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Jeff Bemiss, 2019 MFA in Film

Class of 2019 Film alumnx Jeff Bemiss was recognized with a 2022 Peabody Award for his 2020 documentary MISSING IN BROOKS COUNTY (co-directed by Lisa...

Callie Newsom Doyle, 2024 MFA in Film

Meet filmmaker and class of 2024 Film candidate Callie Newsom Doyle, one of six recipients of our 2022 VCFA Center for Arts + Social Justice...

Jen Gilomen, 2023 MFA in Film

In the summer of 2022, we interviewed Center for Arts + Social Justice Fellowship Grant recipient Jen Gilomen (Film ’23) on her film DELIVERING JUSTICE....

Tamara Perkins, 2019 MFA in Film

In the summer of 2021, we spoke to Film ('19) alumnx Tamara Perkins about her media activism and her journey with documentary filmmaking. After the...

Billy Kent, 2021 MFA in Film

During quarantine, Billy Kent (along with Mac Montandon) made a short film series called THE OTHER SIDE, shot entirely on Zoom chats. The series comedically...

John Valadez, 2019 MFA in Film

John Valadez, filmmaker and the director of the Documentary Film program at Michigan State University, has been making and engaged with film for over 25...

Yerania Del Orbe, 2020 MFA in Film

Yerania Del Orbe's short film LA SANTERA was an official selection in the 2020 Lady Filmmakers Festival and semifinalist in the Flickers' Rhode Island International...

Hafid Abdelmoula, 2019 MFA in Film

Writer-Director Hafid Abdelmoula won Best Feature Film in the 2021 Santa Fe Film Festival for BROKEN GAIETE. The film grew from his...

Alla Kovgan, 2020 MFA in Film

Alla Kovgan is a Boston-based filmmaker, born in Moscow, Russia. Her films have been presented worldwide. Since 1999, Alla has been involved with interdisciplinary collaborations,...

Soren Sorenson, 2019 MFA in Film

Soren Sorenson's thesis film WITH DAD won the Youth Jury, 1st Prize for Short Documentary at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.