University of Michigan Film, Television, and Media

11/14/2023

Please join us TODAY, 11/14, at 4PM in the Rackham Amphitheater for our John H. Mitchell Critical Conversation, "Finding Your Way: Creative Careers in an Era of Streamers, Studios & AI" -- a conversation about exploring career paths related to contemporary transformations in the entertainment industry.

Featuring Scholar/Author Miranda Banks; Writer Robb Chavis; CMO, Fantom Foundation, Joseph Epstein; and Writer/Director/Producer Gail Lerner.

https://lsa.umich.edu/ftvm/news-events/all-events.detail.html/113696-21831470.html

10/18/2023

SHOEBOX Screens at Michigan Theater TONIGHT!

The Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS) launches the new South Asian Film Series, curated by Lecturer Veerendra Prasad, tonight, October 18, 2023, with the screening of SHOEBOX (2021)!

Faraz Ali, director and co-writer with Noopur Sinha, will be in attendance after the screening to discuss the film. “Shoebox is an exploration of the evolving urban landscape in India, particularly through the lens of Allahabad's transformation,” says Ali as he describes the film. “It encapsulates the struggle to preserve identity, memory, and heritage in the face of rapid development and change."

Visit the Michigan Theater website to buy tickets!

09/28/2023

How will we remember the pandemic and the lives it cut short?

Join us at the University of Michigan for a special program spotlighting COVID commemoration as a form of political resistance:AFTERTHOUGHT.
https://www.charlottejuergens.com/umafterthought

Our five-event program begins TODAY, September 28, 2023, and offers interactions with commemorative art, invites students and visitors to think about art as a form of political and social action, and includes multiple opportunities to interact with artists on campus. Additionally, we propose art as a pathway for resisting the dominance of text in academic expression. Please join us!

This program centers on COVID commemoration as a form of political resistance. It facilitates embodied interactions with commemorative art, invites students think about art as a form of political and social action, and offers multiple opportunities for students to interact with artists on campus. Ad

09/21/2023

FVSA is partnering with NEON to host an early screening of their upcoming film, IT LIVES INSIDE -- TODAY, Thursday, September 21, at 7pm, in CHEM 1300. There will be free merch and posters!

The film follows an Indian-American teenager struggling with her cultural identity who has a falling out with her former best friend and, in the process, unwittingly releases a demonic entity that grows stronger by feeding on her loneliness.

We hope to see you there!

06/15/2023

Join the University of Michigan as we celebrate the 3rd Annual Juneteenth Symposium. The theme of this year’s event is Systems Check: Exploring Structural Solutions to Systemic Racism. Events are free and open to the public!

https://oami.umich.edu/juneteenth-symposium/events-and-activities/

06/12/2023

Please join us THIS THURSDAY, June 15 @ 7:30 PM at the Frankfort48 Film Fest to support FTVM and FTVM 423!
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University of Michigan's Film, Television, and Media's course 423 "Practicum for the Screenwriter", will premiere a FREE screening of their two film shorts (BOYS & HUSBANDS and DEADBEAT) followed by a Q & A with the UM student filmmakers.

https://gardentheater.org/frankfort48

05/03/2023

May 9 @ 2 ET | Join Melissa Phruksachart for a discussion with Denise Khor, Vivian L. Huang, Mila Zuo, and Lori Kido Lopez on "Thinking Beyond Stereotypes in Asian American Media."

Register here: myumi.ch/w7JkG

04/20/2023

Join us for LIGHTWORKS -- Tomorrow (Friday, 4/21) and Saturday (4/22) in Angell Hall, Aud. A! Doors open at 6:30 PM - show starts at 7:00 PM. Hope to see you there!

03/21/2023

The 61st Ann Arbor Film Festival starts today! View FTVM's contributions to the festival here: https://mailchi.mp/d1b3051ca5e2/rcz5qo521v-5390082

03/15/2023

TODAY is Giving Blueday! Support what you 💛💙 about FTVM by donating and/or spreading the word! THANK YOU!

Film, Television, and Media is uniquely positioned within LSA to encourage undergraduate students to explore the intersection of intellectual study and creative practice. With a strong undergraduate curriculum of production, screenwriting, and digital media studies, a burgeoning doctoral program in....