MFA|EDA Alumni Directors and Producers in Spring Film Fests

We are very pleased to add continued congratulations to the following filmmakers and MFA|EDA alumni, all with film festival screenings this spring. Congratulations! ________________________ Anna Kipervaser (’15) — director:  Cairo In One Breath at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival; Instrument at Crossroads Film Festival; A Meeting, In Light at Indie Grits Laura Doggett (’13) — producer:  The… Continue reading MFA|EDA Alumni Directors and Producers in Spring Film Fests

Congratulations MFA|EDA Class of 2015

___________________________________________ Randall Kenan, raised in the rural North Carolina community of Chinquapin, is the author of A Visitation of Spirits, Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, Walking on Water: Black American Lives at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century, and The Fire This Time, among others.  He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers Award, the… Continue reading Congratulations MFA|EDA Class of 2015

MFA|EDA Class of 2015 Student Film + Video News

Class of 2015 MFA|EDA students Ava Lowrey, Libi Striegl and Anna Kipervaser in the news:   Congratulations to Ava Lowrey, MFA|EDA Class of 2015, whose film Fred: The Town Dog won the Audience Award at the Montgomery Film Festival, and continues its festival run at the Black Warrior Film Festival in February. Congratulations to Libi Striegl, MFA|EDA Class of… Continue reading MFA|EDA Class of 2015 Student Film + Video News

MFA|EDA Matthew Cicanese (’15) Photo News

Congratulations to MFA|EDA Class of 2015 Matthew Cicanese on a busy and noteworthy winter so far: ● Named a 2015 North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) Summit Scholar ● Awarded First Place in the Judge’s Choice Awards: Duke Gardens Contest ● Awarded Top Three in 2015 Duke Forest Annual Photography Competition ● Awarded Second Place in… Continue reading MFA|EDA Matthew Cicanese (’15) Photo News

MFA|EDA Ava Lowrey (’15) at Heartland Film Festival

Duke University MFA|EDA student and filmmaker, Ava Lowrey, will be screening Fred: The Town Dog as part of the Heartland Film Festival, October 16-25 in Indianapolis. Lowrey will attend the screenings on the 19th and 20th and participating in Q&A afterwards. More info here. ___________________________________ Fred: The Town Dog at the Heartland Film Festival: 10/19/2014 – 7:30… Continue reading MFA|EDA Ava Lowrey (’15) at Heartland Film Festival

MFA|EDA Ava Lowrey (’15) at Sidewalk Film Festival

Duke University MFA|EDA student and filmmaker, Ava Lowrey, will be screening as part of the Sidewalk Film Festival this summer in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. Lowrey’s short, Fred the Town Dog, will screen in the Alabama Documentary Shorts I program, Saturday, Aug 23 at 4:05pm. More information:  http://sidewalkfest.com/

MFA|EDA Anna Kipervaser Curates “in2” November 22

in2: international independent short films + videos  Friday, Nov 22 6:30pm-9:30pm Full Frame Theater – American Tobacco Power Plant Curated by MFA|EDA Anna Kipervaser (Class of 2015) Sponsored by GPSC This event is intended to bring together international creatives/creators and inspire conversations between their works, and between their works and new audiences. Works screening are… Continue reading MFA|EDA Anna Kipervaser Curates “in2” November 22