Each summer, the Coastal Media Project filmmaking bootcamp at UC Santa Barbara culminates with long days and nights of editing and final touches ahead of a public showing of student-crafted documentaries, each an environmental short that’s conceptualized, shot, edited and screened in just nine weeks. This year’s films reflect a range of storytelling as diverse … Continued
Summer Stock July 7 – Aug 27, 2023 Forget your troubles—come on, get happy! The tradition of turning a barn into a theater finds fertile new ground in a joyous world premiere inspired by the classic Judy Garland-Gene Kelly movie. When theatrical Gloria invites fellow troupers to the family farm with the idea of putting … Continued
The investigative agency Border Forensics has launched their most recent report, “Mission Accomplished? The Deadly Effects of Border Control in Niger” with project coordination and supporting research provided by Tara Plath. The investigation applied remote sensing and geospatial analysis to challenge the reported success of Law No. 2015-36, adopted in May 2015 by the Parliament … Continued
Trinankur Banerjee has won the 2023 Graduate Student Essay award for SCMS Comedy and Humor SIG for his essay ,”On the Problems of Being Together: Post-Partition Popular Comedy and the Crisis of Dwelling.” Trinankur was informed that “this year’s submissions were the strongest” and it was further mentioned during the in-person announcement that the judges … Continued
Congratulations to James McNamara for the success of Cooper, which is a television series that he created and serves as the show runner. See this recent review in Variety: https://variety.com/2023/global/global/series-mania-forum-co-pro-pitching-sessions-1235526262/ “Cooper,” (8 x 45 minutes, Australia, South Africa)Genre : Crime drama Produced by Kylie du Fresne for Goalpost Pictures and Nimrod Geva for Quizzical Pictures Written by … Continued
Mona Damluji served as consulting producer for the Oscar nominated short film Stranger at the Gate is distributed by the New Yorker and available to watch for free online.
Dr. James McNamara, our esteemed colleague and lecturer in the department, just shared with us that casting was just announced for his show The Artful Dodger. Dr. McNamara is the showrunner for this production which is currently in Production with Disney+ in Sydney, Australia. We look forward to his return to teaching in Spring Quarter … Continued
Meet The Hollywood Reporter’s Next Gen Class of 2022, a group of agents, managers, lawyers, and executives blazing their own paths while navigating an entertainment industry in a state of constant flux. See the article in the Hollywood Reporter: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/
The Faculty in the UCSB Department of Film and Media Studies would like to voice our strong support for our teaching assistants and associates, currently on strike. In addition, we also want to express our solidarity with lecturers whose contract disallows more active involvement in the strike. We base our support on the dual recognition … Continued
UCSB film students Noah Hecht, Jon Peter Lewis, Kate Bellantoni, Joo Yeon Yoo, Jake Marone, and Luke Todd are returning from a weekend of celebration after their recent short film Moon was awarded Audience Choice Short at the San Diego International Film Festival. Created through FAMST’s 106 Crew Production program, the film follows a young … Continued