See your world differently. If you want to consider how images do their work, consider a minor in Film & Media Studies.
Images in movies, on television, and on the net move and inspire us, structure our ideas of race, class, gender, and sexuality, community and identity. The GMU minor in Film & Media studies explores mass culture in its visual manifestations and helps students develop an informed awareness of culture and media, ideological tendencies, and effects on daily experience. Committed to interdisciplinarit
Operating as usual
12/12/2024
Thrilled to see our students' art in transit.
Have you noticed the vibrant animated art by George Mason University students in our Metro system? You can find these eye-catching displays at stations like Crystal City, Farragut North, NoMa-Gallaudet U, Gallery Place - Chinatown, L’Enfant Plaza, and Metro Center.
12/11/2024
Congratulations Global Team! Can't wait to see it. ⭐🌏
WE DID IT!! The Global Project was a massive success!! Even with dramatically downsizing our Global Team, we made a film in 48 hours that intertwined the stories of 7 individuals on 7 different Continents! I couldn’t have done it without the support of so many people but thank you to my 56 person team! It really does take a village! I cannot wait to show you all this film when online streaming begins in 2 days!
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11/16/2024
Join us at Mason Exhibitions Arlington to support the Best of Film at George Mason 2024 on Thursday, November 21 starting at 6pm.
The event showcases recent notable and award-winning films. This year's program includes student and alumni work in documentary filmmaking, fiction film directing, music video, and senior thesis films.
This event is free and open to the public.
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11/16/2024
On Wednesday, our own Co-Founder and President Marcia Smith gave a barn-burner of a speech when she accepted her Lifetime Achievement Award from DOC NYC at their Visionaries Tribute.
“None of us knows exactly how this next period of American history will play out. But I’m certain that regardless of position in the field, we will all have moments when we will have to be clear on our values and understand what it is our job to do.”
“Some of you have power over what stories get funded, commissioned, exhibited, or distributed; which get marked as important or worthy of investment. Your job is to be courageous when it feels risky. Fight for the stories and storytellers we need to hear. Fight for filmmakers with bold visions and the stories we’ve never seen, rather than stories we believe an audience will watch because they’ve watched ten others like it. Take stock of whose voices you hear the loudest, and whose perspectives are left out. Your position will become less comfortable. We’re going to need you to withstand that discomfort.”
Read the full text of Marcia’s speech via the link in our bio, and please consider making a tax-deductible contribution in support of our work via the Donate link in our bio. As we enter our 25th year of in 2025, we need our supporters to stand up to support our work and the work of our filmmaker community.
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11/02/2024
Join our team! Film at George Mason is hiring a Post-Production Coordinator.
Responsibilities within this role include:
Maintain post-production facilities for Film and Video Studies instruction, support student work and faculty-led creative research, research and implement new IT requirements and policies, assist the technical ex*****on of student showcases and other department events, and provide troubleshooting assistance to faculty and students.
To view the full listing, please visit: https://ow.ly/N8ka50TYkNt
or visit the link in our bio
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10/30/2024
Brilliant news and recognition. Congratulations to Mark and everyone who do this work. cf
"This especially resonates at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute where the series is produced by a small team consisting of FHI multimedia director Eric Barstow and production and editing assistant, Jakiah Glass, a recent graduate of North Carolina Central University who majored in mass communications.
The show’s host and Chair of Duke’s African & African American Studies Department, Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, was excited to learn the news: “I really wanted to create a platform that ‘loved on’ Black Studies and the Black Arts. And that’s what Left of Black is all about. Getting Gold at the Davey Awards is an excellent way to kick-off this 15th season.”
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10/21/2024
Tomorrow. masterclass at 1:30pm and screening at 4:30pm. See info - link in bio.
10/21/2024
Alex Plank is an actor, filmmaker, and autism advocate. He graduated from George Mason University in 2010. He’s a cofounder of WrongPlanet.net, an online community designed for individuals with Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, ADHD, PDDs, and other neurological differences, as well as parents and professionals looking for resources.
We invite you to join us for a free screening of “Ezra,” followed by a Q&A with Alex Plank.
Tuesday, October 22 | 4:30 pm | Johnson Center Cinema
10/17/2024
Please join me for a screening of SEAT 31: ZOOEY ZEPHYR at WOODSTOCK FILM FEST! 🎉
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10/13/2024
Stars!! ✨⭐. Great job to all of our students who presented their films in our Best of Film Showcase at today! Next stop is Mason Exhibitions in Arlington.
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10/12/2024
Please join Screen Cultures for a special screening of award-winning film "I Am Not the River Jhelum," followed by a discussion and Q&A with the film’s director, Prabhash Chandra
Thursday, October 17 at 7:30 PM
Johnson Center Cinema
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by Screen Cultures, English, MCL, Cultural Studies, Visiting Filmmakers Series, and Film and Video Studies.
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10/08/2024
Save the date for our free screening of "Ezra", followed by a live Q&A with filmmaker, George Mason alum, and autism advocate, Alex Plank.
October 22, 2024, 4:30pm
Johnson Center Cinema
Presented by George Mason's Visiting Filmmakers Series
Directed by Tony Goldwyn, "Ezra" follows a stand-up comedian Max (Bobby Cannavale), living with his father Stan (Robert De Niro) while struggling to co-parent his autistic 11-year-old, Ezra (William Fitzgerald) with his ex-wife Jenna (Rose Byrne). Frustrated with a number of turns in his life, Max and Ezra embark on a cross-country road trip that has a transcendent impact on both of their lives. The film also includes appearances by Whoopi Goldberg, Rainn Wilson, Vera Farmiga, and our very own Alex Plank who stars as a child psychologist.
This event is free and open to the public.
Register on Mason 360
Link in Bio
10/07/2024
This Saturday, October 12 at 12 pm, our Best of Film at George Mason Showcase will screen as a part of the Washington West Film Festival, followed by a Q&A with our amazing student and alumni filmmakers!
If you haven't seen our showcase yet or would like to see it again, come check us out!
Location:
LOOK Dine-In Cinemas | Tysons at the Boro
1667 Silver Hill Dr, McLean, VA 22102
For more information and tickets, check out Washington West's website. Link in Bio
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10/02/2024
Save the date for our free screening of "Ezra", followed by a live Q&A with filmmaker, George Mason alum, and autism advocate, Alex Plank.
October 22, 2024, 4:30pm
Johnson Center Cinema
Presented by George Mason's Visiting Filmmakers Series
Directed by Tony Goldwyn, "Ezra" follows a stand-up comedian Max (Bobby Cannavale), living with his father (Robert De Niro) while struggling to co-parent his autistic 11-year-old, Ezra (William Fitzgerald) with his ex-wife (Rose Byrne). When Max and Ezra embark on a cross-country road trip, everyone learns life lessons.
This event is free and open to the public.
Register on Mason 360
Link in Bio
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09/22/2024
Shout out to the late Gil Noble, whose public affairs program 'Like It Is!' has long been an inspiration.
And many thanks to and who have produced the show.
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09/22/2024
Happy to announce that the short doc I produced/directed “In drag we Trust” will be screening at the 2024 Alexandria Film Festival, Nov7-10. Make sure to get your tickets!!
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09/17/2024
🎬 Attention Filmmakers! 🎬
Submissions for the 25th Annual Black Reel Awards are NOW OPEN! This is your chance to be part of a quarter-century of celebrating Black excellence in cinema! 🌟 We are accepting submissions for features, documentaries, shorts, and international films. 🎥
🗓️ Deadline: Friday, November 29th
📅 Eligibility: Films must be released between January - December 2024.
🔗 For more information and submission details, visit: blackreelawards.com
Don't miss this opportunity to showcase your work and be recognized on the big stage!
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Each semester, the Visiting Filmmakers Series at Mason brings to campus a variety of films and directors. Our first guest, in 1995, was Cheryl Dunye: she inspired us to “make our own history.”
Since then, our programs include: Cameraperson and Kirsten Johnson, Whose Streets? and Sabaah Foyalan, Hooligan Sparrow with Nanfu Wang, The Unafraid and with Heather Courtney, Dark Money and Kimberly Reed, Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland, with Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, In the Last Days of the City with Tamer El Said, In Lorton's Darkroom with filmmaker and photographer Karen Ruckman, producer Emma Pearce, and photographers Calvin Gorham and Michael Moses El, Road Through War with Louie Palu, Visitor's Day (Día de Visita) with Nicole Opper, 13th with cinematographer Hans Charles, City of Trees with Brandon and Lance Kramer, A Conversation with Christine Vachon, and Field Ni**as, with Khalik Allah.
See full list here: https://fams.gmu.edu/film-media-studies-visiting-filmmakers-series
