Amy Tofte’s ‘Contact Tracing’ Premieres at Awareness Film Festival
October 24, 2025
Writer and director Amy Tofte (Theater MFA 11) premieres her film Contact Tracing at the 16th Annual Awareness Film Festival
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CalArts MFA Student Ilse Castro Corona Directs ‘Life Is a Dream’ at Highways Performance Space
October 23, 2025
CalArts School of Theater MFA student Ilse Castro Corona directs Life Is a Dream (Sueños de Libertad), a contemporary ensemble-based
‘Unfolding Visions’ at REDCAT Showcases Film and Moving-Image Works by CalArts Faculty
October 23, 2025
Unfolding Visions, a curated screening at Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT) on Oct. 27, showcases recent film, video, and
CalArtians Awarded 2025 Creative Research Grants from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts
October 22, 2025
On Tuesday, Oct. 21, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA) announced the recipients of its 2025 Creative Research Grants, awarding
Electronic Music Pioneer, CalArts Professor Emeritus Barry Schrader Releases First New Album in More Than a Decade
October 21, 2025
Barry Schrader (Music MFA 71), electronic music pioneer and professor emeritus of The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts,
John Warren Examines Nashville’s Past and Present in Experimental Film ‘Future Tense’
October 16, 2025
John Warren’s (Film/Video MFA 12) 16mm film Future Tense is featured in the Frist Art Museum’s exhibition Avenues to a Great City in Nashville.
CalArtians Invited to Join the Academy’s Class of 2022
July 5, 2022
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has extended invitations to distinguished artists and executives around the globe to join its class of
2022 Producers’ Show Returns to the Big Screen
May 6, 2022
Last night (May 4), the CalArts Character Animation Producers’ Show, presented by the School of Film/Video, returned in-person for the first time in three years
CalArtian-Directed Productions Win Big at 2022 Annie Awards
March 14, 2022
Sony Pictures Animation’s The Mitchells vs. The Machines was the big winner at Saturday (March 12) night’s 49th annual Annie Awards, taking home the coveted
CalArtians Receive 2022 Oscar Nominations
February 8, 2022
On Tuesday, Feb. 8, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) revealed the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards. Among the nominees for
CalArts’ Alums Earn Annie Award Nominations
December 29, 2021
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.
CalArtians Earn Critics Choice, Golden Globe Award Nominations
December 13, 2021
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
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