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 […]
We are delighted to share the news that Pain into Passion, directed by Brandi Hall (MA ’22) has been selected to screen at the Ocean City Film Festival in March of 2024. Pain into Passion is an emotional exploration of how a family moves beyond loss to save […]
Congratulations to Brent Kirkland (MFA ’21) on his recent Best Director win at the inaugural Wild Rover Film Festival in Tampa, Florida! Brent’s film, Keghead’s Last Ride, featuring his father James “Keghead” Kirkland made its festival debut at the Cordillera International Film Festival in Reno, Nevada […]
Please join us for a screening of Bloom, co-directed by 2023 MFA graduates Allison Rieff and Elizabeth Miller-Derstine, on Thursday, November 16 at 6:00 p.m. Bloom follows four birth workers and the expectant parents they advocate for and questions why a country that advocates for personal […]
Congratulations to the Proper Pronouns team of Meg Daniels (MFA ’19) and Mannie Robinson (MFA ’19) on a successful Australian debut! Proper Pronouns recently took home a Best Director, Best LGBTQ film award in the the newly launched Sydney World Fest 2023-24.