Catch ‘Playing the Protagonist’ at Los Angeles International Film Festival
This Friday, Playing the Protagonist, a new short film written, produced, and led by alum Justin Henriksen (Acting MFA 25)
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This Friday, Playing the Protagonist, a new short film written, produced, and led by alum Justin Henriksen (Acting MFA 25)
CalArts was recently ranked second in the nation by Art & Object in its 2026 list of the Top 15
CalArts has once again been named one of the nation’s best film schools, ranking 12th on TheWrap‘s annual list of
CalArts alum Eva Aguila (Theater BFA 05) is one of four artists reimagining the layered histories of the historic Rowland
CalArts mourns the passing of one of our original faculty members and pioneering artist Alison Knowles, who died on Oct.
Alum and CAP Program Manager James Waterman (Music MFA 15) joins multi-instrumentalist Joel Reed Mankey to release In Spring—a Celtic-inspired album and live concert

Critic, urban and media historian, and School of Critical Studies faculty Norman Klein joins the post-screening conversations of back-to-back Los Angeles Filmforum programs this Sunday,

Alums and faculty from the School of Film/Video are screening their films at film festivals around the globe throughout the fall. More than 18 CalArtians’

From Friday, Sept. 29 to Sunday, Oct. 15, films by CalArts alums and faculty screen at the 2023 New York Film Festival (NYFF) as part

Chicago-based filmmaker, CalArts alum, and 2014 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts recipient Deborah Stratman (Film/Video MFA 95) presents two consecutive film programs in Los

On Tuesday, Dec. 13, the Sundance Institute announced the full programming for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, taking place Jan. 19-29, 2023, in person in
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