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Congratulations to Bill Badi!
Oct. 15, 2020—CONGRATS TO CMA ALUM BILL BADI Director Bill Badi’s new short, “Smother,” just won Best Picture at the Johannesburg 48 Hour Film Project! They also won awards for Best Writing, Best Editing, Best Sound Design, Best Costume & Makeup, Best Cinematography, and Best Directing. “Smother” was nominated in six other categories as well (music, special...
Check out Prof. Alejandro Acierto’s new work!
Oct. 15, 2020—Professor Alejandro Acierto of CMA and the Art Department is showcasing some of his recent work! First, his work is part of a large exhibition called “After Life (We Survive) – viewable from outside at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The exhibition asks “how can new media, visual art, and performance help us...
Screenings and Discussions with our ViH Friends
Oct. 8, 2020—Here’s a message from our friends at Vandy-In-Hollywood about their upcoming events! Hey, everyone — First of all wanted to give a huge thanks to everyone who turned out for last week’s inaugural event of the Vandy-in-Hollywood Virtual Screening & Speaker Series —writer/director Sam Friedlander’s “Babysplitters!” We had a great conversation not only with Sam,...
Exploring Screenwriting
Sep. 24, 2020—CMA faculty member and VU Theatre playwright in residence Krista Knight leads students in an adventure in screenwriting. Exploring narrative, action, and acting, the students write, share, critique, and perform for their peers. To find out more, please take a look at our Course Listings
Connect with Vandy-In-Hollywood!
Sep. 18, 2020—This month, in conjunction with the Vanderbilt Career Center and the VU Cinema & Media Arts Dept., we kick off our Vandy-in-Hollywood Virtual Screening & Speaker Series, featuring online screenings of features, shorts, and TV shows made by Vandy alumni and students… as well as interactive panels and speaker sessions with VU grads now working...
Congratulations to Professor Jennifer Fay!
Sep. 17, 2020—Wonderful news! It has been announced that Jennifer Fay won the Chancellor’s Prize, given recognition of outstanding research for her book, Inhospitable World: Cinema in the Time of the Anthropocene (2018, Oxford University Press).
CONGRATS TO BILL BADI AND CARTER ADKINS!
Sep. 17, 2020—CONGRATS TO BILL BADI & CARTER ADKINS! – Major kudos to former ViH interns Bill Badi and Carter Adkins, whose new feature, “Jenna Bums the Loveseat,” was just accepted into South Africa’s prestigious Garden Route International Film Festival (9/21/20 – 10/11/20)! The film will either be made available through a virtual platform or screened at drive-in venues along...
An important message from CMA –
Sep. 17, 2020—Hello all, The Fall semester is scheduled to begin shortly with several changes in store for everyone, including us in Cinema & Media Arts. In order to answer any questions you may have and/or to mitigate any confusion regarding what we have in store for the semester, I wanted to reach out to you all...
Prof Fay awarded Chancellor’s Award for Research
Aug. 28, 2020—8/28/20 Congratulations, Jen!
Karina Schechter ’20: Finding a Multitude of Benefits in CMA
Jun. 25, 2020—One of the biggest highlights of my college experience was Vanderbilt’s Cinema & Media Arts department. I can look back on every single class, project, and screening, and find a hundred things to smile about. CMA’s tight-knit community of eclectic creatives, budding theorists, and personable professors nurtured the development of productive classroom environments and, even...