MFA in Film Stories

Art has been a home for Daphne McWilliams for her entire life—literally. McWilliams was on a set running scenes as a child actor before she’d...

Damon Davis (F ’20) is an award-winning, post-disciplinary artist based in St. Louis, Missouri, and a 2020 VCFA MFA in Film alumnx and current Film...

In March of 2024, VCFA MFA in Film alumnx Emilie McDonald (F ‘24) was honored with the High Scribe Screenwriting Award at the 2024 Sun...

VCFA interviewed MFA in Film alumnx Hafid Abdelmoula (F ’19) about his award-winning film, BROKEN GAIETE, and his time at VCFA for the 2023 edition...

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...

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

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

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...

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