Cinema is Everywhere. Cinema Studies students engage with the moving image in all of its forms, on all its platforms, across the world. They pay attention to the margins as well as the mainstream. They are constantly experimenting with exciting new forms of research and scholarship. They are critics, curators, and creators.

During their time here, Cinema Studies students will hone their critical voice, develop a trained eye and ear, and practice in-depth, careful analysis of moving images. NYU’s Martin Scorsese Department of Cinema Studies was one of the first university departments in the country devoted to film history, theory, and aesthetics. Over time our focus has expanded to include broadcast television, video art, and digital media. After years of being steeped in an interdisciplinary, international approach, many alumni go on to careers in museum film departments, archives, and programming; journalism; or in the film industry as filmmakers, screenwriters, and editors.

Moving images, and the sounds that frequently accompany them, matter in our lives — politically, culturally, artistically. Cinema Studies at NYU offers historical and theoretical frameworks to understand the resonances of moving image culture, especially in the fraught global context of the 21st century.

Dana Polan, Cinema Studies Professor

Dana Polan

Martin Scorsese Professor of Cinema Studies

Events

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Feb. 21 – Apr. 18

Secret Sixteen Screening

This monthly series pairs 16mm films from the Cinema Studies Archive with lo-fi gems, oddball curiosities, and pre-internet obscurities.

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News

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    2024 MIAP Graduates Awarded Prestigious Fellowships

    Three 2024 MIAP graduates were recently awarded fellowships at major cultural heritage institutions: Jenny Hsu at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, José Solé at the Museum of Modern Art, and Matthew Yang at the J. Paul Getty Trust.

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    MIAP at AMIA, 2024

    1st and 2nd year students along with faculty and staff attended the Association of Moving Image Archivists' annual conference in Milwaukee December 4-6th.

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    Fall 2024 MIAP Newsletter

    News and updates from MIAP, and Kudos from MIAP alumni, students, faculty, and staff. This edition covers the past year, from winter 2023 - fall 2024. It has been a very successful and busy year! Congratulations to everyone on your contributions to the profession and the program.