The publication has named the Rutgers Filmmaking Center among the top U.S. film schools for 2026, commenting that “Mason Gross School of the Arts is well positioned to train the state’s entertainment workforce.”
Art & Design alum Hannah Finkelshteyn and Filmmaking student Aakef Khan will be honored at the Washington National Cathedral on July 3 as part of the nation’s 250th-anniversary celebration.
Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmakers Mohammadreza Eyni and Sara Khaki visited Rutgers Cinema for a screening of their 2025 documentary “Cutting Through Rocks,” followed by a Q&A with our students.
More than two dozen students and recent grads of the Filmmaking program collaborated with Oscar-winning filmmaker and professor Thomas F. Lennon to create a documentary detailing the real-world effects of rising sea levels.
Class of 2029 Filmmaking student Dylan Bates made a video about his experience competing in the World Stinging Nettle Eating Championships in England.
“I remember our house . . . collapsing. . . While we were trying to find food, the film crew from Feed the Kids found us. I remember watching the guy behind the camera and thinking, ‘That looks so cool, I wish I could do that.’”
“Promotora” will be screened along with two other short films during “Mexican/American: The Search for Health and Happiness,” followed by a conversation about health and well-being in New Jersey’s Mexican American communities. This event is sold out.
“Engaging with horror films is like a rite of passage, between being young and being an adult,” says Caroline Key, who’s been teaching “Horror Film Production” for six years.
“Mason Gross School of the Arts offers a myriad of programs and facilities, including the Documentary Film Lab, which allows students to work on full-length documentaries with faculty,” Variety says.
Rutgers Filmmaking Center has been ranked #7 among public institutions (and #27 overall) by TheWrap.