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In partnership with the UW Alumni Association, the College of Arts & Sciences engaged alumni and community members for two thought-provoking topics during the annual "Husky Days in the Bay" event series in San Francisco, including a live "Ways of Knowing" podcast taping that examined the realities, possibilites, and ethical stakes of AI and quantum technologies through the lens of science,…
On Friday, May 15th, 2026, students and faculty, friends and family, were all invited to experience the innovative videographic work of three Cinema and Media Studies (CMS) majors during the Visual Arts & Design Showcase. Held in the Allen Library Research Commons from 2:30 to 4:00 PM, the event provided each of the three CMS majors their own space to present their audiovisual research for…
Leah Gunter, in the new CMS medialab, working in DaVinci.Thanks to a generous private donation, the Department of Cinema and Media Studies has opened a new computer and media lab aimed at supporting undergraduate and graduate students in their creative projects and endeavors, as well as providing instructional support for faculty. Located in Padelford…
As a young filmmaker and rising college senior, I feel like I am facing every crossroad imaginable. This past winter quarter, I attended the Slamdance Film Festival in Los Angeles as a marketing and distribution intern for the documentary Snowland by Jill Orschel. Orschel is an award-winning documentarian who has screened films and won awards at festivals such as Sundance and South by Southwest.…
On March 16th, members and friends of the CMS community witnessed something magical at the West of Lenin theater in Freemont, as they watched staged readings of Warren Etheredge’s latest curation of student screenplays. And do not think for a moment, dear reader, that because I was a willing participant – yes, I can read for the stage and screen – that I will not render an unvarnished, unbiased…
“I made the decision to leave everything I knew behind.” -Emma Jane MurphyI am drawn to stories. As a kid, I was constantly reading, watching movies, and going to the theatre—completely fascinated by how a story could sweep you away into another world. That sense of immersion stayed with me, and I knew early on that I wanted to be part of bringing stories to life. I thought acting was my path,…
Yuta Kaminishi has been appointed assistant professor at the School of International Liberal Studies at Waseda University! Kaminishi is teaching courses such as introduction to film studies, the history of Japanese cinema, and avant-garde and documentary film. The link below leads to their introduction article:Introduction of New Faculty Member: Kaminishi, Yuta, Assistant Professor
You have exciting news to share. Care to share? My first short film that I made, that I wrote, directed, edited, acted in… I kind of went crazy, it got into the Big Apple Film Festival Student Showcase. It’s also really cool because this is the first year that they’re doing a student showcase version. And even though it’s not, like, part of the main big festival, it’s still…
The graduate student–organized conference, Crisis Alarm: Conversations Across Asian Cinema and Media, was held at the Simpson Center on Monday, March 16, bringing together scholars working across diverse regional contexts in Asian cinema and media. The one-day event featured a keynote address in the morning followed by a roundtable discussion in the afternoon. Across their…
Students in the Cinema and Media Studies gateway course, "Film: Analysis," had the opportunity to attend special screenings of films at the Beacon Cinema in Columbia City. Christian Mungiu's Beyond the Hills (on February 21st), Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker (on March 1st), and Bela Tarr's Werckmeister Harmonies (on March 7th) were screened for students and…