Two groups of students from the program in Character Animation in CalArts’ School of Film/Video and the School of Theater’s Scene Design programs have placed first and second in a…
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Dustin Thompson’s The Travelogues at the Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Film Festival started Wednesday and runs through May 2. One of the films being screened is Dustin Thompson’s (Film/Video MFA 09) experimental film The Travelogues (2009, 49 mins.)….
Continue reading »Filmmaker Amie Siegel Discusses DDR/DDR at the Bijou Tonight
Fresh off a plane from New York and her program last night at MoMA, filmmaker Amie Siegel screens and discusses her film essay DDR/DDR (2008, 135 mins.) tonight at CalArts’…
Continue reading »Filmmaker Cauleen Smith in Residence at CalArts this Week
Cauleen Smith is a San Diego-based filmmaker, screenwriter and video installation artist best known for her experimental works that examine themes of black female identity. She’s an artist-in-residence at CalArts…
Continue reading »CalArts’ CAP Master Class with Filmmaker Mark Osborne
20 for 20 is a master class series that commemorates the 20th anniversary of CalArts’ Community Arts Partnership (CAP) program. Artist ambassadors, from all disciplines, are leading 20 classes and…
Continue reading »24700 Interview: CalArts Faculty Morgan Kelly on How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon is the latest animated feature from DreamWorks Animation, which opened on Friday to great reviews. Directed by CalArts grad Chris Sanders (Film/Video BFA 84) and…
Continue reading »Ann Arbor Film Fest Screens Works from Several CalArts Alumnae
The 48th Ann Arbor (Mich.) Film Festival began on Tuesday and runs through this weekend (March 28), featuring works from CalArts filmmakers in several categories, including music video, animation, short…
Continue reading »Actor Ewan MacGregor Discusses Career and Craft with CalArts Students
[nggallery id=43] Actor Ewan McGregor doesn’t play a certain “type” in his roles. In the 1996 film Trainspotting, McGregor portrayed a hard-to-forget heroin addict. Three years later, he took on…
Continue reading »Structuring Strategies: The 11th Annual Animation Show of Shows
Ron Diamond, founder and Executive Producer of Acme Filmworks, Inc., and co-founder and President of Animation World Network, returns to CalArts tonight to present The 11th Annual Animation Show of…
Continue reading »Oscar winners revel in their moments
At Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, there were a number of CalArts alumni among the nominees, and two eventual winners: Pete Docter (Film/Video BFA 90),…
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