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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Stella For Star, co-written and directed by alumnus Nick Singer '19 and co-written by alumnus Ben Gottlieb '19, is now available to view on Filmatique. Stella for Star premiered at IFFBoston, New Orleans, St. Cloud, the Big Apple Film Festival, and it won the Hammer-to-Nail Short Film Contest.
MFA Film, Second Year Students, Chair Update 10-16-2020
MFA Film, First Year Students, Chair Update 10-16-2020
Film students Kathy Esquenazi-Mitrani and Aliza Brugger are currently on a strong, respective festival run. Buzzkill, a short film written and directed by Esquenazi-Mitrani and co-produced by Brugger and student Manqing Cang, will have its world premiere at the Chicago International Film Festival, where it will screen digitally from October 14-25 as part of the Shorts 5 program.
Welcome to another edition of On A Global Scale. This bi-weekly series celebrates the international spirit of the Columbia University film program and the incredible global collaborations coming out of it.
The 27th edition of the Austin Film Festival is coming up with two films by Columbia filmmakers included in the virtual line up.
Hiatus (暫別人生), a feature film project written and to be directed by student Szu-Wei Chen, was selected to participate in the Taipei Film Academy’s Filmmaker’s Workshop that was held virtually from September 27 to October 2.
