This week, the Chicago Sun-Times highlighted Jennifer Reeder (MFA 1996) for her work directing Signature Move, a cross-cultural lesbian romance based in Chicago. The movie centers on a Pakistani-American lawyer falling in love with a Mexican-American bookstore owner, weaving in tension between the lawyer and her conservative Pakistani mother who is unaware she is gay. Despite being a Chicago transplant, Reeder was determined to remain in the city after graduation instead of moving to a coast. That commitment served her well in making Signature Moves because she was able to elevate neighborhoods such as Pilsen and Rogers Park that go underrepresented in Chicago imagery. Read more about the project here.
April 15, 2019
Tamer Hassan Takes off with Debut Documentary
Tamer Hassan (MFA 2019) and Armand Yervant Tufenkian will premiere their innovative 16mm documentary Accession at Art of the Real film festival at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York.
March 20, 2019
Peter Burr joins FVNMA as Full-time Visiting Artist
The Department of Film, Video, New Media and Animation is proud to announce that Peter Burr will be our next Full-Time Visiting Artist for the 2019-20 academic year.
February 4, 2019
Zhu Shengze’s Film Wins Top Prize at the 48th International Film Festival Rotterdam
Zhu Shengze's (MFA 2017) film was named the winner of the 2019 Tiger Award presented at the 48th International Film Festival Rotterdam.
