The CalArts Eye, a brand-new, student-run newspaper celebrates its first printed issue with a launch party tonight (Feb. 28) in Tatum Lounge from 7-11 pm. The new publication covers creative…
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‘Los Angeles Plays Itself’ Screens at CalArts
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) is a nearly three-hour homage to the City of Angels, directed by CalArts faculty member Thom Andersen. The video essay has a rare screening tonight…
Continue reading »CalArts Faculty Member Nina Menkes Featured in NYC and LA Film Retrospectives
Trailer for her recent feature Dissolution. ***March 1 update: Listen to Menkes discuss the Cinema as Sorcery retrospective and her work on KCRW’s The Treatment podcast. Anthology Film Archives in New…
Continue reading »French Films Featured at The Tournées Festival on Friday Afternoons at CalArts
The Film Today class and screening series welcomes The Tournées Festival back to CalArts this semester. Sponsored by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the festival brings contemporary French…
Continue reading »Photos from 2012 Character Animation Gallery Show at CalArts
[nggallery id=236] The annual student-curated, CalArts Character Animation winter show is currently on view in the Main Gallery. The images, characters, models and artwork—crafted by BFA students from the School…
Continue reading »Short Films by Brigid McCaffrey and Thorbjorg Jonsdottir Screen at CalArts
This week’s Structuring Strategies film series features short works by Los Angeles-based alumnae filmmakers Brigid McCaffrey (Film/Video MFA 10) and CalArts faculty member Thorbjorg Jonsdottir (Film/Video MFA 09) tonight (Feb….
Continue reading »Alumnus Minkyu Lee Wins Annie Award for Best Animated Short
The International Animated Film Society’s 39th Annual Annie Awards—the highest awards ceremony in the animation industry—was held last Saturday (Feb. 4) at Royce Hall at UCLA in Los Angeles. Animator and CalArts alumnus…
Continue reading »National Film Board of Canada Animation Studio Presents Shorts at CalArts
Tonight at 7 pm, Canada’s National Film Board (NFB) Animation Studio brings several short films to CalArts’ Bijou Theater for this week’s Structuring Strategies class and film series. The NFB…
Continue reading »Sundance Diary Part 2: Filmmaker Andrew Ahn Shares His Festival Experience
by Andrew Ahn (Film/Video MFA 11) / Special to 24700 After a hectic first few days at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, my schedule loosened up a bit, and I finally got a…
Continue reading »Alpert Award Recipient Natalia Almada Screens Films at CalArts
Natalia Almada, the 2011 Alpert Award recipient in Film/Video, is currently in residence at CalArts this week. In addition to holding a workshop with School of Film/Video students, Almada screens two of…
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