named Best Drama at the 2021 New York Shorts International Film Festival. This win comes amidst the film’s sparkling screenings on the film festival circuit, where it was recently named the winner of the 2021 Special Jury Mention Award in the shorts category of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.
Two films by Columbia filmmakers were recognized at the 2021 CinEast film festival. They are: Miracle, written and directed by Assistant Professor Bogdan Apetri, and Murina, directed by alumna Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović ’17 and co-written by Kusijanović and fellow alumnus Frank Graziano '18.
Paradise Highway, a new thriller written and directed by alumna Anna Gutto '16, was recently acquired by Lionsgate for North American distribution and international sales.
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.
Ida Red, a feature film edited by Adjunct Assistant Professor John David Allen, opens in theaters around the country on November 5 with a same-day streaming release on Paramount+.
Alumna Nicole Holofcener '88 is set to write and direct the feature film Beth and Don, which will begin filming in New York City in early spring 2022.
