Congratulations to producer Monica Berra (MFA ’16) on the premiere of her film Paul Anka: His Way at the Toronto International Film Festival! Directed by John Maggio, and produced by Berra, the film offers a candid and celebratory look at the life and career of Paul […]
DFP Professor of Practice Peter Gilbert and Steve James, two of the creative forces behind the seminal 1994 sports documentary Hoop Dreams, have been named the recipients of the National Sports Media Association’s Roone Arledge Award for Innovation. Gilbert accepted the Arledge Award and participated […]
Jacob Hancock-Hernández (MFA ’23) recently screened his thesis film Sidelines at the National Sports Media Association’s annual Awards Weekend. Sidelines tells the story of modern-day high school sports media within the greater context of a collapsing newspaper industry. The NMSA is the oldest organization in the United States honoring […]
Congratulations to Diane Hodson (MFA ’15) and Jasmine Luoma (MFA ’15) on their Tribeca Film Festival premieres! Luoma served as producer on An Update on Our Family, a provocative three-part MAX series that exposes the hidden-in-plain-sight, unregulated family vlogging industry. Hodson served as editor on […]
Kudos to Allison Rieff (MFA ’23) and Elizabeth Miller-Derstine (MFA ’23) for winning Best Documentary Feature at this year’s Longleaf Film Festival with their thesis film Bloom, and for taking home an additional award for Best Film Poster award! We are also delighted to share the news […]
Congrats to Jack Balick (MA ’24) and William Teets (MA ’24) for capturing top honors with their pitch of Ayzoh in the 13th Annual RiverRun Pitch Fest competition! Second place honors went to Zoe Lang of Tulane, who pitched her film, Unpacking Pride: A Guide for the […]
We are excited to present our spring DFP Thesis Showcase screening of Our Side in the ZSR Auditorium on Tuesday, March 19 at 6 p.m. Our Side follows documentarian and sexual abuse survivor, Jinglin Zeng (MFA ’23), as she embarks on a journey to heal and reclaim her narrative. […]
Professor of Practice Chris Sheridan has been selected as a judge for the 71st Annual Scripps Howard National Journalism awards – one of the most distinguished journalism awards in the industry. With a focus on high-impact and investigative storytelling, the awards honor work from television stations, […]
The Documentary Film Program and Get in the Game invite you to a screening of the powerful sports documentary Q Ball. The award-winning film chronicles the lives of incarcerated basketball players at San Quentin State Prison, exploring inmates’ personal struggles as they search for redemption and transcendence both […]
Finding Home, directed by Sidney Beeman (MFA ’22) will make its broadcast debut on West Virginia PBS on Friday, January 12. “It’s an incredible honor to share my film on PBS—a dream I’ve had for so long—and now, it’s becoming a reality,” said Beeman. Finding […]