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“Animating the Void” has its Festival Premiere

Animating the Void: Erasing Michelle from “Full House”, a short film directed by Andrew Austin (MFA ‘14), will premiere this evening at the DC Shorts Film Festival.  Austin completed the film as part of his MFA Creative Project while at the DFP. The film chronicles […]


Summer Fun with Southern Exposure

Looking for a challenge after graduating with her MFA, Mindy Keeley headed off to spend the summer hog hunting in the woods of Alabama.  Mindy is the third DFP student to use her filmmaking skills to raise awareness about Alabama’s environmental issues as a


Frivolous Things Premiere

Frivolous Things, a film co-directed by Kathi Barnhill (MA ’14), Walidah Muhammad (MA ’14) and Joe Jowers (MFA ’15), made its U.S. premiere at a recent fundraising event at Old Salem for Kybele, a non-profit humanitarian organization dedicated to improving childbirth conditions worldwide through medical […]


DFP at UFVA

DFP faculty, students and alums recently returned from a productive University Film and Video Association conference in Bozeman, Montana.  Kelly McKenna and Hanna Teachey screened Unconditional, a film they co-directed with Rhonda Chan Soo, and participated in an audience Q & A. Diane Hodson, a UFVA Carole […]


Dryden Lands Job at Udacity

Please join us in congratulating Kim Dryden on her new post at Udacity.  Kim will be serving as a video production manager for the Silicon Valley online education company. According to the posted job description, “employees at Udacity include adventurous foodies, nerf gun warriors, and […]


Dryden Joins Silicon Valley Startup

Congratulations to 2013 alum Kim Dryden on her new post at Udacity.  Kim will serve as a video production manager for the Silicon Valley based company.


Google Cultural Institute Hosts Filipino Street Art Project

Drawn together by a shared passion for public art, DFP alum (MFA ’13) Kim Dryden and Wake Forest alum Austin Smith, a Filipino-American, formulated the idea for the Filipino Street Art Project before graduating in 2013. Both were attracted to the idea of taking a public […]


Rosdail Heads to University of Nebraska at Kearney

Jacob Rosdail has had a busy couple of months.  He screened two of his films at the RiverRun International Film Festival, wrapped up his responsibilities as Director of Wrought Iron Productions, welcomed his new daughter into the world and graduated with his MFA degree. In […]


DFP Faculty News

We want to let all members of the Documentary Film Program community know about some exciting changes happening at the DFP.  After many years of dedicated service, Sandy Dickson is stepping down as director in order to develop storytelling initiatives involving the DFP.  Cindy Hill […]


Sana Haq Earns 2nd Place Emmy!

We are thrilled to announce that Sana Attiq Haq’s film, The Other Army, took 2nd place in the Best Documentary category at the 35th Annual College Television Awards.  The award, also known as a “Student Emmy” was presented by the Television Academy Foundation. Haq produced […]


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