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Call for Submissions - Half a Century in Motion: Honoring Chicanx Dance, Art and Activism
Call for Submissions - Half a Century in Motion: Honoring Chicanx Dance, Art and Activism
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FILM MATTERS Open Call for Papers
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Student Films Wanted – WCFF 2025
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Film Matters is pleased to announce an open call for papers from current undergraduates, authors who have been invited to revise and resubmit previous submissions (including authors who did not make it past our prescreening for a previous call), and
See UNSTOPPABLE: ON THE ROAD at Salt Lake Film Society! Launched in 2020, Slamdance Unstoppable is a showcase of films made by filmmakers with visible and non-visible disabilities and aims to eliminate the prejudices and gatekeeping that have histor
Alumnus @mustafabinjaved (MFA ’25) is bridging cultures, traditions, and silences with his filmmaking. Read about Mustafa’s success with his short films “Land of Roots” and “The Ashes,” and get an exclusive look at
✪ ALUMNI ROLL CALL ✪ Department of Film & Media Arts alums, what’s going on in your world? Send us a DM, comment, or email us at info@finearts.utah.edu to tell us about the script you’ve been working on, that new film you’re p
Earlier this year, alum Beth Kearsley (@beth.mov ) and her team took home Special Jury and Audience Awards at 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival for “Remaining Native” documentary! Kearsely served as Associate Editor for the coming-of-age
F&MAD Graduate Dongeun Kang was featured in today’s @ theU! Read what she had to say at the link in our bio. “I now know this for sure: I want the stories I create through my videos to leave a meaningful impression on someone. The m
Garrett Ranger is the Department of Film & Media Art’s 2025 College of Fine Arts Outstanding Senior!   🏫  Major: Film and Media Arts   💭 Three words that describe you: Methodical, Versatile, Meditative   ⭐ What inspire
Professor Hubbel Palmer’s latest produced work, A Minecraft Movie, opened last week and not only blew past projections, but broke box office records! Congratulations, Hubbel! Read more at the link in our bio. @aminecraftmovie @warnerbrosent

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