News
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Hito Steyerl delivers 2023 Christensen Lecture
Steyerl talked about works disrupted, updated, stalled between 2020 and now by various circumstances
February 03, 2023
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Luke Lorentzen wins Directing Award at Sundance
Stanford alum and lecturer wins the Sundance Documentary Directing Award for his latest feature "A Still Small Voice"
January 29, 2023
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David Zucker's thesis film on The New Yorker Video
When Groundhog Day goes virtual, the small coal-mining town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, must face its uncertain future, in this documentary short by David Zucker
January 27, 2023
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Azza Cohen's thesis film on The New Yorker Video
Before she dies, the 82-year-old Bubbe wants to learn how to swim, as chronicled in a short documentary by her granddaughter, Azza Cohen
January 19, 2023
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Alpha Kings to premiere at IFF Rotterdam
First year Winter film by Faye Tsakas and Enrique Pedráza-Botero portrays a group of young men selling a hyperbolic, alpha-male version of themselves online
December 20, 2022
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Stanford 'tops for documentary' in TheWrap's film school rankings
2022 report highlights collaborative aspects of the MFA program and robust funding for students
November 17, 2022
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Drew de Pinto's thesis film nominated for IDA Award
Compton's '22 nominated for IDA's David L. Wolper Student Documentary Film Award
November 11, 2022
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I Didn't See You There and Users among Cinema Eye nominees
Films by Stanford alum and faculty among nominees
November 10, 2022
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Lauren DeFilippo's "Free Money" to premiere at TIFF
Feature documentary by Sam Soko and Lauren DeFilippo ('14) tackles Universal Basic Income
September 09, 2022
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Yeon Park's first-year spring film streams on the BBC
Yeon Park orders a time machine on eBay for her father's birthday
September 09, 2022
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New faculty member: Natalia Almada
Award-winning filmmaker joins Stanford's MFA Documentary Film program
September 01, 2022
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The New Yorker acquires four more Stanford films
The online series is featuring four recent films from our MFA program
August 25, 2022
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Stanford student films win at BlackStar Film Festival
Thesis films by Adrian Burrell and Aurora Brachman win top honors for short docs at BlackStar
August 10, 2022
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Adrian Burrell's thesis film featured on The New Yorker
The film tells the multigenerational story of a society that deprives Black Americans of success
February 10, 2022
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Reid Davenport ('16) wins Sundance Directing Award
In his film, Davenport offers an unflinching meditation on freakdom, (in)visibility, and the pursuit of individual agency
February 10, 2022
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The Stanford Daily profiles recent MFA student films
Student publication reviews 2021 thesis films, and more
January 31, 2022
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Stanford MFA alums at Sundance 2022
Two alums present their feature documentaries at Sundance
December 15, 2021
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The Hollywood Reporter highlights Stanford Documentary Film program
Article spotlights our own and Northwestern's MFA programs
September 02, 2021
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New Yorker Video acquires four Stanford films
The online series has acquired four recent films from our MFA program
June 21, 2021
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Aurora Brachman's Spring quarter film premieres on NYT Op-Docs
Every night during the Covid-19 lockdown, hundreds of people from around the world gathered in a massive queer dance party known as ‘Club Quarantine’
September 22, 2020