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Resonant Routes, Ocean Currents, Sino-Soundscapes: Chinese Opera & Transpacific World
A colloquium with Nancy Yunhwa Rao, PhD, Board of Governors Professor of Music, Rutgers University. Presented by Porter College, the Music Department, and the Film and Digital Media Department. This event is open to UCSC students, staff, and faculty only. Date: Monday, December 8, 2025Time: 1:30pm-3:00pmLocation: Music Center, Room 131 Chinese opera performers followed the…
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SHIMMERING (2025): A Screening and Discussion with filmmaker Matte Hewitt
Presented by the Center for Documentary Arts and Research (CDAR) and the American Indian Research Center (AIRC). Date: Friday, November 14, 2025Time: 4:00pmLocation: Communications Building, Room 150 (Studio C) Description: SHIMMERING (Matte Hewitt, 2025, 20 min) is an essay film poetically investigating creation, extraction, and second lives. Guided by the luminous figure of Hummingbird, SHIMMERING moves through place-based ways…
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Wednesday Night Cinema Society
Join us every Wednesday for an evening of films and videos, curated by our graduate students. Cinema Society meets every Wednesday during the quarter at 7pm in Communications 150 (Studio C). Check the FDM Events google calendar for specific dates.
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Decolonizing Surfing: A View From Morocco
Presented by the Center for the Middle East and North Africa and co-sponsored by the Film and Digital Media Department. Date: Thursday, November 13Time: 5:30pm-7:00pmLocation: Communications Building, Room 150 (Studio C) Join us for a film screening featuring documentaries by Arté and Moroccan director Ilias El Faris, followed by a panel discussion exploring the history…
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Visiting Artist Series
Every quarter, we invite a visiting artist to meet with students, lead workshops, and hold a public screening of their work with Q&A. All Public Screenings will take place in the Communications Building, Room 150 (Studio C) For our 2025-26 Visiting Artist series, we present:
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Social Documentation MFA Thesis Screening
Presented by the Film and Digital Media Department Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2025Time: 7:00PMLocation: Del Mar Theatre, Downtown Santa Cruz The annual SocDoc film screening showcases the work of the Arts Division’s Social Documentation (SocDoc) M.F.A. students. Each student presents a 20-minute film, followed by a Q&A. The 2024-25 cohort, including Em Butler, Catalina Jeanneret Calderon, Matte Hewitt, Jiayi…