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Stanford films and students awarded at SFFILM Festival
Aurora Brachman's (MFA '21) thesis film wins Bay Area Short Film Prize
April 25, 2023
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April 17, 2023
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Three Stanford Films at SF Film Festival
This year's SF Film lineup features three Stanford films: AND THEN I WAS HERE (dir. Alex Stergiou), STILL WATERS (dir. Aurora Brachman) & NO MORE LONGING (dir. Connor O'Keefe)
April 02, 2023
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Two Stanford Films at Hot Docs Film Festival
Two Stanford thesis films are playing at Hot Docs this year: ENTITIES WITH KNOWLEDGE by Max Mueller and STILL WATERS by Aurora Brachman
April 02, 2023
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Reid Davenport wins at Independent Spirit Awards
Stanford MFA Documentary Film alum picks up Truer Than Fiction Award for his debut feature "I Didn't See You There"
March 08, 2023
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Museum of the Revolution wins Best Feature at Big Sky
Feature-length documentary by faculty member Srđan Keča tells the story of three women living in the remnants of an utopian architectural project
February 21, 2023
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Stanford alumni and students at True/False
Lineup includes world premiere of Leslie Tai's How to Have an American Baby and US premiere of Faye Tsakas' and Enrique Pedraza Botero's Alpha Kings
February 21, 2023
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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