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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.

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 […]

DFP faculty member Cindy Hill and former co-director Mary Dalton will present a “Sneak Preview” of their film Living in the Overlap on Wednesday, September 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Wake Forest University in Brendle Recital Hall. Living in the Overlap tells the story […]

Filmmaker Magazine has named Jason Osder, a former student of the DFP faculty and an assistant professor at The School of Media and Public Affairs at the George Washington University, to its annual list of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film.  […]

The Power of Glove is gaining an online following.  In addition to posts by multiple gaming blogs including A.V. Club, Eurogamer and MTV Mulitplayer, the film was recently featured in Wired.   The article, “There’s a Nintendo Power Glove Documentary Coming […]

2103 MA graduate Rhonda Chan Soo is spending her summer in Alabama as a Southern Exposure Film Fellow.  Rhonda is one of nine graduate level filmmakers from around the country using her documentary filmmaking skills to raise awareness about environmental issues in Alabama. You can […]

MFA students Sam Smartt and Chris Zaluski recently traveled to Los Angeles to attend the 34th Annual College Television Awards. The pair came home with a 2nd place win in the Documentary Division for their film Wagonmasters. The award, also known as a “Student […]

DFP faculty Mary Dalton and Cindy Hill will present a “Sneak Preview” of their new film Living in the Overlap at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Elliott University Center Auditorium on June 1. Living in the Overlap tells the story of Lennie […]

Sana Attiq Haq has been award a $3,600 UFVA Carole Fielding Student Grant for The Other Army. A personal essay film, The Other Army, seeks to understand the issues faced by Pakistan in its struggle against terrorism.  Haq says the film serves as a tribute […]

Peter Carolla is the recipient of a University Film and Video Association Graduate Student Conference Fellowship. The fellowship provides a select group of students with financial support to attend the annual UFVA conference and the opportunity to participate in a Fellows Program that offers professional […]