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Thesis films by Carlo Nassise, Enrique Pedráza-Botero and Dominic Yarabe to play at boundary-pushing fest

Stanford MFA alum's documentary on disability rights and end-of-life debates praised for its "unflinching approach" to complex ethical questions

Films directed by Dominic Yarabe, Ethan Wu, Aurora Brachman and Reid Davenport selected for Sundance 2025

The film follows He’s father, an artist, in search of his childhood home in southwestern China, fulfilling a wish of his aging mother

Lo's second feature focuses on a new industry devoted to helping couples stay married in the face of infidelity

Work by alums Reid Davenport, Laura Gamse, professor Jamie Meltzer and others receives ITVS funding.

Dominic Yarabe, Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk premiere films at Telluride

Drew de Pinto’s documentary explores the legacy of a 1966 riot in the Tenderloin that was nearly lost to history.

Slice-of-life glimpse of preteen influencers wins praise.

Yarabe's first-year 16mm film wins Mini-Doc Artistic Vision Award

Stanford again named top documentary program in TheWrap's annual film school ranking

Faye Tsakas (MFA '23) and Aurora Brachman (MFA '21) featured in Filmmaker Magazine's 2023 selection of up-and-coming filmmakers

Aurora Brachman's (MFA '21) thesis film wins Bay Area Short Film Prize

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)

Two Stanford thesis films are playing at Hot Docs this year: ENTITIES WITH KNOWLEDGE by Max Mueller and STILL WATERS by Aurora Brachman

Stanford MFA Documentary Film alum picks up Truer Than Fiction Award for his debut feature "I Didn't See You There"

Feature-length documentary by faculty member Srđan Keča tells the story of three women living in the remnants of an utopian architectural project

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

Steyerl talked about works disrupted, updated, stalled between 2020 and now by various circumstances