School of Film/Video

On Tuesday, Jan. 18, nominees for the 53rd NAACP Image Awards were announced, with CalArtians honored across categories.  Established in 1968, the NAACP Image Awards celebrates the achievements of people of color in the arts, including film, television, music, and literature. This latest...

Ilana Coleman (Film/Video MFA 17), Deborah Goffe (Dance MFA 01), and Clara Philbrick (Art BFA 17) are among the recipients of the 2022 Creative Capital Awards. Announcing the 2022 Creative Capital Awards! 50 projects, the work of 59 individual artists working across all disciplines, will...

Ambar Navarro (Film/Video BFA 15) directs “LATINX INDIE – LA,” a short documentary for British footwear and apparel brand Doc Martens’ filmmaker series. In the fifth episode of the series’ second season, Navarro shines a light on Los Angeles-based independent Latinx creators working as...

WALL-E, Pixar’s 2008 animated sci-fi robot romance, was one of the 25 titles inducted in December 2021 into the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry. The film was directed by CalArts alum Andrew Stanton (Film/Video BFA 87), and written by Pete Docter (Film/Video BFA 90), Jim Reardon...

The nominations for the 49th Annie Awards for animation were announced on Dec. 21 with more than a dozen CalArtians or their projects recognized among the nominees. Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Raya and the Last Dragon, directed by Carlos López Estrada and Don Hall (Film/Video BFA 95), leads...

The Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures fantasy adventure Raya and the Last Dragon, directed by Don Hall (Film/Video 95) and Carlos López Estrada, has been nominated for Best Animated Feature and Best Motion Picture — Animated at the 2021 Critics Choice Awards and Golden Globe Awards,...

The 2022 Sundance Film Festival lineup of features, documentaries, shorts, and episodic series was released Dec. 9 and 10, selected from 14,849 submissions, including 3,762 feature-length films. Across this field, CalArts continues a strong tradition of representation by prominent faculty and...