The Structuring Strategies class and film series at CalArts welcomes New York-based experimental filmmaker Fred Worden to the Bijou Theater Tuesday night (Feb. 22). He’ll be screening and discussing several…
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Structuring Strategies Welcomes Experimental Filmmaker Martha Colburn
Martha Colburn is a New York-based filmmaker best known for her experimental animation that mixes pop culture and politics. She’s tonight’s guest artist for the Structuring Strategies class and lecture…
Continue reading »Tournées Festival of French Films Begins at CalArts with Philippe Garrel Feature
The Film Today class and screening series inaugurates The Tournées Festival at CalArts today, beginning with a showing of Philippe Garrel’s 2008 feature La Frontière de l’aube (Frontier of Dawn)….
Continue reading »CalArts Filmmaker Wins Prestigious Tiger Award in Rotterdam
Natasha Mendonca (Film/Video MFA 10) has collected one of the three Tiger Awards for Short Films given out at the International Film Festival Rotterdam—one of the “big five” European film…
Continue reading »How to Train Your Dragon, Day and Night Among Annie Award Winners
The Annie Awards—the highest honor given for excellence in animation—were handed out in a ceremony at UCLA’s Royce Hall on Saturday evening (Feb. 5). The award’s 38th edition featured a…
Continue reading »Nina Menkes’s Dissolution Screens at Structuring Strategies Tonight, Boston Premiere on Feb. 26
Filmmaker and School of Film/Video faculty member Nina Menkes’s latest feature film and first Hebrew language film, Dissolution (Hitparkut, 88 minutes/B&W/HD) screens as part of the Structuring Strategies class and…
Continue reading »Photo Gallery: 2011 Character Animation Show at CalArts
[nggallery id=141] Last week, CalArts’ Character Animation students took over the Main Gallery for their 2011 Gallery Show. Their works are better seen than described, so Institute photographer Scott Groller…
Continue reading »Structuring Strategies Focuses on Independent Chinese Cinema
Tonight the Structuring Strategies screening series welcomes CalArts’ School of Film/Video faculty member Bérénice Reynaud, who’ll deliver a multimedia presentation on independent Chinese cinema, featuring the works of a new…
Continue reading »Congratulations to CalArts’ Oscar Nominees
[nggallery id=135] The 83rd Annual Academy Awards nominations were announced early this morning (Jan. 25) in Beverly Hills, Calif., and several CalArts alumni have earned Oscar nominations: Chris Sanders (Film/Video…
Continue reading »Media Artist and Filmmaker Max Hattler in Residency at CalArts this Week
Basement Jaxx: Where’s Your Head At (by Max Hattler) The London- and Berlin-based moving-image artist Max Hattler is in residency at CalArts this week, working with Experimental Animation students from…
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