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October

Criterion Channel Honors Alumnus Filmmaker Arthur Dong with Retrospective

Chronicle goes wild for McBride’s Wilder bio

September

Why Is Hollywood Denying Black Queer Love? Professor Great Discusses With The Guardian

June

Mayuran Tiruchelvam: Marcus Endowed Chair in Social Justice Filmmaking

SF State's 'Generosity of Spirit' Inspires Alum Delroy Lindo in Storied Acting Career

May

Cinema Valediction Ceremony for the Class of 2021

A Letter from Dean Harris Announcing School of Cinema's Director Celine Shimizu's Departure

SF State Recognizes 12 Outstanding Graduates During Virtual Commencement

2021 Valediction Statements

Interdisciplinary Student Arts Exhibit “Imagining Home” Launches

April

Cinema 650 Filmmaking Masterclass - 4/23: 650.3 – Masterclass with Filmmaker Pete Nicks: “Contemporary Verité Filmmaking”

No 'Glitches': Student's Sci-Fi Thesis Film Garners Accolades After Graduation

SFSU Cinema Virtual Tour for Prospective Students Now Available

Filipinx in Animation

Call For Lecturer Faculty

Here's how pop culture has perpetuated harmful stereotypes of Asian women

GA/GTA Application, Fall 2021, DUE APRIL 16

March

SFSU Archive Project presents Cousin Collective: On Curating Indigenous Film

Cinema 650 Filmmaking Masterclass - 3/12: 650.2 – Masterclass with Filmmaker Christopher Münch: “‘Speculative History’ – Fiction Filmmaking Inspired by History”

Women Of Color In Hollywood: 2021

Backstage Speaks With Professor Celine Parreñas Shimizu, The Director Of San Francisco State University’s School Of Cinema

February

Cinema 650 Filmmaking Masterclass - 2/26: 650.1 – Masterclass with Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi: “Personal Documentary” Caveh Zahedi

Marcus Early Career Research Award Helps Faculty Reach Finish Line

SF State University Cinema Archive Project Event On 2/9 Black History Month

2020

December

Cine 414 available in Spring 2021!

"The Archive Project: Imagine Our Future" Presents Terri Francis, Black Film Center/Archive

It's Internship season!

CINE 648 “Screenplay Revising” has seats available for Spring 2021

SFSU CINEMA CORE COURSES AVAIALABLE FOR WINTER 2021

CINE 340/341 - Winter

ANNOUNCING WEEKEND CINEMA 325 CLASSES

International Students Films Night

CINEMA COCKTAIL HOUR: DREW DIXON: Music Producer and Subject of documentary ON THE RECORD (2020)

MFA Film Screening

“CARCERAL AESTETHICS AND ABOLITION” with our special guest Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood, Professor of American Studies and Art History at Rutgers University.

November

Streaming State: Six Curated Programs of SFSU Student Films, 1987-2000

Kovacs explores Frisco film history

IN CONVERSATION WITH THE ALUMNI OF THE YEAR

"The Archive Project: Imagine Our Future" Presents Vero Majano Co-Presented by the Queer Cinema Project

Path to Graduation for Cinema Majors

A First Fridays 4PM Series Focused On Race Resistance Rebellion

CINEMA COCKTAIL HOUR: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS Friday, November 6, 2020 4-5pm

October

Black 2 Da Movies (Black Film Club event 10/31/2020, 7-11PM)

Professor’s documentary upends narrative of gruesome 1932 crime

"The Archive Project: Imagine Our Future" presents Mark Toscano

499 Screening and Q&A with director Rodrigo Reyes

Cine 650 Master Classes

Professor Shimizu’s Documentary Uncovers Story of Gruesome Crime in 1932

Commencement Speakers Neda Nobari, Jonas Rivera Named 2020 Alumni of the Year

September

"Black films have championed Black lives for 100 years..."

Seniors & MFA students: Apply for Marcus Culminating Funds for your film production

In Constant Motion with Film Producer, Alum Sandino Moya-Smith

August

Make that TWO thumbs up for the School of Cinema

The Hollywood Reporter Names SF State School of Cinema 19th Best Film School in U.S.

June

Cinema Student Resources

May

School of Cinema announces new George and Judy Marcus Endowed Chairs

Congratulations to our Class of 2020 Graduates!

April

Introducing Linhdan Le as a Marcus Fellow / Award Recipient

March

Three $50,000 prizes for immigrant filmmakers from the Vilcek Foundation [deadline June 10]

Festival for unfinished creative work/performance

Hope Crisis Fund

Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

a book release party for THE PROXIMITY OF OTHER SKINS

SCHOOL OF CINEMA PREPARATIONS REGARDING COVID-19

February

A Lecture by Celine Shimizu at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History

SFMOMA Film Program features School of Cinema’s alumna Cauleen Smith

Alum Jonas Rivera Wins Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film

January

Documentary & Experimental Spring Classes Open! Enroll Now!

Oscar nominees at SF State

2019

December

SF State offers best film certificate program in U.S., Intelligent.com reports

November

Professor Shimizu: New Film about Imelda Marcos Snubs Earlier Documentary

October

Position Announcement: George and Judy Marcus Endowed Chair in African American Cinema

Position Announcement: George and Judy Marcus Endowed Chair in Social Justice Fiction Filmmaking

August

Faculty News with Professor Boswell and Professor McBride

Special New Fall Semester Class: Cinema Faculty Showcase

From the Director

Alumni News: Recent SF State Cinema Alumnae Take On New Assistant Professorships

Pluralities Conference: Call for Papers and Projects!

Upcoming Key Dates!

May

SFSU Cinema student Eric Webb just won a prize from American Cultures at Berkeley for his new film!

CINEMA EVENTS IN MAY 2019

Thesis Film: Article on Cinematography by ARRI

April

Sneak Preview, April 6

March

The School of Cinema Mourns the loss of Visionary Cinema Legend and Alumna Barbara Hammer (1939-2019)

SFFILM Volunteer Program

February

Book Salon for The Labor of Care: Filipina Migrants and Transnational Families

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM SUMMER WORKSHOP - CHINA, Summer 2019

School of Cinema is now part the Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP) which enables students in 16 Western states and territories to enroll in participating public graduate programs as nonresidents, yet pay the lower resident tuition rate.

SFSU Cinema is ranked #2 for best value bachelor’s program in Film in 2018.

Visiting Artist Keith Evans - February 1, 6PM in Coppola Theatre

January

Cine 373-Film and Society-Environment, Climate Change and Film

Cinema Graduate has 6th Academy Award nomination!

2018

November

Message to Cine majors

Cinema Professor Helps Rescue Long-Unseen Orson Welles Film

Cinema's David de Rozas received the Best Experimental Film Award in the first Smithsonian African American Film Festival

October

Cinema Grad Andrés Gallegos Nominated for National Cinematography Award

Nader Bahu won the student section of Milan Mobile Festival with his film Outcast. Congratulations!!!

SFSU Cinema’s Nader Bahu is one of the finalist for the MiMo Milano Mobile Film Festival.

Failed Cinema 20th Annual Cinema Conference

Filmmaker Gallegos vies for national cinematography award

Promising Student Filmmaker Anaiis Cisco Snags Prestigious Award

September

Upcoming Filmmaking Master Class (Cine 650) - Expanded Cinematography in the new age

August

Interview: Dan Olmsted on the Saul Zaentz Film Center and Fantasy Studios

CSU Media Arts Festival Finalists and Exciting News!

May

Open enrollment

April

CINE PRODUCTION COURSE APPLICATION PROCEDURE - Deadline April 23

Animation Minor Deadline - April 20th

Rachel Boyoung Kim’s film THE REASON TO LIVE has won an award and screening at the upcoming DocLands Film Festival in Marin

Steve Parrillo has had his film SIRENS accepted at the New Haven International Film Festival

Congratulations to MFA student Andrew Zox, whose film I AM MY OWN MOTHER has just been selected by Cannes Cinefondation!

Congratulations to MFA student Deawon Kim

March

Sharing good news

SFFILM Volunteer Opportunities

SFFILM Film Scholar

February

Spaces available for CINE 423 and CINE 430

Cinema Professor Joseph McBride, author of Steven Spielberg: A Biography (1997; revised 2011, 2012), is among those interviewed in this New York Times article on Spielberg and the Academy Awards.

January

Open classes in Cinema for Spring

Opportunity for film and media students to land a paid gig

To All Cinema Students:

2017

December

REGISTER for your CINEMA PRODUCTION CLASS BEFORE THE END OF TODAY!!!

Experimental Master Classes - Spring 2018, CINE 650

November

LCA Advising Day - Cinema Extra Advising and Info Sessions

School of Cinema closed for Thanksgiving

Advanced Production Class Application Spring 2018

Cinema Classes Update for Spring 2018 -- from School Director

October

Berkeley Film Fund honors 3 SF State filmmakers

August

A Great Loss in Cinema

Documentary students selected to make films in Jerusalem

New Course for Fall 2017: CINE 521 Media Archaeologies

SFSU SCHOOL OF CINEMA COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR CINE 541: RACE SEX IDENTITY ONLINE: POP STARS OF COLOR

We have lifted Instructor Consent restrictions on the following classes.

July

CINE 402: Arab Cinema: Women Film Directors, Women's Voices from the Middle East/Maghreb

Attn. Cinema Students!

June

Cinema 2017 Scholarships

Added summer course, CINE 515: Directing Actors.

Added Summer Course - CIN 515

May

Don't miss out on these great end of semester cinema events!

Cinema Scholarships

April

New Registration Process for Advanced Production Courses for Fall 2017

Advising Workshop for First-Year Students

March

Course Topic Change for Cinema 325 Section 3 (April 28-29)

Fall 2017 Willie L Brown Fellowship Program

The School of Cinema is offering a newly developed international documentary summer program taken place in Bologna, Italy from July 15 to August 12, 2017.

January

Professor Johnny Symons’ ‘Out Run’ inspires at international film fests

2016

December

To All Cinema Students:

Canceling staggered enrollment system.

November

Cinema Upper Division Enrollment

Javier Briones' thesis doc was just named a finalist for the David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award at IDA.

October

POSITION: Assistant Professor in Cinematography

September

POSITION: Assistant Professor Documentary Scholar

1st of Cinematography Master Class Series!

August

Joe McBride contributed to the new Orson Welles and John Ford Blu-rays, which are about to be released.

Congratulations to Cinema’s Animation Professor Martha Gorzycki. Her new film, Voices from Kah Thoo Lei, about the oppression and suffering of the Karen People of Burma, has been racking up major international festival awards!

CHERYL DUNYE APPOINTED CHAIR OF IRIS PRIZE INTERNATIONAL JURY!

April

Congrats to cinema grad student Candy Guinea

Professor Cheryl Dunye named recipient of Guggenheim Fellowship for 2016

February

Artist Kutluğ Ataman to visit SF State School of Cinema

SFSU School of Cinema Professor Jan Millsapps was featured in WalletHub's recent peice about the 88th Academy Awards

Cinema Professor Dina Ciraulo Memorial

2016 School of Art/ School of Cinema Faculty Exhibition

Cinema Lecturer Jesse Moss has two distinguished premieres in the coming month!

Dr. August Coppola Birthday Celebration!

January

New Upper Division Courses Spring 2016!

2015

December

Cinematography Master Class Goes to L.A.

Experiential Cinema Final Screening!

November

School of Cinema Students participate in a three-day field trip in L.A.

SFSU Cinema Alumna, Pauline Lambert's podcast, Flix Wise, Features Professor Joseph McBride and Laura Truffaut Discussing the Film, THE 400 BLOWS

New Faculty Position: Assistant Professor in Documentary Studies

Wayne Mitchell, Cinema Alum, Releases Feature Film

School of Cinema Announcement: Tech Position Posted

October

Summer Cinematography Master Class mentioned in ASC Magazine!

Documentary Summer Workshop in China mentioned in China Daily!

Romanian Film Festival and Hungarian Film Festival @ San Francisco State

Director Christopher Coppola Salutes SFSU and SFAI Students

September

Experiential Cinema Screening Series, Fall 2015

Special Film Screening: International Documentary Films Made in mountain villages in China, Summer 2015

An American Mosque, the thesis film by Alum David Washburn

School of Cinema MFA grads Scott Christopherson and Renny McCauley make Eberts 10 Best Years of the Year for their documentary feature Peace Officer

Cinema distinguished students CSU Media Arts Fest Winners!

Cinema Alum, Silvia Turchin, will have two local sreening her new film Dogs of the 9th Ward

August

The School of Cinema is #19 out of the top film schools in the nation

July

Two-week intensive cinematography workshop as part of the CSU Summer Arts Program in Monterey Bay

May

Commencement at AT&T Park, May 22

The 55th Annual Film Finals was a roaring success at the Kabuki Theater on May 19

2014

September

The Arcus Foundation Supports the work of Professor Johnny Symons...

August

San Francisco State University Among Top 25 Film Schools in SF Weekly by Jonathan Ramos

June

Professor Britta Sjogren's film, REDEMPTION TRAIL, to show at the Arena Theater in Los Angeles, June 27-July 3.

SFSU Cinema Department's Cheryl Dunye's film, "Black is Blue" is discussed in the media.

Don't miss David Washburn's "An American Mosque" broadcasting on PBS

The DocFIlm Institute Is looking for SFSU students to tell their stories. Open Call: Tell your story of success and get paid!

May

Professor Daniel Bernardi and the Veteran Documentary Corps is featured in AmeriForce Publishing.

Professor Jesse Moss won the SFIFF Golden Gate award for Documentary Feature for his film The Overnighters

Scott Boswell appointed to tenure track Assistant Professor

Congratulations to Professor Tarek Elhaik!

April

11th Annual SF Greek Film Festival

Veronica Deliz's MFA thesis film headed to Cannes!

Transitions: Spirituality and Contemporary Life in Romania

Lecture: "Ronee Blakley: Making the Film Nashville"

March

Two SFSU films in CAAMFest this week

Interim Dean Appointed, College of Liberal & Creative Arts

Call for applications -- 2014-1015 Lecturer Pool -- Department of Cinema

February

Cinema speaker series highlighted in the Golden Gate Xpresss

Look out for Professor Symons in the Olympics!

January

Congratulations to Professor Johnny Symons for receiving a grant from Frameline to finish his next film:

Women in the Chair: Screening

Congratulations to Professor Jesse Moss whose film won the special jury prize for Intuitive Filmmaking at Sundance

WANTED: WEB-SAVVY FILMMAKER!

Oscar nomination marks 15 straight years for alumni

Call for GA and GTA Applications

Professor Bernardi "appears" on radio

Soumyaa Kapil Behrens appointed to the Metro Academies Initiative

Documentary program getting a boost

Department of Defense highlights Veteran Documentary Corps

2013

December

Hungarian Film Festival highlighted

DocFilm Welcomes Michael A. Behrens as its new Managing Director

National Endowment for the Humanities announces $14.6 million in awards

CINE 340/1 offered this Winter Session

Veteran Documentary Corps highlighted at NBC Bay Area

MFA Thesis Screening Part II

Professor Jesse Moss's film, "The Overnighters," was selected for the 30th Annual Sundance Festival.

Bill Zarchy tells tales of making films on the road in his newly released book

Seeking candidates for a full-time lecturer position in Latino/a Cinema

Professor Joseph McBride re-releases HAWKS ON HAWKS

November

Video from Hungarian Film Festival

Hungarian Film Festival

Golden Gate Express highlights Q&A Session from cinema alum

Veteran Documentary Corps highlighted at NBC

The Daily Journal writes about Veteran Documentary Corps

PAH Festival 2013 Final Screening and Awards Ceremony

2nd Annual Hungarian Film Festival

October

Redemption Trail won an Audience Award at MVFF 36

Final Master Class on Thursday - "Independent Filmmaking and Editing for Actor Performance"

Interview with Ben Ridgway in The Creators Project

Department of Cinema seeks applicants for Assistant Professor position in Fiction Filmmaking and Queer Narrative, to start Fall 2014

Join us for this week's Master Class - "Unlikely Films. Documentaries by George Csicsery."

Interview with F-Line director Sylvia Turchin

Master Class - "Sound Design and Mixing: 'Fixing' the Film with Mark Rozett"

Professor Britta Sjogren and REDEMPTION TRAIL featured in SF State News

September

Bay Area Video Coalition's Fall SFSU interns

World War Two Propaganda Film Viewing

Leslie Mitchner Talk - Transitions in Scholarly Publishing

Documentary Town Hall Meeting

August

SF Weekly features Joseph McBride and his new memoir

Cinema MFA student Javier Roberto Carlos Briones wins Princess Grace JustFilm Documentary Award. MFA student Natalie Tsui wins Film Honoraria.

July

Cinema Grad wins award at OutFest 2013

Dr. Bernardi contributes to 'Rumor and Communication in Asia in the Internet Age'

Sundance announces documentary grants

June

Professor Joseph McBride to be Keynote Speaker at Ford Symposium in Ireland

May

Graduating Cinema student receives honors

Cinema Accolades 2012-13

FILM PREVIEWS in progress this week - campus community welcome

McBride's Ford biography noted as one of five best

Cinema grad and Hood recipient chosen as Commencement student speaker

Cinema grad makes it to Cinéfondation finals at Cannes

April

Cinema Department Announces 53rd Film Finals - May 17 - 7 pm - McKenna Theatre

A journey to Cuba via Half Moon Bay - Friday, April 19

Another Cinema student heading to Cannes

Roger Ebert passes

March

Johnny Symons to join Cinema faculty

Larry Clark film screens on March 30 at National Gallery of Art in D.C.

SF State's 2013 International Documentary Film Workshop now accepting applications

Cinema grad student to screen at CAAMFEST 2013 on Saturday

McBride on Truffaut

Cinema alum continues blazing trail started by others

Teachers do more than teach

Haack film featured at Tiburon Film Festival

M.F.A. candidate's film wins honors

February

Call for Applications, Cinema Lecturer Pool

Cinema helps establish SF State's online presence

Cinema's online courses in focus

Faculty candidates visit Cinema

January

Ben Ridgway's film "Cellular Circuitry" selected as a Director’s Choice for the 32nd Annual Black Maria Film Festival tour

SF State alumni among this year's Oscar nominees