School of Film/Video

On Wednesday, Dec. 4, the Sundance Institute released the lineup for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, which runs Jan. 23-Feb. 2, 2020, in Park City, Utah. CalArtians are among the named directors, producers, performers and writers in the 118 feature films selected.  In the Kids category,...

On Monday, Dec. 2, the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA-Hollywood) announced the nominees for the 47th annual Annie Awards, which honor excellence in the animation industry. As in previous years, CalArtians are strongly represented among those shortlisted. Three of this...

Frozen 2’s successful opening weekend featured a special screening of the film at CalArts’ Bijou Theater on Saturday (Nov. 23) afternoon. CalArts alum Marc Smith (Film/Video 93) returned to campus to introduce the film and hold a Q&A with the students. Smith, who served as the story director for...

The critically acclaimed biopic Ford v Ferrari, directed by CalArts alum James Mangold (Film/Video BFA 85), won the box office last weekend (Nov. 15-17), earning $64.2 million worldwide in its first week. Based on the true story of the legendary American car designer Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon)...

It's official! Writer-director @Han__Logan Peterson and producer Taylor Shung have received full production funds to make their short film CHAMP as part of the fifth annual Tribeca #CHANEL Women’s Filmmaker Program #ThroughHerLens! Learn more: https://t.co/9XFJcaJgFo...

Last month, Harry Gamboa Jr., artist and co-director of the Photo and Media program at CaArts, served as a juror for The National Portrait Gallery’s triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. ArtForum describes the competition as one that “aims to reflect the contemporary state of...

On Tuesday Oct. 29, tune in for a livestream of The Other Space, a stop-motion film from Blake Derksen (Film/Video BFA 19). The four-minute film was inspired by Derksen’s adolescent battle with cancer, and has already drawn attention from individuals and organizations who are collectively...