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Shirley He’s thesis film to premiere at IDFA
The film follows He’s father, an artist, in search of his childhood home in southwestern China, fulfilling a wish of his aging mother
September 25, 2024
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Elizabeth Lo’s MISTRESS DISPELLER awarded in Venice
Lo's second feature focuses on a new industry devoted to helping couples stay married in the face of infidelity
September 11, 2024
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Stanford alumni and faculty win ITVS grants
Work by alums Reid Davenport, Laura Gamse, professor Jamie Meltzer and others receives ITVS funding.
September 01, 2024
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Student and alumni films premiere at Telluride
Dominic Yarabe, Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk premiere films at Telluride
August 30, 2024
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Drew de Pinto’s thesis film on The New Yorker Video
Drew de Pinto’s documentary explores the legacy of a 1966 riot in the Tenderloin that was nearly lost to history.
June 05, 2024
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Faye Tsakas’ thesis film premieres at SxSW, wins at HotDocs
Slice-of-life glimpse of preteen influencers wins praise.
May 05, 2024
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Dominic Yarabe’s HEADSHOT wins at Big Sky
Yarabe's first-year 16mm film wins Mini-Doc Artistic Vision Award
February 23, 2024
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"If documentaries are your thing, there’s hardly a better place than Stanford" - TheWrap
Stanford again named top documentary program in TheWrap's annual film school ranking
November 01, 2023
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Two Stanford alumnae named in Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film
Faye Tsakas (MFA '23) and Aurora Brachman (MFA '21) featured in Filmmaker Magazine's 2023 selection of up-and-coming filmmakers
September 29, 2023
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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