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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Associate Professor Ramin Bahrani (CC '96) is set to write, direct and produce the feature film Amnesty based on the novel by Aravind Adiga (CC '97) for Netflix.
Professor James Schamus is crafting a Spanish-Language series for Netflix Mexico with co-screenwriter Monika Reevlla (The House of Flowers and Someone Has to Die) and author Fernanda Melchor (Hurricane Season).
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The final season of, a series co-created, co-executive produced and written by alumnus Francisco Angones '11 and written by alumni Robert Snow '10, Christian Magalhaes '10 and Rachel Vine '06, will come to an end with a 90-minute series finale which will air on March 15, 2021.
Columbia filmmakers celebrated another successful year at the 26th Annual DGA Student Film Awards for African American, Asian American, Latino and women directors. After taking home prizes in the past editions, Columbia filmmakers won four of the eight eastern regional honors of the prestigious award.
Seven films by Columbia filmmakers have been longlisted for the 2021 EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs). They are The White Tiger The Mauritanian, The Truffle Hunters Becoming, Dick Johnson is Dead, Athlete A All In: The Fight for Democracy, The Assistant, and 'm No Longer Here.
Five projects by Columbia filmmakers have been shortlisted at this year’s 93rd edition of the Academy Awards.
On A Global Scale is a bi-weekly series about international co-productions by Columbia filmmakers.
Film student Adewale Olukayode has been nominated for this year's NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Short Form, Live Action for his film Home The film was produced by alumni Jungyoon Kim ’20 and Najah Diop ’20, and film student Henry Arroyo. There were four other short form films nominated in the category.
Clara Sola, a feature film co-written and directed by alumna Nathalie Álvarez Mesén '19, won the TitraFilm Award in the Work in Progress competition at the 12th edition of the Les Arcs Film Festival in January 2021.
Three projects by Columbia filmmakers have been nominated for a Documentary Motion Picture Prize at this year’s PGA Awards.
Four short films by Columbia filmmakers are set to screen in the Shorts Selection at the Portland International Film Festival from March 5 to March 14, 2021.
