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The Temple University Film & Media Arts Department presents the 2012 Senior Projects Screenings, April 25 and 26, 2012, at The Pearl at Avenue North in Philadelphia. Join the directors, producers, and cast and crew members for the world premiere … Continue reading
Professor Peter d’Agostino, FMA, will participate in a panel discussion as part of “Mixed Messages: Marshall McLuhan and the Moving Image” at the Penn Humanities Forum.
The event is Saturday, March 31, at 2 p.m. at International House Philadelphia.
Marshall McLuhan is one of the most recognized cultural theorists of the 20th century. His books Understanding Media, The Guttenberg Galaxy and The Medium is the Massage are landmark texts that distilled the rapid changes in technology, communication and philosophy in the increasingly global society of post-war America. As television became a popular medium throughout the 1960s, McLuhan recognized its potential for social transformation and … Read more »
The Department of Film and Media Arts at Temple University’s School of Communications and Theater will host the Diamond Screen Film Festival May 1-7.
The annual festival has undergone some changes, and will now span over an entire week. On each day the week, films will be shown from 7 to 9 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 pm.
The event will take place at The International House located at 3701 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104. There will be an Opening Night Screening on May 1, 2012, from 7-9 p.m., followed by a week of film, video and media-based events. Some … Read more »
FMA Professor Peter d’Agostino’s work will be shown as part of an exhibit at ICA, London, from April 3 to June 10, 2012.
Remote Control includes a range of work by artists who explore the way television shapes contemporary culture, and also highlights a number of contemporaries who are responding to the mediums digital convergence. Coinciding with the digital switchover in the UK, the exhibition marks the end of analog broadcasting—a milestone in the evolution of television. The exhibition includes significant works that examine how television has changed the way artists engage with material and form, and how adopting techniques … Read more »
Thursday, March 15
6 p.m.
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology
3260 South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz, FMA ’11, and MFA candidate Ambarien AlQadar will present their recent films at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology at 6 p.m. on March 15, 2012. In this new occasional series, the Penn Museum Archives screens the work of filmmakers who have extensively used archival film footage. Bazaz, director of Inheritance (2011), and AlQadar, director of Ghetto Girl (2011), interweave personal stories with historical images of Iran and India, respectively, to examine the influence of … Read more »
We’re hoping to connect with a student interested in expanding their portfolio through recording and editing our wedding. What we’re looking for: • Must be HD • Filming of about 8-10 hours on 9/29 in Bensalem, PA (must provide own … Continue reading
Graduate student Gary Yong, FMA, has been selected to participate in the 10th Berlinale Talent Campus, held during the upcoming Berlin International Film Festival, Feb. 9-19, 2012. The Berlinale Talent Campus is a prestigious six-day creative summit and networking event for 350 up-and-coming filmmakers, selected from more than 4,300 applicants from 137 countries. Every February, the Talent Campus brings together young filmmakers, writers, directors, producers, cinematographers, actors, editors, distributors, production designers, composers, sound designers and film journalists to meet with professionals from the international film industry.
Yong left Philadelphia in 2010 on an invitation to shoot a short film in Thailand for the Film Expo Asia, … Read more »
FMA aluma has acting debut in The Observers
Reviews of The Observers have appeared in Time Out … Read more »