Department of Film & Media Arts

Title	Created Date
Alex Smith (Fiction Film) served as Artistic Director of the Sixth Annual Woodstock Filmmaker Residency & Incubator	September 21, 2026
CFA Assembly is coming this Wednesday!	September 15, 2026
Home, Identity, & Belonging: Mihir Pyakuryal on his film “I Listen For the Sound of Ashes”	June 23, 2026
Tim Palmer (Film) partnering with Metrograph to revive French film, "Aloïse" (1975)	April 16, 2026
Sam Boyer (Film) writing an action-thriller with producer and “Emily in Paris” star, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu	March 16, 2026
Gretchen Jude’s (Film) film and sound research presented in Tokyo, Vienna, and Japan	March 09, 2026
JJ Gerber (BA '05) premieres documentary, “The Life We Leave,” at the 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival & Conference	March 01, 2026
Alumna and Producer Elli Legerski's (Film) “Jane Austen’s Period Drama” receives Oscar shortlist nomination for "Best Live Action Short"	February 17, 2026
Film alumni Abby Ellis (BA ’11) and Beth Kearsley (BA ’21) honored for work on "The Lake" at 2026 Sundance Film Festival	December 11, 2025
Kenneth Collins (Film) named faculty fellow for the University of Utah’s One-U Responsible AI initiative	December 02, 2025
Tim Palmer (Film) discusses heist films on "The Next Reel Film Podcast"	November 13, 2025
Emily Mkrtichian (Film) partners with Media and Cultural organizations to promote film, "There Was, There Was Not"	November 11, 2025
Yee Sien Ang (Film) selected to participate in the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) 2025	November 11, 2025
"Film Matters" film journal now based at the U and continues to be overseen by Co-Founder/Co EIC, Tim Palmer (Film)	September 12, 2025
Lien Fan SHEN (Dean’s Office, Film) invited by University of Idaho to discuss "From Nausicaä to Manga Aesthetics"	September 12, 2025
Gretchen Jude's (Film) publishes new book, "How Vocaloid Works: A Beginner’s Guide to the Science Behind Yamaha’s Singing Voice Synthesis Software.”	July 02, 2025
Alumna Beth Kearsley (Film) and team take home Special Jury and Audience Awards at 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival for “Remaining Native” documentary	May 06, 2025
Alumna Taylor Mott (Film) is Production Supervisor for Emmy nominated Netflix documentary, “Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter”	May 06, 2025
U Film Professor Hubbel Palmer’s "A Minecraft Movie" Smashes Box Office Records	April 10, 2025
Horror screenplays by the ALSO Sisters (Film), "The Unbearing" and "No Man is an Island," recognized in Hollywood, Portugal, and more!	March 06, 2025

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