News Listing
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May 23, 2023Find out more about faculty, students, events and more in our May 2023 Newsletter.
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May 16, 2023Cinema Professor and Director of the Veteran Documentary Corps Daniel Bernardi recently directed two documentary films about…
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April 19, 2023Actor and alumnus Delroy Lindo discussed his leading role in the new television series “UnPrisoner.” Read the article.…
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April 19, 2023Check out our most recent newsletter with faculty news, events, tour, and other information. View the April 2023 Newsletter…
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March 29, 2023San Francisco’s Museum of the African Diaspora now has a "cultural critic" to curate events and programs that "explore film,…
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March 23, 2023Read our current newsletter to find out about events, faculty, students, alumni and more.
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March 09, 2023Professor of Cinema Joseph McBride commented on the story behind the film “The Fablemans,” which is based on the life of fil…
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March 06, 2023Alumnus Josh Thomas, co-owner of Thomas Family Farm, discussed hosting an annual filmmaking summer camp. Read the article…
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March 04, 2023Assistant Professor of Cinema Artel Great was interviewed about becoming the new cultural critic in residence for the Museum…
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March 02, 2023Director of Cinema Arts and Senior Curator at the Exploratorium Liz Keim, an alumna, was interviewed about her 40 years show…
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February 27, 2023Assistant Professor of Cinema Artel Great was interviewed about becoming the new cultural critic in residence for the Museum…
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February 24, 2023San Francisco State University alumnus Conall Jones (B.A., ’05) was floored when he learned the short documentary film he pr…
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February 24, 2023Filmmaker Oscar Williams, an alumnus, was profiled in an article about the premiere of his film “Five on the Black Hand Side…
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February 16, 2023“Shikata Ga Nai (It Cannot Be Helped),” a 2022 short film by alumnus Kevin Kodama, discussed in an article about films of re…
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January 10, 2023Professor of Cinema Artel Great was named the Museum of the African Diaspora’s cultural critic-in-residence and is launching…
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December 19, 2022Film historian Claudine Stevens, an alumna, profiled in article on recent presentation on film “Gentleman’s Agreement.” Read…
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December 07, 2022Alumnus Allan Tannenbaum interviewed about taking a famous photo of John Lennon and Yoko Ono Read the article
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November 11, 2022Assistant Professor of Cinema Rae Shaw was mentioned in an article about new faculty at colleges and universities. Read the…
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October 31, 2022SF State was ranked #29 in a list of the top 50 film schools in the U.S. Read the full article.
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October 28, 2022SF State’s Cinema Collective reflect on horror films in the spirit of Halloween. Read the article.
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October 12, 2022The School of Cinema has an open staff position for an Equipment Room Manager. Refer to our Jobs section of our website and…
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October 11, 2022Alumnus Finn Taylor’s 1997 film “Dream with the Fishes” returns to the big screen. Read the full article.
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September 29, 2022Professor of Cinema Joseph McBride discussed the new edition of his book “Whatever Happened to Orson Welles?: A Portrait of…
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September 27, 2022Alum Cauleen Smith wins a 2022 Heinz Award for experimental film. Read the full article.
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September 19, 2022Alumnus Jonas Rivera was named vice president of film production at Pixar. Read the article.
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September 12, 2022School of Cinema alumna Anaiis Cisco went from promising to prosperous. Read the article.
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August 23, 2022SF State student Jessie Plascencia was interviewed about her creative efforts to land a job with Pixar. Read the article.…
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August 10, 2022A look at Amy Hennig, one of the most influential women in the gaming industry Read the article.
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July 29, 2022Alumna Manijeh Fata commented on her appointment as the executive director of the San Francisco Film Commission. Read the st…
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July 28, 2022SF State is on MovieMaker's 2022 list of the 40 Best Film Schools in the U.S. and Canada. Read the story on MovieMaker.…
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July 21, 2022Alumnus Davide Lupinetti received an independent film award at the Corto di Sera Festival in Messina, Italy, for his short f…
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June 04, 2022Alumnus Laurence Madrigal was interviewed about his short film “We Were Hyphy,” which explores the Bay Area music scene. Rea…
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May 26, 2022"For over four decades, 20,000 feet of 16mm-shot film sat untouched in the San Francisco home of lifetime Chinatown resident…
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April 04, 2022Cinema Lecturer Theresa L. Geller is co-editor of “Reframing Todd Haynes: Feminism’s Indelible Mark” (Duke University Press)…
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February 28, 2022Professor of Cinema Joseph McBride’s latest book is “The Whole Durn Human Comedy: Life According to the Coen Brothers” (Anth…
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February 18, 2022The School of Cinema is offering a newly developed International Documentary Summer Program taking place in Pulia, Italy thi…
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February 17, 2022Professor Joseph McBride has three books newly published: the critical study The Whole Durn Human Comedy: Life According to…
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February 16, 2022One of our international students, Im Dokyun, is a junior studying cinema. Im acted in, wrote, produced, and directed Pinocc…
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February 10, 2022Queer Cinema Coalition ensures a safe and creative space for LGBTQ+ filmmakers on campus to learn how to make our mark in an…
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February 01, 2022The Feminist Filmmaker Fellowship (F3) aims to provide an open and safe space, virtual or in-person, advocating for womxn an…
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January 31, 2022Film school in San Francisco provides some of the world’s most breathtaking backdrops for a student short. A recent SF State…
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January 20, 2022The following courses have been granted exceptions and will meet face-to-face January 24 through February 14. School of Cine…
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December 13, 2021Assistant Professor Artel Great directs and stars in “Love Walks In,” a tale of the perfect couple who come together imperfe…
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October 14, 2021A short documentary that filmmaker Arthur Dong (B.A., ’82) made while studying Cinema at San Francisco State University is g…
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October 11, 2021A Chronicle review of Professor of Cinema Joseph McBride’s newest biography calls the book “remarkable.” “Billy Wilder: Danc…
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September 28, 2021“What we need, culturally, are more voices that amplify the social significance of life on the margins,” Artel Great, Marcus…
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June 16, 2021Assistant Professor Mayuran Tiruchelvam has admired superheroes his whole life — both in American popular culture and his fa…
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May 28, 2021Congratulations to the class of 2021! Here are some words that our students have shared as they graduate... Acosta-Campos, J…
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April 20, 2021Dear Cinema Community, Last summer, the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police re-ignited a national movement for…