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VCFA MFA in Film Blog https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html 0 BEEHOLD: An Animated Project Created by Alumnx Paula Allen (’16) and Kids! Alla Kovgan’s CUNNINGHAM to premiere at TIFF, U.S. premiere at NYFF Filmwax Radio Interview Series: VCFA Alumnx Jason Rosenfield Film faculty Till Schauder receives competitive 2019 Seoul Film Commission grant! Alumnx Spotlight: Martin Castañeda (’16) Filmwax Radio Interview Series: VCFA Alumnx George Nicholas Filmwax Radio Interview Series: VCFA Alumnx Amy Hesketh Student Spotlight: Frances de Larminat’s short film, ANNABELLE, to screen at Revelations Film Festival in Australia Ian Cheney’s (’18) films, THIRTEEN WAYS and PICTURE CHARACTER, premiere Festival Roundup: Alumnus John Bruner’s (’17) thesis short, GROUNDED Alumni Spotlight: Angelique Webster’s (’18) short doc RESPECT AND LOVE VCFA at Sundance Film Festival 2019! Alumna Kathy Bruner’s (’17) feature length documentary, LAST YEAR AT THE CROSSING, screening at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Alumnus Jay Koski’s (’16) THE PEPIE LEGEND’s latest festival showing, plus short doc BAIT SHOP screens The Art and Craft of Cinematography: Nancy Schreiber, October 2018 Residency Recap, Special Guest Student Spotlight: George Nicholas’s films ANTIGONE, SMOKE N SUDS, and 7 SPLINTERS IN TIME Alumna Angelique Webster’s (’18) thesis film, RESPECT AND LOVE, to screen at the Smithsonian African American Film Festival Alumnus Daniel McGuire’s (’17) thesis doc, BALIAN (THE HEALER), premieres Courage in the Extreme: On Till Schauder’s Latest Film “Warriors of Faith” Kathy Bruner (’17) and John Bruner (’17) each have their thesis films screening at the UFVA Conference Student Spotlight: Mark Schimmel’s short THE MUSICIAN Home Student Spotlight: Rick Mitz on Norman Lear, Character Before Jokes, and Why to Get an MFA in Film Alumnus James Curry’s (’17) documentary MASTERJAM screens at the UFVA Conference Till Schauder’s REGGAE BOYZ, European premiere at Krakow Film Festival, nominated for Best Documentary Mike Day wins Peabody Award for his film THE ISLANDS AND THE WHALES Film faculty Till Schauder’s film, WHEN GOD SLEEPS, premieres on PBS April 2nd, 2018, plus an interview on the “Art More Than Ever” podcast Student Spotlight: Ian Cheney’s film THE MOST UNKNOWN premieres March 16th, 2018 Student Spotlight: Tamara Perkins’s film LIFE AFTER LIFE screening at the GMFF, plus a teaser of her newest film Alumna Emilie Upczak’s (’15) feature film, MOVING PARTS, makes the festival rounds Student Spotlight: Mark Schimmel’s KILL THE LIGHT Faculty member Josephine Decker’s film, MADELINE’S MADELINE, dubbed a “mind-scrambling masterpiece,” premiered at Sundance ’18 Dan Schrecker, current film faculty member, nominated for a VES award for his work on MOTHER! Alumna Martha Gregory’s short, THREE RED SWEATERS, wins Best Documentary at Aspen Shortfest Jeff Bemiss’s documentary, MISSING IN BROOKS COUNTY, makes the rounds Alumnus Jay Koski’s (’16) THE PEPIE LEGEND, to screen at FlyWay Film Festival The Voyeur, Revealed: An Interview with co-directors Josh Kuory and Myles Kane, PART I The Voyeur, Revealed: An Interview with co-directors Josh Kuory and Myles Kane, PART II Student Spotlight: Louisa de Cossy, Nasty Women Film Fest New England Student Spotlight: Lex Lybrand’s thesis film, MAYBE SHOWER Process. Patience. Passion: Alan Berliner, October 2017 Residency Recap, Special Guest Writing is Writing: An Interview with Annie Howell and Lisa Robinson A MURDER IN MANSFIELD, a documentary produced by current student John Morrissey, at IDFA and DOC NYC Student Spotlight: Jason Rosenfield Residency Interviews Script News Fiction Documentary Soren Sorensen’s MY FATHER’S VIETNAM screens at Oldcastle Theatre Company Faculty Till Schauder’s WHEN GOD SLEEPS screens at IDFA Alumnus Josh Kuory’s documentary, VOYEUR, premieres on Netflix December 1st, 2017 Alumnus Ken Raimondi (’15) is a 2017 TOYA nominee! Faculty member Annie Howell’s film, CLAIRE IN MOTION, now on Showtime. Howell’s LITTLE BOXES also available to stream on Netflix.