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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Happily, a short film co-written and directed by alumnus Aaron David DeFazio '15, screened in the Drama section of the 24th Los Angeles International Film Festival last month.
On A Global Scale is a bi-weekly series about international co-productions by Columbia filmmakers.
Four projects by Columbia filmmakers have been chosen as finalists for this year’s renowned SFFILM Raining Grant.
Distance, written and directed by Grace Swee '18 and produced by Apoorva Charan '18, is now streaming on Vidsee, as part of the Viddsee Juree Awards Singapore 2020, Out Of Competition program.
Out of the Past, Into the Future is a bi-weekly series that aims to chronicle a limitless scope of work by Columbia filmmaker’s representative of the past, present, and future.
Three films, written and directed by students and alumni, premiered at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, running September 25 to October 30. They are, Lonely Blue Night, written, directed and edited by alumnus Johnson Cheng '20, produced by alumna Apoorva Charan '18 and associate produced by alumnus Ewing Luo '18, Death of Nintendo, written and produced by alumna Valerie Castillo Martinez '16 and edited by alumnus Cyril Aris '17, and Mirror, written and directed by student Christina Yoon and…
Entre tú y Milagros, a short film directed by Mariana Saffon '19, written by Saffon and alumna Nathalie Álvarez Mesén '19, produced by Saffon and student Jorge Granados Ross, associate produced by alumnus Saim Sadiq '19 and edited by alumnus Andrew Stephen Lee '18 continues to make waves on the festival circuit by taking home the Best Narrative Short Film award at the Oscar-qualifying 28th Hamptons International Film Festival.
