Filmmaker Eliza Hittman (Film/Video MFA 10) is the recipient of a U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award in Neo-Realism at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival for her narrative feature Never Rarely…
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On Oct. 23, The Gotham Independent Film Awards released its list of 2014 nominees. One of the earliest awards ceremonies in the annual film awards-season, the Gothams typically foreshadow the indie…
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The Sundance Institute’s new Next Weekend micro-festival is a traveling extension of the Park City, Utah-based festival’s Next section, which typically screens adventurous films with bold approaches to storytelling. The first…
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California Institute of the Arts has been selected as one of this year’s top 50 film schools in the US, per entertainment and media business platform TheWrap. The Institute nabbed…
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While our travel and activities are restricted amid the coronavirus crisis, there are still plenty of ways to let our minds and imaginations roam free. To help you discover new…
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Editor’s note — this post has been updated to reflect the addition of work by CalArts alum Vera Brunner-Sung. On Wednesday, Dec. 4, the Sundance Institute released the lineup for…
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On Thursday (April 5), the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced 173 Guggenheim Fellowships (including two joint Fellowships) to a diverse group of scholars, scientists and artists. Not surprisingly, a…
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EventJanuary 19 - 29, 2017
Above: Trailer for Rahul Jain’s ‘Machines.’ Update, Jan 31: Eliza Hittman’s Beach Rats wins the Directing Award for US Dramatic Section and Rahul Jain’s Machines wins World Cinema Documentary Special…
Continue reading »Above is the teaser trailer from J.R. Hughto’s Diamond on Vinyl. As we’ve previously posted, CalArtians made an unprecedented appearance at Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals this year—screening 16 films….
Continue reading »Above is the trailer for Kate Marks’ (Film/Video MFA 12) short, ‘Pearl was Here,’ which screens at Slamdance next month. Update 12/19: Since our original post, we learned that Song E….
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