As we wrap up another school year, the FIU film studies program thanks you for following along with us and for your support! We’ll be taking a break from the newsletter for the summer but will be back in the fall with another school year of films, features, and fun. Our interns Joan, Laura, and Marcos hope you listen to some Dylan this summer and catch Barbie and Oppenheimer. Gootbye!
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Miami Film Festival Retrospective
This year’s Miami Film Festival in its special 40th anniversary was nothing short of remarkable.
From the Director: Film Studies in the Time of Corona
After a long hiatus, our film studies newsletter returns. The months since COVID disrupted our lives have seemed like years, and in the meantime all of our relationships to the moving picture have changed: suffering in some ways, and blossoming in others. Continue reading From the Director: Film Studies in the Time of Corona
What to Watch at the Miami Film Festival 2020
The 37th annual Miami Film Festival starts this weekend, and runs from March 6 to March 15. More than 125 short films, documentaries and features from over 30 different countries will be showcased as part of the festival program. Screenings will be held at the Coral Gables Art Cinema, Olympia Theater, Tower Theater, and Silverspot Cinema, along with a host of other participating venues located in the Miami area.
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Film Studies Paw-Cast Talks About “The Oscars Part 2: Snubbed Films”
Listen as the Cast discuss the films they felt were snubbed from nominations, opportunities for variety within the categories, and more!
From the Director: Welcome to the Spring Semester
As December heat and humidity give way to January heat and humidity, you know spring is around the corner in South Florida. And spring in South Florida means two things–film festivals (including ones for student filmmakers) and Oscars.
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Registration: Executive Director’s Film Festival Course Headlines Spring Offerings
This spring we have another slate of exciting courses to satisfy the appetite of film students, fanatics, and cineastes. Culture, Communication, Writing, and How to Run a Film Festival? Yes please.
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