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.
News
Belly of the Beast, a documentary produced by alumna Angela Tucker '05, had its premiere on PBS this week, and is now available to view on their site. The trailer is available here, and the link to watch the film is here.
Broken Keys, a feature film written and directed by alumnus Jimmy Keyrouz '16, was selected as Lebanon's nominee for Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards 2021. If chosen to be included on the Academy’s nomination list, the film would mark Lebanon’s third Oscar entrance in its history.
On A Global Scale is a bi-weekly series about international co-productions by Columbia filmmakers.
The Vimeo Festival 2020 is starting on January 14 with two films by Columbia filmmakers nominated for Vimeo's Best of the Year awards that recognize exceptional Staff Picked videos from the past year.
Alumna Tobey List ’10, Executive Producer and the Vice President of Current Programming for the Intellectual Property Corporation, oversaw the development of the limited series, Empires of New York, which premiered on November 29 at 8pm on CNBC.
The Binding of Itzik, a short film written and directed by student Anika Benkov, is making waves on the festival circuit, playing worldwide at more than ten festivals either virtually or in a hybrid format.
It’s officially one month until the Production Grant deadline of January 4, 2021 (4pm)! Please keep the questions coming as you continue to prep your applications.
It’s been wonderful to get back into production these last several weeks, between exercise work, project-level films heading into principal photography, and everyone’s Thesis-level plans in preparation for the Production Grant deadline.
Acting Student Katherine George stars in the long awaited digital series #LoveMyRoomie.
Film student Ivan Durovic directed the Life Stream at EXIT Music Festival in Novi Sad, Serbia.
Patch of Sky, debut book by alumna Nic Yulo ’18 will be published by Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House, in the Spring of 2022. It was announced on Publisher's Weekly last Tuesday.
