Interactive “Interplay” course focuses on collaboration
Introduced at the start of the fall 2022 semester, “Interplay” is designed to bring all five departments together to focus on the themes of play, experimentation, and exploration.
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Alum Sam Spencer selected for Montclair Film Festival
Recent BFA Filmmaking alum Sam Spencer’s short autobiographical documentary film We Are Suns has been selected for screening at the Montclair Film Festival on October 25. The film follows Spencer and a fellow MGSA student cross-country. Spencer, who hasn’t seen his father in years, sets off on this road trip to find him. He and his best friend grapple with what it means to love a father and to lose him.
Research Spotlight: Shawn Snyder
“Exploring human stories against the backdrop of science has consistently reminded me of the value in leaving my intellectual, artistic, and narrative comfort zones to put my mind in the most personally unlikely places.” Shawn Snyder is an assistant...
Graduating film student merges military experience and the arts
Shaniyah Bernabela has been leading a double life for the last five years as a National Guard reservist working toward her BFA in filmmaking from Mason Gross School of the Arts.
Documentary Film Lab premieres Greenland narrative at international festivals
Utuqaq, a production of the Rutgers Documentary Film Lab in collaboration with the Rutgers Department of Geography, will premiere at multiple film festivals this fall, including the Camden International Film Festival, Denver Film Festival, and Jihlava International...
Episode 14: Kirsten Pasewaldt (Filmmaking)
Meet filmmaking student Kirsten Pasewaldt who felt pressure to pursue a more-practical path, and inched her way from a major in communications, to a major in cinema studies, and, eventually, to the BFA in Filmmaking program at Mason Gross.
Documentary Film Lab collaborates with Dance & Parkinson’s program
The Dance & Parkinson’s program at Mason Gross, uses music and movement to empower them. And a new film from the school’s Documentary Film Lab captures just how moving, and joyful, that process can be.
Episode 7: Danielle Lessovitz (Filmmaking)
Filmmaking faculty member Danielle Lessovitz is a San Francisco-born writer/director in film and advertising. In 2019, Lessovitz premiered her film Port Authority at the Cannes Film Festival.
Filmmaking student Charles de Agustin discusses his summer filmmaking opportunities
Graduating Filmmaking BFA and Honors College student Charles de Agustin recently shared a bit about his filmmaking experiences over the summer, which included a trip to the Cannes and Telluride Film Festivals and a film internship.
Episode 6: Andrea Pfaff and Sam Spencer (Filmmaking)
Film alum Andrea Pfaff and current student Sam Spencer were involved in the creation of the collaborative “Dance | Parkinson’s” video from the Documentary Film Lab at Rutgers Filmmaking Center.