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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In Your Area, a short film written and directed by current student Daniel Slottje and produced by alumni Elliot Zarrabi '18, Jaclyn Noel '19 and Michael Goitanich '18, had its world premiere at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival in California on October 12th.
Variações, a film co-written by alumna Karen Sztajnberg ’06, became the single most watched feature film in Portugal this year.
On A Global Scale is a bi-weekly series about international co-productions by Columbia filmmakers.
Baby, the Columbia University thesis film of writer and director Thais Drassinower '18, won the Audience Award at the NALIP Latino Media Fest earlier this month in Los Angeles, California.
Diversity in Film is a bi-weekly series covering underrepresented groups in Film.
With a total of 13 nominations, Russian Doll was a serious contender at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards.
The future looks bright for current student King Lu. He was selected as one of three finalists for the 2019-2020 Humanitas Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Fellowship for his teleplay From June to July. If chosen as the winner, Lu would continue the University’s success in the competition after Jessica Shields ‘18 was awarded the Fellowship last year.
Current student Asad Farooqui and alumna Fany de la Chica '18 are featured in this year’s Nashville Film Festival.
On A Global Scale is a bi-weekly series about international co-productions by Columbia filmmakers.
Sister Aimee, co-written and co-directed by alumni Marie Schlingmann ’16 and Samantha Buck ’16 had its theatrical debut at the Village East Cinema in New York and at the Laemmle Glendale in Los Angeles last week before its digital release on October 1st.
Alumni Cyril Aris '17, Antoneta Kusijanović '17 and Lauren Wolkstein '10 as well as Professor Katherine Dieckmann were invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Five films from Columbia alumni and students will show at the 30th edition of the New Orleans Film Festival. This year’s festival runs from October 16-23.
