EventMay 6, 2019
CalArts alum and Ghanaian-American filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu shows her work at several venues around California this month. On Monday, May 6, she presents Between Three Worlds: Films by Akosua Adoma…
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EventMay 3 - 5, 2019
From May 3 – 5, CalArts will host the 2019 World Music and Dance Festival, representing musical traditions from around the globe. Presented annually by The Herb Alpert School of Music…
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Disney and Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame — the final chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s (MCU) latest phase — was released this weekend. The film shattered box office records by taking in $1.2…
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EventApril 29, 2019
Since the 1970s, prolific filmmaker, artist and CalArts faculty James Benning has created films that invite viewers to participate in a rigorous practice of “looking and listening” to deepen their…
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EventApril 26 - May 5, 2019
Editor’s note — this post has been updated to reflect the addition of work by CalArts alum Brian Cross in Contact High. Photoville — a popular Brooklyn-based photography pop-up exhibition…
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Sharine Atif’s (Film/Video MFA 17) short film Jebel Banat has its North American premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, which runs Wednesday (April 24) to Sunday (May 5). The…
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EventApril 18 - 28, 2019
From April 18-28, The Film Society of Lincoln Center hosts Art of the Real, a film festival highlighting innovative nonfiction and hybrid works. Now in its sixth year, Art of the…
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EventApril 15, 2019
On Monday (April 15), the Roy and Edna Disney / CalArts Theater (REDCAT) honors the legacy of the late Allan Sekula with an evening of selected films and books. Sekula…
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ReleaseApril 13, 2019
Director Tim Disney’s feature film William is in theaters on Friday (April 12). Written by Disney and J.T. Allen, the coming-of-age story with a science-fiction edge stars Will Brittain, Waleed Zuaiter,…
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Early this morning (April 10), the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation announced the awarding of the prestigious 2019 Guggenheim Fellowships to 168 scholars, artists and writers. This diverse group of fellows…
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