Editor’s Note: The name of the trailblazing animator has been revealed: Bessie Mae Kelley, whose works are now credited as…
Archive Category: Film/Video
CalArtians Nominated for 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards
On Tuesday, Nov. 22, the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominees were announced, among which are films by several CalArts…
CalArtians Nominated for First-Ever Children’s & Family Emmy Awards
Nominations for the inaugural Children’s & Family Emmy Awards were recently announced, featuring CalArts alums and faculty among the contenders….
Nina Menkes’ Documentary Brainwashed Screens Internationally
School of Film/Video faculty Nina Menkes’ acclaimed documentary Brainwashed: Sex – Camera – Power has been selected to screen at…
CalArts Ranks #5 in TheWrap’s Best Film Schools of 2022
California Institute of the Arts earns the number five spot in this year’s top 50 film schools in the US,…
CalArtians Among Filmmaker Magazine’s ’25 New Faces of Independent Film’
Filmmaker Magazine’s annual spotlight on the 25 New Faces of Independent Film was recently released, with CalArtians Lucy Kerr (Film/Video-Art…
Groundworks: Justine and Ian Garrett’s Documentary About California Indigenous Artists Airs on Public Television
Groundworks, a new documentary by Justine Garrett (Critical Studies MFA 06) and Ian Garrett (Theater MFA 08), airs on multiple…
CalArts Film/Video Alums Selected for AICAD Post Grad Teaching Fellowships
Two recent graduates of CalArts’ MFA Experimental Animation Program, Moon (Yuezhu) Wang and Dairys Escoto De León, have been selected…
Adam Musa Othman Wins Best Animation at KCET’s 2022 Fine Cut Festival
The 23rd season of KCET’s Fine Cut Festival of Films kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 21, with recent CalArts graduate Adam…
American Cinematheque Presents Limited Engagement of Juan Pablo González’s Dos Estaciones
American Cinematheque presents a limited engagement of Film/Video faculty Juan Pablo González’s Dos Estaciones (2021), running five evenings from Friday,…