Come out and support 2nd year MFA student Taylor Rogers as she pitches her thesis film, Types, in the RiverRun International Film Festival’s PitchFest competition. PitchFest gives student documentary filmmakers the opportunity to pitch their ideas to a panel of jurors, who provide feedback and award […]
We are thrilled that the RiverRun International Film Festival will feature Brandon Gaesser’s (MFA ’21) thesis film, Chicken Soup for the Soil. The film follows the journey of the soil beneath our feet and the efforts of North Carolina farmers Suzanne Nelson and Rachel Herrick to […]
We are very excited to welcome back Safyah Usmani (MFA ’15) as an artist-in-residence from March 20-24. Usmani is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker whose documentaries and multimedia work foster discourse on the rights of marginalized individuals. She also explores the concept of identity – how it […]
Join us Tuesday in the ZSR Auditorium (Floor 4) to watch Associate Professor Christopher Zaluski’s most recent film, Theirs Is The Kingdom. The film follows the rare creation of the Haywood Street Fresco, a contemporary fresco mural inside the sanctuary of a small […]
We are excited to announce that Chicken Soup for the Soil, a Documentary Film Program thesis film directed by Brandon Gaesser (MFA ’21), will make its national premiere on the Pattrn streaming platform on February 24, at 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. ET! Chicken Soup […]
We are thrilled to share that Will LaCalle’s (MFA ’21) film festival debut led to his first Best Documentary Shorts win at the Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival! LaCalle’s MFA thesis film, Andrew After Angola, was praised by the judges as a “powerful presentation of […]
Congratulations to Will LaCalle (MFA ’21) on the festival launch of his thesis film, Andrew After Angola! The film premieres this week at Cinema on The Bayou Film Festival in Lafayette, Louisiana. Next stop is the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in February. Big Sky […]
The Documentary Film Program is proud to be part of the recent launch of ArtCities, a collaboration between Wake the Arts and Guilty by Association (GBA), an organization dedicated to raising visibility for underrepresented artists nationwide. GBA’s ArtCities showcases work by five Triad artists: Krystal Hart, Ashley Johnson, […]
Congratulations to Wake Forest Documentary Film Program alum John Gallen (MFA ’17) on the New York City premiere of his short film, Iron Sharpens Iron, at DOC NYC! America’s largest, and one of its most influential documentary film festivals, DOC NYC is an Academy-qualifying festival […]
Congratulations to 2nd year MFA students Elizabeth Miller-Derstine and Allison Rieff on landing a Filmed in NC grant! Miller-Derstine and Rieff’s film, Bloom, is one of 13 films selected to receive financial support from the Filmed in NC Fund . Bloom follows four doulas and the mothers they […]