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Prof. Soraya Murray Quoted in NY Times about Female Figures in Video Games
Film and Digital Media Professor Soraya Murray was recently quoted in the New York Times. In the article, Prof. Murray discusses how the industry is moving towards a more diverse-leaning landscape in modern video games in the face of critics claiming that female characters in video games are becoming “defeminized.” “Those with vitriol against how…
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Prof. Gustavo Vazquez’s Film Awarded Best Documentary at Cittadella Geo Film Festival
Film and Digital Media Professor Gustavo Vazquez received the Golden Earth Award for Best Documentary at the Cittadella Geo Film Festival in Cittadella, Italy. Prof. Vazquez’s film, Los Guardianes del Maíz (The Keepers of Corn), tells the story of indigenous famers in Oaxaca, Mexico and their efforts to keep the tradition of seed exchanges alive…
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Alumna Janet Chen’s Film Has World Premiere at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Janet Chen’s Film, Asian Bitches Speak, will have its world premiere at the 40th VC Film Festival/Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2024 on May 5, 2024. It tells the story of a mother-daughter journey that explores mental health and healing from intergenerational trauma amidst the rise in anti-Asian hate. The film was prompted by…
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Lalu Özban’s Film in SF Urban Film Festival’s Trans World-Building
The Neighbour, a film produced by Lalu Ozban, Ph.D. Candidate in Film and Digital Media (designated emphasis in Feminist Studies; designated emphasis in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies) and directed by Cedoy, was recently featured as part of the San Francisco Urban Film Festival’s Trans World-Building event at the Tenderloin Museum. Trans World-Building was curated by Kaiya Gordon (UCSC…
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PhD Candidate Allen Riley’s VIDEOFREAK on Display at the Museum of the Moving Image
Allen Riley has his video installation and arcade game Videofreak on display at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, NY through September 8, 2024. Videofreak reimagines the arcade game experience by emphasizing the art of video manipulation over traditional gameplay elements like scorekeeping and end goals. Inspired by the participatory ethos of the Portapak-wielding Videofreex art collective…
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Dean Celine’s 80 YEARS LATER Screening at American Library Association National Conference
Dean Celine’s film 80 YEARS LATER was recently selected to screen at the American Library Association National Conference in San Diego on June 30. The ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition brings together thousands of librarians and library staff, educators, authors, publishers, friends of libraries, trustees, special guests, and exhibitors to the world’s largest library event.
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Livia Perez’s Film Awarded Best Documentary at 39th Lovers Film Festival
DANM alumna and FDM lecturer Livia Perez’s film, M is for Mothers (2023), was awarded Best Documentary at the 39th Lovers Film Festival in Turin, Italy. M is for Mothers is a touching and intimate portrait of queer motherhood. According to the jury Livia’s feature documentary deserved the award for its ability to start from the everyday context of…
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FDM Welcomes Selmin Kara as New Faculty
Dr. Selmin Kara will be joining us as Associate Professor of Film and Digital Media. Dr. Kara has been Associate Professor of Film and New Media Studies at OCAD University in Toronto, where she is also an affiliated faculty member of graduate programs in Contemporary Art, Design, and New Media Art Histories and Digital Futures. She…
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FDM Welcomes Chari Glogovac-Smith as New Faculty
Chari Glogovac-Smith will be joining us as Assistant Professor of Film and Digital Media. They are an Emmy-nominated composer, performer, and inter-media artist with an MFA from Mills College and they are currently completing a PhD at the University of Washington. Their research accomplishments to date include significant projects that span the fields of digital animation, AI,…
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Martin Rizzo-Martinez’s Award-Winning Book Centers on the Perspectives of Hunted Indigenous Peoples
This article was originally posted on the Arts Division “Featured Faculty” Martin Rizzo-Martinez is nothing if not a busy person. The first-year assistant professor of film and digital media currently has projects in the works including the second season of his podcast, Challenging Colonialism, and creating a documentary. Right now Rizzo-Martinez is looking forward to the…