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Cabin Creek Producer Visits DFP

Award-winning Cabin Creek producer, and former student of the DFP faculty, David Cassidy will visit the DFP on October 21- 22.  Cassidy has produced documentary series and features with Barbara Kopple and Cabin Creek Films for over ten years. He most recently produced Running […]


Hodson Heads to Pitch Perfect

Participating in pitch competitions against your peers is a great way to test your pitching skills and get feedback on your ideas.  DFP student Diane Hodson will get the opportunity do just that in the Pitch Perfect competition at the 24th annual New Orleans Film […]


Laramie Inside Out Screening

In October 1998, Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten and left to die. The horror of this murder pushed Laramie into the media spotlight and sparked a nationwide debate about homophobia, gay-bashing and hate crimes. Filmmaker Beverly Seckinger returns to her hometown to […]


A Winning Debut

The Possum Drop, directed by Mindy Keeley, brings home a win in its film festival debut. The film took 2nd place honors in the Documentary Short Division of the Knoxville Film Festival. The film will continue its festival run at the Chagrin […]


Third Year Student Reflects on Her Summer With Cabin Creek Films

This summer, third-year DFP student, Camie Bargerstock interned at Cabin Creek Films in New York City. Camie worked alongside documentary filmmaker, Barbara Kopple, who founded the production house, and a former student of the DFP faculty, David Cassidy, who is now a producer at Cabin […]


Festival News

Kids of Conquest, a short film co-directed by Jasmine Luoma and Diane Hodson, will screen at the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival in Chagrin Falls, Ohio on October 2nd.  The film follows three sixth grade students from Winston-Salem, NC as they create historical documentaries dramatically bringing to […]


Student films to be featured in local school curriculums

The RiverRun Film Festival has selected The Legitimate Child and The Impetus to Desegregate, two documentary shorts produced by both former and current DFP students, to feature in their Films With Class program. The FWC program screens films in local classrooms to enhance the schools’ […]


September Screenings

Our September screening line-up features films exploring gay marriage, immigration policies in North Carolina, and the struggle over land rights in Zimbabwe.  Learn more about these films and be sure to mark your calendars.


Festival News: A Win and Official Selections

The One Who Builds co-directed by Peter Carolla, Hillary Pierce and Nick Gooler, brings home a Best Short Documentary win at the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival.  This marks the first best in category win for The One Who Builds. The Legitimate Child, co-directed and co-produced […]


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