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From Carey Williams (MFA  00)  “my short film Cherry Waves was one of the 5 selected to screen at the hbo short film competition that takes place during ABFF 2012 film festival. keep your fingers crossed for us to win!!!   also, here’s the teaser again :)   https://vimeo.com/34939704  “

From Bobby Marinelli (MFA 10 )  “ Marco (Baretto MFA 11)   and I are about to wrap production on "The Rambler", a film by…

Congratulations to Diego Araujo (MFA04)  whose film Ferido was awarded the narrative Voces Award by the Tribeca Film Institute Latin America Media Arts Fund! Set in 1999, during the crumbling of Ecuador’s bank system, teenager Juan Pablo is struggling to find his place in the sheltered world of the country’s wealthy class. With the carnival holiday beginning he travels to the Andes with his family where he meets heavy-metal fan Juano, who opens his eyes to a new and…

Every year the American Pavilion hosts an Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at Cannes. They take submissions from students all over the United States, and a panel of industry judges chooses 10-15 films to screen in the Roger Ebert Conference Center during the Cannes Film Festival. This year they chose fourteen films and three of them are from the Film School! And we're sending the directors, with Paul Cohen as their guide. There was one MFA thesis film from 2011, "The Collegians,"…

Matt Lopez (BFA 93) is producing the feature "Huck" for Paramount Pictures, alongside Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark ("Rise of the Planet of the Apes").  The action-adventure project picks up the adventures of Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher at age 30.  Details at: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mark-twain-huck-tom-paramount-302919

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Matt Lopez (BFA 93) is producing the feature "Huck" for Paramount Pictures, alongside Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark ("Rise of the Planet of the Apes").  The action-adventure project picks up the adventures of Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher at age 30.  Details at: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mark-twain-huck-tom-paramount-302919

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The Graduate School is pleased to announce the Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award for 2012-2013. This award is sponsored annually by The Graduate School to honor faculty mentors whose dedication to graduate students and commitment to excellence in graduate education and mentoring have made a significant contribution the…

From Sarah Beth Shapiro (MFA 06)  “After 17 months off the air, the fifth season of Mad Men premieres on March 25. There are many better reasons to tune in than my involvement, but I'm massively proud to be involved. The season truly kicks ass and is definitely worth the wait. I am assistant editor…

From Sarah Beth Shapiro (MFA 06)  “After 17 months off the air, the fifth season of Mad Men premieres on March 25. There are many better reasons to tune in than my involvement, but I'm massively proud to be involved. The season truly kicks ass and is definitely worth the wait. I am assistant editor…

The College of Motion Picture Arts will host its annual evening screening in the city that never sleeps as a continued part of the FFlorida State University Fine Arts showcase, Sight, Sound &…

“This is Datev Gallagher (BFA '10). I just wanted to give you an update on what I've been doing with my life. I just directed a short film, IN THE GROVE,  this January and it was excepted into this years Sarasota Film Festival. It was a low budget film so we used the kickstarter website to raise some extra…

And the winner is... Oscar night! Hollywood's most anticipated evening of red carpet glamour and cinematic accolades. Join The Film School for our fifth annual fundraiser "A Night At The Oscars" Sunday, February 26th at Paradigm Restaurant…

Will start doing frequent updates on the activities at our  FSU Film School West Palm Beach Campus.  They are in full speed ahead mode, already having recruited for their first class in the BFA  program in Animation and Digital Arts.    An update from  Bruce Bullock (MFA 94) who is  Director of Education for…

Hi FSU Film!  If you need a producer to help you with you feature films, TV shows, web series, etc, we want to help!  This is not a service like Script Shark or Inktip.  Those sites charge a fee to screenwriters for professional script analysis.

BRIGHT WHALE is a production company (Dan Rosenfelt is the producer).  We produce feature films, TV series and web series.  We get paid when we make a producer deal with the financing…