Two events on Sunday in LA celebrate the printed word: a Black Clock reading and a conversation on Esther McCoy’s Los Angeles. In the literary journal’s latest edition, Black Clock…
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‘Sick and Twisted’ Animation Festival Returns to CalArts
***April 27: This event has been cancelled. We will try to reschedule for next semester.*** The 2011 Sick and Twisted Festival trailer. Craig ‘Spike’ Decker and Mike Gribble began their…
Continue reading »Structuring Strategies Features Work by Leo Hobaica and Miwa Matreyek
The Structuring Strategies class and film screening series welcomes Leo F. Hobaica Jr., assistant dean of CalArts’ School of Film/Video, and alumna Miwa Matreyek (Film/Video MFA 07), to the Bijou…
Continue reading »Going Viral: CalArts Alum Directs Documentary Short about 9-year-old’s Cardboard Arcade
Caine’s Arcade, a short film about a 9-year-old boy’s cardboard “arcade”—located in his dad’s East LA used auto parts store—has gone viral since its release online three days ago. Directed…
Continue reading »SCV Teen Skater Documentary Only the Young Wowing Festival Crowds
Two recent CalArts School of Film/Video grads, Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims, are making a splash on the festival circuit with their feature debut, Only the Young. The documentary follows…
Continue reading »CalArtians Collaborate on Julia Holter’s Moni Mon Amie Music Video
Los Angeles singer and songwriter, alumna Julia Holter (Music/IM MFA 09) released her latest album, Ekstasis, on March 8. Since then, the record has received critical acclaim from numerous critics, including the BBC, NPR Music…
Continue reading »CalArtians at the 2012 Whitney Biennial: Mike Kelley, Thom Andersen, Richard Hawkins and Laida Lertxundi
[nggallery id=”241″] Works by four CalArtians are featured in the 2012 Whitney Biennial, which opened earlier this month in New York. The Biennial gauges the current state of contemporary art…
Continue reading »Structuring Strategies Series Presents Experimental Indian Films
[nggallery id=242] There’s more to Indian film than Bollywood offerings, and Tuesday (March 20) filmmaker and curator Shai Heredia brings a slate of varied, experimental short films from India to…
Continue reading »Alumnus Kyle Balda’s Co-directed Film The Lorax Opens Strong
CalArts alumni have dominated the box office news lately, including director Brad Bird’s (Film/Video BFA 76) Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, which has earned more than $679 million worldwide since its…
Continue reading »CalArts Animation Tribute at LA Animation Festival
The 3rd Annual Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF)—the largest international animation festival in California—takes over the Regent Showcase Theater in Hollywood this week (March 7-11). CalArtian filmmakers play a central…
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