MFA Film, TV and Digital Media at UGA

Happy first day of class, filmmakers 🎥

That’s a wrap on the Class of 2023 🎬

Congratulations 🎉

Congratulations to for winning Best Student Film at the National Black Film Festival for his thesis film BLACK BUTTERFLY! 🦋🦋🦋

Before >>> After unpacking our sustainable crafty kit order*

Our order for 4️⃣ sustainable crafty kits include:

- an tent
- a dual stream waste bin for compost & landfill
- a recycling bin
- 4 cereal containers for dry snacks
- 4 wired bins for crafty snack organization
- 1 water dispenser that connects to a refillable jug to eliminate any need for single-use plastics
- set of bags for each stream of waste
- fish scale to keep track of waste volume
- compostable & recyclable cups, plates, bowls, and silverware
- 1 folding table (not pictured)

This order was made possible thanks to a generous grant from 🙏

*boxes were recycled

The Grady Salutes Gala was a smashing success last week ✨

Glad we could lend our space and crew to help bring it to life!

On 🌎 day, first-year student, Matt Hudgins, exhibited our partnership with RAIN, an environmentally responsible water company.

has been so kind to share a pallet of their aluminum-bottled water with us to help make our sets more sustainable ♻️

RAIN—Better For You, Better For the Planet

Special guests stopping by = a reason to showcase our partner .

We’re excited to see all the cool projects that will film here 🎥

Backlight Film Festival was an exciting time! Two of our students, Xavi Brown and Mary Goodwin, won awards for their short films!

“Transitioning” by Xavi Brown won:

🏆 Best Score

🏆 Best Director

“Queue” by Mary Goodwin won:

🏆 Best Mid-Length Film

🏆 Best Sound

🏆 Best Screenplay

🏆 Best Production Design

Acting for the Camera 🎥 with Prof. George Contini—no better way to learn than by doing 🎭

Celebrating our supportive donor Davita Scarlett earlier this month with a proper toast 🥂🍾

This is a sign.

A sign that our Athena Studios satellite location is officially part of the & 🎉

Chuck Hayward, this year’s artist-in-residence, will visit our students throughout this upcoming week!

Monday, March 13th
@ Trilith 1-4 w/ 2nd years

Wednesday, March 15th
4-5:15 w/ undergrads

Thursday, March 16th
@ Athena Studios 3:30-5 w/ 1st years