School of Film/Video

The 20th annual Animation Show of Shows is currently on tour, opening in theaters in Los Angeles and New York this month. The animation showcase brings together 15 of the best thought-provoking and/or funny animated shorts, representing six different countries. Three of the films selected for...

The 2019 Sundance Film Festival, which runs Jan. 25 through Feb. 3, 2019, in Park City, Utah, received a record-breaking 14,259 submissions from 152 countries. The festival’s diverse programming includes dramatic and documentary features, short films, series and episodic content and emerging...

Earlier today (Dec. 5), the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced its nominations for the Golden Globe Awards, recognizing excellence in domestic and foreign film and television. For the second year in a row, CalArts School of Theater alumna Alison Brie (BFA 05) is nominated for Best...

In November, multimedia artist and CalArts alum Miwa Matreyek (Film/Video-IM MFA 07) returned to campus as a visiting artist for Cinematic Voices, a course in the School of Film/Video that invites a different filmmaker each week to share their work. An animator and director, Matreyek creates...

On Monday (Dec. 3), the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA-Hollywood) announced the nominees for the 46th annual Annie Awards, which honor achievement in the art of animation. As in previous years, a number of CalArtians have made it to the shortlist. This year, the two leading films...

Last week, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) released the short film, Wild Wild West: A Beautiful Rant by Mark Bradford after a successful festival run. Directed by Dime Davis, the film follows LA artist and CalArts alum Mark Bradford (Art BFA 95, MFA 97) as he creates the painting...

On Thursday (Dec. 6), CalArts School of Film/Video’s Explorations in Stereoscopic Imaging class, led by filmmaker and faculty Michael Scroggins, hosts an end-of-semester presentation of student work in the Black and White Studio (Gallery A404). Titled WIKI, the show features three-dimensional...