Join us on Facebook Live every afternoon from Monday, Oct. 26th through Friday, Oct. 30th, as we set off on an online DOC NYC Road Trip to check in with filmmaking hubs across the country. DOC NYC’s Artistic Director Thom Powers will talk with filmmakers, programmers and
Virtual Tools of the Trade 2020 Event Wednesday, November 11, 2020 11:00 AM – 4:30pm EDT RSVP HERE! This year, the B&H EDU Advantage Program is taking their ultimate equipment roadshow online! The Tools of the Trade event is a perfectly curated digital conference for students and educators
Doc Studies will have a showcase at this year’s DOC NYC festival, featuring four films. There will also be a Q&A with Amir Husak, Assistant Professor and Director of Documentary Studies, and the students filmmakers. The showcase will be screened online November 11-19, 2020. About the
Ruff Cuts Friday, October 23, 2020 7:00 PM EDT | Zoom Registration is required (here). RUFF CUTS is a series of screening sessions for undergraduate and graduate Media Studies students to exhibit and discuss their media works in progress. Join us for our online edition this
CALL FOR PLAY SUBMISSIONS: DRAMA IN THE TIME OF COVID—AN ANTHOLOGY Close to 8 million people worldwide have contracted Covid-19. 1 million have died. In the United States alone, over 200,000 have succumbed to this deadly virus, and counting. With no end to the pandemic
Digital Puerto Rican Studies: Social Scholarship, Mapping, and Archives Fri, Oct 23rd, 6:00 PM (EDT) | This event will take place on Zoom. Register here to access the link to Zoom. This event spotlights four digital projects that contribute to Puerto Rican Studies and
Industry Expert Panel: Set Life Monday, November 2, 2020 4:00-5:30 PM EDT RSVP here! Join us for an Industry Expert Panel on Set Life where we will engage panelists in a conversation about the various roles on a production set, how to secure job consistency,
A Guide to Getting Through the Mid-Semester Slump This time of year is when it usually starts to hit, the waves of exhaustion and uncertainty about finishing out your degree. You start asking yourself, “why did I ever go to grad school?” Yes, it is
SMS Faculty David Lieberman’s latest article for Variety is a a curtain-raiser analysis of what’s ahead in the upcoming media industry earnings season and the role of streaming after the pandemic ends. Research Assistant Xinran Qi, Media Management ’21, also contributed to the research.
Please join us on Day 1 of the 2020 NYWIFT Creative Workforce Summit: Documentary Makers, Industry and Funders in Conversation. Our opening panel will be Women Documenting the Vote. Free to attend. Date: Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 Time: 4-6 PM EST Networking to follow Register for The Summit
Artificial Intelligence and the Human This series of six lectures looks at the successes, as well as the failures, in the search of artificial intelligence and uses them as a window into the larger question of what this search can tell us about shifts in
NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival continues this week with a selection of twelve Latin American titles with a strong emphasis on Brazilian and Chilean LGBTQ+ narratives. Make sure to check out Chile’s The Strong Ones, directed by Omar Zúñiga Hidalgo, that follows the romantic saga of a fisherman and an architect in the
Film Series October 22, 23, 30 2020 8:00pm – 9:30 pm EST 2020 May Sumak: Quichwa Film Showcase May Sumak: Quichwa Film Showcase is a (FREE) event series featuring three days of Quechua/Kichwa film screenings, workshops and discussions. The showcase is a celebration of Indigenous
Parsons ELab is pairing up with Citi Ventures for an Equitable Opportunity Design Challenge. The application is open to all students and the challenge will include networking opportunities, a chance to sharpen your design thinking, and presentation skills. The challenge looks to help create more
WFH: Careers in Animation When so much film and television production stopped due to the pandemic, one area of the industry stayed strong. The animation world, where work is remote, remains in high gear. Animation studios continue to hire new talent and create hits to
SMS Part-time Faculty Loren-Paul Caplin has just written a new book: Writing Compelling Dialogue for Film and TV: The Art & Craft of Raising Your Voice on Screen is a practical guide that provides screenwriters with a clear set of exercises, tools, and methods to raise their
Welcome to NYWIFT Talks, a new weekly series to bring updated news and vital information about the impact of COVID-19 on the media and entertainment industry. Industry professionals will be in conversation discussing what you need to know about theatrical releases, digital advances, virtual tools, festival
Monday, Oct. 26, 2PM EST ONLINE DOC TALK (Registration required) FREE AND OPEN TO THE NEW SCHOOL STUDENTS, FACULTY and STAFF AFSAN’S LONG DAY Screening and Q&A with filmmaker and artist Naeem Mohaiemen Register HERE AFSAN’S LONG DAY (41 min.) A complex portrait of Bangladeshi
Oscar Frasser was selected to present his multimedia project/documentary film “The Unintended of Times Square” at the 2020 The Critical Media Literacy Conference of The Americas. The presentation will discuss the decolonizing practices and third cinema origins of long-time community media organizations making transformative media for
Design Caucus is an opportunity to address social issues with system solutions and interventions. There is a place for you regardless of background; whether you have deep domain knowledge, a tremendous ability to create, fervent passion, or something else entirely. We provide tools, mentorship, and
ONLINE | Imagine Science Film Festival The Imagine Science Film Festival, now in its 13th year, is an experimental interdisciplinary sci-art festival seeking to open new dialogues between scientists, filmmakers, and artists. The festival kicks off on the evening of October 16 with an ambitious
Join NYWIFT for our second annual Creative Workforce Summit: Documentary Makers, Industry and Funders in Conversation. This four-day free virtual program consists of keynote speakers, panels, and film screenings, and will bring together some of the most unique and diverse voices of women working in
How do you collapse the magical, the fantastic, and the real world? From November 13–21, join UnionDocs for their ever-popular workshop MAGICAL REALISM: SUBVERTING THE ORDINARY. This four-day workshop led by filmmaker Elan Bogarín, will explore the term magical realism made famous by the likes of Latin
Ponvishal Chidambaranathan, Media Management ’20, created and produced an interactive VR film “Dreams of Color” that won an award at the 7th edition of the AT&T Film Awards. His film explores the different degrees of self-introspection of the current international students’ revised American dream.
Landing a job during a pandemic? We’ve helped students do it. About this Event Join Flatiron School Career Coach Ellen Chang as she shares insights and learnings from Flatiron School’s career coaching team, having partnered with our graduates over the past few months in their
First Forum 2020: Passing About this Event More information on keynote and panel schedules can be found on our First Forum 2020 website. To attend, please register for the conference, and a Zoom link will be sent to you prior to the start of the conference!
ONLINE | 2021 Summer Field Programs Information Sessions The Julien J. Studley Graduate Programs in International Affairs is pleased to invite you to our Information Sessions for summer 2021 fieldwork opportunities abroad, in NYC, and online. Come learn about the International Field Program, the United Nations
This week marks the start of the 32nd Edition of NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival. In this year’s online edition, NewFest is featuring twelve Latin American titles with a strong emphasis on Brazilian and Chilean LGBTQ+ narratives. All films will be available to stream from Friday, October 16 through Tuesday, October 27. From Brazil, Alice Júnior by Gil
Individual tickets on sale for $40; or buy an All Access Pass to attend all DOC NYC PRO events for $150. Join DOC NYC PRO for a daylong online workshop on legal issues in documentary, featuring attorneys and independent filmmakers considering myriad ethical and legal questions as they
October 13-15, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. ET Website: www.tribecafilm.com/throughherlens Tribeca and CHANEL come together in support of women in film. Through Her Lens, The Tribeca CHANEL Women’s Filmmaker Program, in collaboration with Pulse Films, promotes emerging and independent voices. From funding and project support to dedicated