M is for Mothers, directed by Livia Perez, has received the LASA Award of Merit in Film and will screen at LASA on Sunday, May 25 at 5:10 p.m., followed by a Q&A with the director. This tender and intimate documentary offers a poignant portrait of queer motherhood. Through delicate camerawork, it meditates on pregnancy,…

Lecturer S. Topiary Landberg helped to get a landmark lesbian documentary, In the Best Interests of the Children (dirs. Frances Reid, Elizabeth Stevens, Cathy Zheutlin, 1977), restored, through UCLA with the help of National Film Preservation Fund and Women’s Preservation Fund grants. The newly restored film will be presented at the UCLA Film & Television Archive in a free screening…

Maid for Television: Race, Class, Gender, and a Representational Economy by Associate Professor, Film and Digital Media, L.S. Kim, has earned an Honorable Mention in Media, Performance, and Visual Studies by the AAAS Book Awards Committee and its panel of jurors.

From the moment Professor John Jota Leaños, Film and Digital Media, began the first day of ART 139: Murals and Movements by offering sage gathered from his garden, it was clear the course would provide a rich, immersive experience. Exploring the history of muralism in the context of social and political art movements across the Americas, students worked…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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,…

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…