MFA student Pradeep Edussuriya will be screening his thesis film, Beautiful People, at the Baker University Center Theater on Saturday, Nov. 21st at 6 pm. Pradeep's experimental narrative will be shown with, Rising, a thesis film by Chad Bartlett from the School of Visual Communications.

MFA student Alvaro Sarmiento's documentary, La Oroya: Aire Metalico, won the Audience Award for Best Short Film at the Sydney Latin American Film Festival 2009.

M.A. student Seth Kim has been busy recently making the rounds of academic conferences. He presented "My Own Terminator! The Use of Toys in the Marketing of Terminator 2 to Children and Teens" at the The Midwest Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association in Detroit (October 2009); he presented "Keeping The Dragon Alive: The Commodification, Mythologization, and Mummification of Bruce Lee's Star Image" at The Northeast Popular Culture/American Culture Association in New York (October 2009); he presented "You Understand Why I Have to Kill You, Right? Constructions of Alternative South Korean Nationalism in Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" at the Joint East Asian Studies, Sheffield, United Kingdom (September 2009).

A new book, Mechanical Witness, A History of Motion Picture Evidence in U.S. Courts, by OU Assistant Prof. Louis-Georges Schwartz, has been published by the Oxford University Press. Mechanical Witness is the first cultural and legal history charting the changing role and theoretical implications of film and video use as courtroom evidence.

M.A. student Chi Wang presented "On Self-Therapy Documentary: My Architect: A Son's Journey as Example" at 2009 Joint Conference of the National Popular Culture and American Culture Associations in New Orleans.

MFA student Derrick Jones was hired as the Assistant Director of The Arts Village and Instructor in Film at Bowling Green State University.

Alumni Josh Hyde  and his feature film, Postales, were one of ten project chosen to participate in the 2009 Independent Filmmaker Lab. Sponsored by IFP, the Lab is a highly immersive, free mentorship program for low-budget ($1 million) first feature films that have shot all or a substantial amount of footage but have not completed post-production. The goal of the program is to connect mentors with projects before they are submitted to film festivals. Josh recently screened Postales at the Athens International Film and Video Festival. Read his blog: http://postalesmovie.wordpress.com/

MFA student Derrick Jones recently returned from the Cannes Film Festival in France as part of the American Pavilion's Cannes Film Program.

MFA student Majdi Ammari’s film “The Cross” received the Best in Show award in the College Division of the 2009 Action! Student Film Festival.

MFA student Derrick Jones' film "631" is an Official Selection of the 2009 Ohio Independent Film Festival in Cleveland, OH

MFA student Sven Latzki's film "Dog Days of Winter" is an Official Selection of the 2009 Santa Cruz Film Festival and the Motion Film Festival in Tampa, FL.

MFA student Andrew Barrow's film "Second Mourning" is an Official Selection of the 4th Annual Hearts and Minds Film Festival in Dover, Delaware and the 2009 Akron Film Festival.  

MFA Student Kevin Stock's film "The Wishingbone" is an Official Selection of the 7th annual Garden State Film Festival and the 6th annual Lake County Film Festival.

MFA Student Benjamin Pascoe's film "Empathy" is an Official Selection of the 33rd annual Cleveland International Film Festival.

The School of Film will showcase the second year films of the current third year class at the Athena Cinema, Downtown Athens on Friday, January 23 and Sunday, January 25 at 7:30pm. Different films will be shown each night. View the programs here.

Read more about the Ohio University Student experience in Croatia on the set of Rajko Grlic's film "Just Between Us" here.

MFA Student Derrick Jones has been selected to participate in the Cannes Film Program offered by the American Pavilion and will travel to France for the festival in May 2009.

MFA Students Usame Tunagur's film "Big Black Good Man" and Derrick Jones' film "631" are Official Selections of the 2009 San Diego Black FIlm Festival and the 2009 Texas Black Film Festival.

MFA student Luke Ostrowski's film "Leftovers" is an Official Selection of the 2009 Dam Short Film Festival in Boulder City, Nevada.

Rajko Grlic is in production in Croatia on his new feature, “Just Between Us.” Click here for the "making of" video.

MFA students - Anja Jovanovic, Sven Latzke, and Kevin Stock - have just spent three weeks on the set of Rajko's movie “Just Between Us” Veiw PHOTO 1 - PHOTO 2

In October, at the 2008 Midwest Pop Culture Association in Cincinnati, second-year M.A. students Seth Kim and Jonathan Knipp presented "Just Like Us: Asian American Assimilation in Harold and Kumar go to White Castle" and "Fragments of Todd Haynes' Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story" respectively. In November, at the 2008 Biennial Film and History Conference in Chicago, Seth's talk was "Fathers of a Nation: Race Representation, Nationalism, and Cosmetic Multiculturalism in Mike Takashi's Dead or Alive: Final" and Jonathan's talk was "Any Old Iron: Spielberg and the Working Class in Artificial Intelligence: A.I."

Akil Houston - OU SOF MFA graduate, Visiting Instructor in OU's African-American Studies Department - just awarded his Ph.D. in Cultural Studies in Education from Ohio University.

Alumni Matthew Kraus, Charla Baker and Mariana Quiroga's film "How Ohio Pulled It Off" had its United States Television premiere Monday, October 6th at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the Documentary Channel. The film is now on sale on DVD here.

Alum Eran Preis, Associate Professor Temple University, has received the College of Fine Arts Distinguished Alumni Award in Film for 2008.

The historic Athena Cinema re-opens under the ownership of Ohio University and the management of the Athens Center for Film and Video in the College of Fine Arts. Read more about it here.

Derrick Jones is featured in articles in The Post and the Youngstown Vindicator for his recent grant award winnings.

Derrick Jones has been awarded the 2008 Documentary Graduate Film Scholarship from The Princess Grace Foundation-USA to assist with the financeing of his thesis film.

Alumnus Ross Morrin joins the faculty of St Cloud State University as an instructor in Film.

Alumnus Jeremy Moss joins the faculty of Franklin and Marshall College as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies.

The College of Fine Arts plans to maintain the Athena Cinema as a working theater with an art film focus when it takes over management and programming of the Court Street facility July 1. Ruth Bradley, director of the Athens Center for Film and Video, will manage the theater. She also directs the Athens International Film + Video Festival, which is hosted at the Athena each May. To read the article click here.

Usame Tunagur (who has just completed production on his thesis film) and alumnus Thomas Britt (M.F.A 2005; currently, Assistant Professor in the Film and Video Studies program at George Mason University). Their co-authored article, Business As Usual: Exploring the Other from Arabia to Appalachia, has been published in Americana, The Journal of American Popular Culture. To read the article click here.

HTC alumnus, Brian Wiebe inaugurated his channel on YouTube.com. The channel features some of Brian's short films. To visit his channel, click here.

College of Fine Arts Dean, Chuck McWeeny, has named Prof. Steven Ross Director of the School of Film. Steven Ross, an associate professor of film, has been a cinematographer and filmmaker for more than 25 years. His documentary "Liberia: A Fragile Peace" (2006) is in worldwide distribution. For the OU Outlook article click here.

HTC student Morgan Riles was interviewed by the Ohio Today magazine where she spoke about her thesis film BioModd[ATH1]. To read the article click here.

Alum Eunice Charlton's 2 films 'VANESSA RISING' and 'LIVING UNDER LINDA'S DESK' are competing in The Doorpost Film Project.

Alum Ryosuke Kawanaka is joining the joining the I.A.T.S.E. Local 600 Camera Union. He was in New Orleans for a few days working for a Weinstein Bros. feature called "The Patriots" as a B camera Second AC on an Arricam LT.

Liberia: A Fragile Peace, a documentary film by our Director Prof. Steven Ross, will be screened on Sunday, May 11th 2008, at 9pm in the Baker Center Theater marking the beginning of the International Week 2008 at Ohio University. The film tells of the Liberian people’s struggle to rebuild their country after a violent civil war.

Dr.Adam Knee from the Masters of Arts Depatment was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with Tenure. Many years of hard and distinguished is duly recognized. We all wish him the best for continued success and fulfillment as a scholar and teacher.

Professors Rajko Grlic and Tom Hayes were awarded the Creative Research Grant by the College of Fine Arts.

Derrick Jones was awarded the 2008 Parry/Billman Award by the College of Fine Arts.

Usame Tunagur was awarded the 2008 Student Enhancement Award. Its an award for reserach by the Office of the Vice President.

Third Year MFAs Nicole Wydra and Novia Chen shared the 2008 Betty Thomas Award.

Alumni Jennifer Granville's feature length avant garde film "Winesburg, Ohio" was accepted at the 2008 International Film Festival England.

Alum Todd Rohal's award winning and internationally acclaimed film THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE will be available on DVD on April 29th online, in stores and for rental. You can buy it here.

"How Ohio Pulled It Off," the thesis documentary of Charla Barker, Mariana Quiroga, and Matt Kraus is selected for the 2008 Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival. The screening dates are April 11, 15 and 16.

Ohiomag. com featured "The Little Festival That Could", an article applauding the 35th anniversary of the Athens International Film & Video Festival, which takes place April 25 through May 1. The article describes the festival through words of the Festival Director, Ruth Bradley.

Alum Blis Hanousek-DeVault has accepted tenure track position in Cincinnati at Xavier University as an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Arts and Director of the television studio. Over the last eleven and a half years at WOUB, he has developed close relationships and produced an incredible body of work

."How Ohio Pulled It Off," the thesis documentary of Charla Barker, Mariana Quiroga, and Matt Kraus is selected for the 2008 International Human Rights Film Festival in Paris. The French title of the film is Miracle électoral en Ohio.

Alum Marquette Williams' "Unspeakable" will be premiering at the 2008 Cleveland International Film Festival.

"How Ohio Pulled It Off," the thesis documentary of Charla Barker, Mariana Quiroga, and Matt Kraus is selected for the 2008 Akron Independent Film Festival.

Alum Chris Luccy releases the trailer of his latest film "Step Seven". (watch)

Alum Linda Zaleskie has formed a new production company along with Andrea Stewart called Germane Creative LLC. Zaleskie had been managing producer for The History Channel, and Stewart has been an independent producer for a decade.

Alum Jeffrey Wray's film, "The Soul Searchers: Three Stories", was selected at the East Lansing Film Festival 2008.

"The Razor", a film by Alum Ryosuke Kawanaka, was selected to screen at the Wisconsin Film Festival 2008.

"How Ohio Pulled It Off," the thesis documentary of Charla Barker, Mariana Quiroga, and Matt Kraus is selected for the 10th Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI)

MercuryMedia has acquired the hour-long documentary How Ohio Pulled it Off, produced by Ohio Filmmakers, which examines the 2004 U.S. Presidential elections. (read more)

Danilo-Lola Ilic's feature film, Distortion, received an Honorable Mention at the Accolade Film Awards. Entering its sixth year, The Accolade is an international, non-traditional, virtual venue. Awards go to those filmmakers who produce fresh, standout entertainment, animation and compelling documentaries.

Brian Wiebe's narrative short, Cancer Treatment, has been selected to be part of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market.

SOF alum Edward Lachman, Director of Photography on Todd Haynes new film
I'm Not There. In the film, Director Todd Haynes's unconventional biopic of the legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan features different actors playing the part of the Minnesota native at various stages of his remarkable career. Among the performers cast as Dylan are Heath Ledger, Richard Gere, Christian Bale, and Cate Blanchett. Take note of Ed's distinguished career: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005767/

CINEMATHEQUE film screenings are launched as part of the Arts for OHIO arts initiative

"Border post" won another film festival. This time - "Film and literary award" - a main award at the Film by the Sea International Film Festival in Holland.

Listen to Jack Wright's interview on NPR about Music of Coal

Two years in the maiing! Professor Jack Wright produces Music of Coal: Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields.

The School of Film Post Production team edits new Ohio University "Discover the Promise" ad campaign. MFA student Nishantne Josson is one of the editors and a featured student in , See "Discover the Promise" - see Outlook article

"Border Post" wins BEST FILM and the FIPRESCI PRIZE and Professor Emeritus, Rajko Grlic wins BEST DIRECTOR at Festroia International Film Festival.

Alum e. E. Charlton-Trujillo directs Vanessa Rising.

The 2nd edition of Film School Confidential: The Insider's Guide to Film Schools has just been published. Written by Tom Edgar and Karin Kelly, this is a personal interpretation of 29 of the top film schools in the United States. As readers will discover, Ohio University has much to offer, and is one of the best financial bargains in the entire country.