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Daniels Wins NOFF South Pitch!

Congratulations to Meg Daniels on bringing home first-place honors in the New Orleans Film Festival’s South Pitch student competition. Meg pitched Proper Pronouns, a thesis film she is co-directing with Manie Robinson.  The film explores the personal and professional challenges faced by a […]


Academy Award Winning Filmmaker Visit

DFP students will have the opportunity to learn from a master storyteller when Academy Award-winning director, producer, cinematographer, and editor Ross Kauffman visits the DFP on October 23-23.  During his two-day visit, Kauffman will speak to students about the ethical challenges of visual storytelling […]


Gimme a Faith Premieres in Doc Features at New Orleans!

Gimme A Faith, Hao Zhang’s MFA 2018 thesis film, makes its festival debut in the Documentary Features competition of the New Orleans International Film Festival. The film explores questions of faith and identity through Zhang’s journey with a small group of Chinese international graduate […]


Kalny to Host IMG Tailgate Tour!

Trey Kalny (MFA ’19) will serve as the host of IMG’s second annual Wendy’s College Tailgate Tour, an interactive, fan-focused pre-game experience featuring fresh food, music, gaming, and legend appearances.  As host, Kalny will travel to 13 college football games this season to create content […]


Alum Film Debuts as Atlantic Select

The Grey Zone  directed, produced, and edited by Brian Gersten (MFA ’16) and co-produced by Monica Berra (MFA ’16) recently made its debut in Atlantic Select, a showcase of short documentaries from independent creators, curated by The Atlantic Using archival and animation, The Grey Zone […]


DFP Alum Earns Emmy Nomination!

Congratulations to Cameron Bargerstock Mullenneaux (MFA ’14) on her Emmy nomination!  Cameron’s short film, Angelique, is a nominee in the Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine category. Cameron directed and produced the film, which tells an inspiring story of an Asheville, NC […]


DFP Alums at UFVA

Several DFP alums are in Las Cruces, New Mexico for a busy week of film screenings and panel presentations at the 72ndannual University Film and Video Association conference, Stories Without Borders, hosted by New Mexico State University. S.J. Wright (MFA ’18) and Dominic Silva (MFA […]


Thesis Film Screening

Our favorite night of the year is almost here!  The DFP will host a screening of MA and MFA thesis films on Friday, May 18.  The event will feature two short films by MA in Sports Media and Storytelling students and 4 films produced by […]


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