Author Archives: Brandon Watz

Assistant Professor Subrin presents films in Vienna and Minneapolis

Assistant Professor Elisabeth Subrin, FMA,  presented her films at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Austria, during Vienna Arts Week (Nov. 14 – 20).

Also, for the month of November, Subrin’s film Shulie will be installed in a gallery at The Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis, as part of its “And Yet She Moves: Reviewing Feminist Cinema” series. The Walker has also acquired Shulie for its permanent collection. … Read more »

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Nov. 4: Hell and Back Again Philadelphia premiere

Hell and Back Again

Friday, Nov. 4
Time TBA
Landmark Theatre Ritz at the Bourse
400 Ranstead Street

Graduate student Fiona Otway, FMA, was editor on Hell and Back Again, an award-winning documentary directed by Danfung Dennis. The film won the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize and Best Cinematography awards.

Hell and Back Again is a film that was crafted with a lot of love and dedication by a very small group of people inspired to tell a different kind of story about war. Critics have hailed it as ”compassionate,” “tender,” “mesmerizing,” and “canonical.”

Hell and Back Again will have a Philadelphia premiere on Nov. … Read more »

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FMA alumna’s documentary an official selection at Image+Nation

Perfect Society, a documentary by Dita Gruze, FMA ’11, is an official selection at Image+Nation, an international LGBT film festival in Montreal, Canada. For more information on the festival, visit www.image-nation.org. … Read more »

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Professor Peter d’Agostino’s work is the subject of exhibitions in San Francisco and Los Angeles

Peter d’Agostino

Peter d’Agostino

Peter d’Agostino : 1970s to 2010s was exhibited at the Braunstein / Quay Gallery, July- August.   ( Four decades of mapping movement- SF Chronicle ).

D’Agostino’s early and recently restored projects are currently featured in Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980, a collaboration of more than 60 cultural institutions across Southern California funded by The Getty Foundation with exhibition catalogs available from MOCA / Prestel Press and the University of California Press.

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Associate Professor Eran Preis WHYY Interview

Associate Professor Eran Preis was interviewed on WHYY about his new documentary Jonathan’s Return.  The interview is available here.

A new documentary film by Temple University professor Eran Preis explores the impact of severe mental illness on an entire family. The focus of the documentary is his own family.
The interview is available here.

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