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UGFTV Student Marie-Louise Nkashama wins North Face Grant
Tuesday, Nov 12, 2019
The Move Mountains Filmmakers Grant was created to address the inequitable representation of women behind the camera by providing women filmmakers with financial and mentorial support to create a film that shares their unique perspective of exploration.
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UGFTV Alum Avishai Weinberger wins Cinestory Feature Fellowship
Monday, Nov 11, 2019
Avishai Weinberger's DRIFT OFF, won 2nd Place at the Cinestory Feature Fellowship. His script THIRD DATE, based on his NYU thesis short film of the same name, won the Nightmares Film, Best Feature Screenplay.
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UGFTV Alum Nicholas Brennan Doc premieres at DOCNY
Monday, Nov 11, 2019
LOS ULTIMOS FRIKIS, directed by Nicholas Brennan, premiered at DOCNY. The doc is the feature length version of a film he made in our Cuba Study Away program. It also won the Columbus/Vague award in 2011.
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UGFTV, Sarah Nocquet's Open, Best Narrative Short
Thursday, Nov 7, 2019
Open, was selected as Best Narrative Short at NFFTY, National Film Festival for Talented Youth and screened in the Centerpiece.
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UGFTV Student Kendra Brown interviewd on Bronx New 12
Tuesday, Nov 5, 2019
Kendra Brown was interviewed on News12 for her documentary about Veronica Carter. The two worked to change viewers’ minds on how people view mental well-being, particularly in the black community.
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UGFTV Student Phillip Youmans' "Burning Cane" on Netflix
Thursday, Oct 31, 2019
Airing Nov. 6th on Neflix, "Burning Cane" tells the story of a religious woman's struggle to reconcile her convictions of faith with the love she has for her alcoholic son and a troubled preacher.
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UGFTV Alum Vanessa Benton pens, "how to get away with Murder"
Monday, Oct 28, 2019
Airing this Halloween, UGFTV Alum Vanessa Benton's episode of "How to Get Away with Murder."
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UGFTV Doc "Mizuko" Screening at IDFA
Monday, Oct 21, 2019
The short documentary, Mizuko, directed by UGFTV Alums, Kira Dane & Katelyn Rebelo was selected to screen in a competition at IDFA (The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam).
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UGFTV Adjunct Chitra Neogy interviewed on Jus Galbaat
Friday, Oct 18, 2019
JUS GALBAAT (Jus chit chat) is a live call-in show about social and domestic issues with Arvind Kaur, a clinical psychologist. Chitra Neogy was interviewed about her artistic journey.
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UGFTV Alum Tyler Mitchell, New Black Vanguard
Wednesday, Oct 16, 2019
Congrats to UGFTV Alum Tyler Mitchell for being 1 of 15 fashion photographers to be included in Aperture's The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion
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