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Editor Show Down

Current F&V faculty members Sharon Zurek and Jeff Nolan get nods for best editing as well as alum Graham Metzger (B.A. ‘00)...

Ben Hicks has 65 days to raise $5,000 for his feature film

Ben Hicks first feature film is being shot in Japan, Taiwan and Germany...

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Elvis Sighting in the Windy City

"The Windy City", a comedy series created by F&V students for the web, documents the day-to-day life of delusional dimwit Elvis Kunesh...

Media Production Center Slideshow

As progress continues on the Media Production Center, Columbia's first ever new construction building, the excitement grows within the community.

Facebook Chat Flirtation

F&V student Eddie O’Keefe’s sketch group’s short video in competition for Second City’s 50th Anniversary online viral video contest...

John Mossman returns from the Emerald Isle

F&V faculty member John Mossman conducted a Meisner for Film Workshop at Screen Training Ireland in Dublin...

Texans Love The Booby Trap’s Southwest Interior Production Design

The Booby Trap wins Best Student Film at the Rockport Film Festival...

I’m the Boss Applesauce

Director/Writer/Producer Jason Reitman talked to students and took lots of questions when he visited Columbia College on November 3, 2009...

And the Emmy goes to...

F&V adjunct faculty member Danny Kravitz  wins an Emmy for writing the State of Illinois "Click it or Ticket" advertising campaign...

Hannah Free is up for Five Nominations Voting ends Friday, November 20!

F&V post production faculty member Sharon Zurek's indie feature Hannah Free is up for Five nominations...

The Return of Navajo Boy

F&V faculty member Jeff Spitz’s The Return of Navajo Boy was featured in an article by In These Times and it kicked off the 7th Annual World Indigenous Uranium Forum in Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico...

Nolan on the cover of Screen

F&V adjunct faculty member Jeff Nolan’s company Nolan on the cover of Screen Magazine’s November 4, 2009 issue...

Alumni Snags This Year's Chicago Award

2009 F&V graduate Brad Bischoff is this year's recipient of the Chicago Award from the Chicago International Film Festival...

Film Quarterly article by Jonathan Rosenbaum features Peter Thompson’s Docs

Photography and F&V faculty member Peter Thompson’s documentary films are the subjects of a lead article in the fall issue of FILM QUARTERLY...

Newsstands, Alumni and Kitchen Chairs

F&V adjunct faculty member Larry Lundy is keeping busy production designing around town...

November Opera in Cinema: Don Giovanni and Cosi Fan Tutti

Join us in November for the screenings of Don Giovanni and Cosi Fan Tutti at Film Row Cinema. Please follow the link for ticketing information and a full schedule...

Game Time Dine

F&V adjunct faculty member and executive producer of Orange Chair Productions Ltd., John Otterbacher, is producing a TV show, Game Time Dine, that features different Chicago area restaurants and Chicago Bears football players.

Call for Entries / Upcoming Festival Opportunities

Have a film that you want to get out there?  Take a look at these upcoming opportunities!

Left Field Continues to Make the Rounds on the Festival Circuit

F&V adjunct faculty member Ben Steger’s documentary, Left Field, a feature length documentary chronicling Chicago’s own Humboldt Park adult kickball league, will be screening at several film festivals in the upcoming months.

My Friend Flickr

F&V adjunct faculty member Terry Miller took some photos of a burning Ford Mustang in Kentucky and posted them on Flickr...

Sean Jourdan wins CINE Golden Eagle and Advances in Sundance Lab

Sean Jourdan, alum of the F&V MFA Program, wins a CINE Golden Eagle Award for his thesis film, The Beekeeper. Sean’s feature script of The Beekeeper has advanced to the next round for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab.

November Opera in Cinema: Cosi Fan Tutti

Tuesday, November 17, 7 pm | Sunday, November 22, 2 pm
Cosi Van Tutti screening at Film Row Cinema
Follow this link for ticketing information...

Cinema Slapdown Fall 2009: Rock 'N Roll

Thursday, November 19
Join Us for the third installment of Cinema Slapdown's Fall 2009 theme: Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N Roll! With Todd Haynes' quasi-biopic of Bob Dylan, I'm Not There.

2009 MFA Thesis Screenings

Friday, November 20 at 5:30pm
Friday, December 4 at 5:30pm
Join us for two evenings of MFA Thesis films at Film Row Cinema...