School of Film/Video

This month, the Criterion Channel is featuring a collection of short films by CalArts alum and Ghanaian American filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu (Art, Film/Video MFA 08). A Criterion Channel exclusive interview with the artist was also recently made available as part of the collection.  Among...

Four films by acclaimed independent filmmaker and School of Film/Video faculty Nina Menkes are now streaming on the Criterion Channel. The lineup includes feature films Queen of Diamonds (1991), Phantom Love (2007), Dissolution (2010), as well as the 40-minute featurette “The Great...

On Jan. 31, HBO released The Lady and the Dale, a documentary miniseries directed by CalArts alum Zackary Drucker (Art MFA 07) and Nick Cammilleri. The four-episode series features, “an intoxicating blend of historical footage, candid interviews, and animation that deftly captures Liz...

On Feb. 2, the nominees of the 52nd NAACP Image Awards were officially announced. The awards show honors BIPOC artists across TV, music, film, and literature. Among this year’s  nominees are several CalArtians.  CalArts alum and Trustee Don Cheadle (Theater BFA 86) was nominated for...

On Tuesday, Jan. 26, the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominees were announced, with writer-director Eliza Hittman’s (Film/Video MFA 10) Never Rarely Sometimes Always leading the pack with seven nominations.  

CalArtian and former Disney animator Yonatan Tal (Film/Video BFA 17) is making a splash in the world of VR with “Lifetime Achievement,” the first project released by Tal’s animation studio Parade. Developed in partnership with Oculus and created with the platform’s VR software Quill, “Lifetime...

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