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 […]
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’ […]
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 […]