For this year’s annual holiday card, CalArts commissioned a hand-cut silhouette by three of its international students, all in their first year of CalArts’ Program in Character Animation: José Antonio…
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Mark Bradford, Benjamin Millepied Collaboration Debuts on MOCAtv
Earlier this semester, CalArts’ Film Directing Program hosted guest artist Benjamin Millepied, a director, dancer and choreographer best-known for his work on the Darren Aronofsky film Black Swan. During his…
Continue reading »2013 Sundance and Slamdance Festivals to Screen 16 CalArtian Films
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….
Continue reading »CalArts Alumni Helm Golden Globe-Nominated Animated Films
[nggallery id=313] The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards this morning (Dec. 13) in Beverly Hills. In the Best Animated Feature Film…
Continue reading »Filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu Featured in Brooklyn Retrospective
A trailer for Akosua Adoma Owusu’s 2009 short, ‘Me Broni Ba (My White Baby).’ This Sunday (Dec. 16) at 7:30 pm, Union Docs in Brooklyn, New York, presents a retrospective of short films…
Continue reading »Structuring Strategies Presents Films by CalArts Faculty Maureen Selwood
The final Structuring Strategies screening of the year, held tonight (Dec. 11) in CalArts’ Bijou Theater, presents films by CalArts faculty member Maureen Selwood, whose works include hand-drawn animation, live…
Continue reading »CalArtian Events This Weekend: From Exploring Galaxies to Bludgeoning Corpses
A preview of the video art and music from the ‘Dream of a Fixed Escape’ performance on Saturday CalArts performers and artists are involved in quite a few happenings around…
Continue reading »CalArts Alumni, Faculty Nominated for 40th Annual Annie Awards
The 40th Annual Annie Awards, which honor the highest achievements in the animation industry, recently announced this year’s nominees—with more than a dozen CalArtians on the short list. Two animators, Tahnee…
Continue reading »New York Film Critics Honor ‘Frankenweenie’
The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) jump-started the annual awards season yesterday by announcing their choices for film achievement. CalArts alumnus Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie was honored for Best Animated…
Continue reading »CalArts’ Alumni Among Film Independent Spirit Award Nominees
Five CalArtian filmmakers recently earned nominations for the 2013 Spirit Awards, which will be announced in Santa Monica on Feb. 23. Presented by Film Independent, a nonprofit arts organization that…
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