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 […]
The Last Flight of Petr Ginz is now available through First Run Features. Order your copy through First Run and check out the dvd extras produced, shot and edited by DFP students.
Andrew Austin, with his Power Glove in hand, delivered an entertaining and informative pitch to capture top honors in RiverRun’s 2nd Annual Pitchfest. Austin pitched The Power of Glove, a film that chronicles the colorful history and legacy of the first video game controller that […]
Filmmakers must know how to maximize limited resources, sell their ideas to funders and ultimately convince an audience to join them on a storytelling journey. In short, they have to be entrepreneurs. The DFP wants to ensure that its students can combine these creative entrepreneurial […]
When Wake Forest departments and organizations repeatedly requested the storytelling skills of DFP filmmakers, a group of entrepreneurial-minded students decided to make the most of this opportunity. Chris Zaluski, Sam Smartt and Kim Dryden developed a business plan, secured a location in scenic Reynolda Village […]
A former student premiering a film at the Tribeca Film Festival is a thrill, three alums screening at Tribeca at the same time is beyond thrilling. DFP faculty members Sandy Dickson, Cindy Hill and Cara Pilson are delighted with the recent A-list film festival success […]