Congratulations to Yuqi Lu (MFA’20) for delivering the winning pitch in the RiverRun Pitch Fest competition! Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this year’s event was moved to an online format with each participant submitting recorded video pitches to the judges. Lu pitched her thesis film, […]
There has never been a more urgent need for a free and active press, and there has never been a more challenging time to be leading a newsroom. From accusations of “fake news” to the disruptions brought about by the changing business models, thoughtful, conscious, consistent […]
An invited screening of Five Minutes, an animated short film produced by DFP faculty about regenerative medicine and war, was hosted by The Wake Forest University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, The Documentary Film Program and the […]
Scenes from Assistant Teaching Professor Chris Zaluski’s current documentary project, Holy Chaos, will screen at the North Carolina Museum of Art from March through July as part of the museum’s exhibit Contemporary Frescoes/Faith and Community. In addition, the videos will be included on the NCMALearn website, an educational resource […]
Cheers to Meg Daniels (MFA ‘19) and Manie Robinson (MFA ’19) on the acceptance of their thesis film, Proper Pronouns, into the Indie Grits Film Festival! Proper Pronouns explores the personal and professional challenges faced by four transgender ministers in […]
We are excited to offer 1st Year MA and MFA students the opportunity to work with Peabody Award Winning and Emmy Nominated Documentary Producer David Cassidy this week. Cassidy is offering multiple Master Classes in Producing as a Visiting Instructor this semester. […]
We are thrilled to share the news that Mandrallius Robinson (MFA ’19) is joining the University of South Carolina’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Robinson has been hired as the school’s first sports media instructor as it prepares to launch a new sports media […]
Professor of Practice and co-director of the animated narrative film Five Minutes, Peter Gilbert teamed up with Dr. Paul West for a Cucalorus Connect screening of the film and a conversation on its focus on regenerative medicine. The film explores the hope of regenerative medicine […]
Congratulations to Matt May (MFA ‘20) (pictured left) for winning the New Orleans Film Festival’s South Pitch Competition! Matt pitched Out to Stay, a film co-directed with Victoria DeLeone (MFA ‘20), in the documentary division. The South Pitch competition features documentary and narrative student filmmakers […]
We are excited to announce that Bridget Fitzgerald (MFA ’20) and Matt May (MFA ’20) will represent the DFP at the New Orleans Film Society South Pitch competition later this month. Fitzgerald will pitch her thesis film, Alchemy. May will pitch, Out to Stay, a […]