On Your Radar

"On Your Radar" is a weekly Grad Film News segment, featuring a student picked at random. Here you can browse through the students we've interviewed so far. Learn about their childhoods, their inspirations, and their favorite memories from Tisch.

Naa Adei Mante

Filmmaker Naa Adei Mante speaks to the first time she was able to see her vision come to life and how life and her past experiences inspire her work.
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Joshua Reed

Filmmaker Joshua Reed sees home less as a physical place and more as where you find the love of family and friends. He is inspired to have uplifting and thought-provoking messages in his work.
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Nada Bedair (she/her)

Filmmaker Nada Bedair was born in Egypt and now lives in NYC (there were a few places in-between). It's telling stories about women from her community that drives her work.
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Chris Del Rio Solorzano

Filmmaker Chris Del Rio Solorzano describes some of the complexities in calling someplace home and how Grad Film is an encouraging supportive community.
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Sara Crow

Filmmaker Sara Crow discusses her love for NYC and getting inspiration from books.
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Tsung-Yen Lin

Filmmaker Tsung-Yen Lin discusses feeling Taipei, Taiwan is home and how NYU Grad Film helped him to become a better version of himself.
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Oriana Ng

Filmmaker Oriana Ng discusses her love of New York and how she finds inspiration in the Theater.
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Maryam Mir

Filmmaker Maryam Mir discusses her closeness with her family and investigating women’s relationship to water through art.
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Morgan Simonson

Filmmaker Morgan Simonson discusses discovering their voice and their experience collaborating at NYU.
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Casiano Hamer

Filmmaker Casiano Hamer discusses the impact of moving around as a kid, and tackling critical questions about identity in his creative process.
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Cade Featherstone

Filmmaker Cade Featherstone discusses finding inspiration in the small moments, and adjusting to life in New York after coming from North London.
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Nicole Cole

Filmmaker Nicole Cone describes the creative process coming out of the pandemic and the inner workings of life growing up in Miami.
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Andrew Brame

Filmmaker Andrew Brame discusses what excited him about collaboration and how he grew up in the U.S. Navy.
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Liz Rao

Filmmaker Liz Rao talks about the parts of her that live in Brooklyn, the Midwest and China, and all the names that make up her board of inspiration.
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HANNA GRAY ORGANSCHI

Filmmaker Hanna Gray Organschi details the small, defining moments of her childhood in New Haven, and seeking out stranger interactions.
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IFEYINWA ARINZE

Filmmaker Ifeyinwa Arinze discusses what inspires her about human behaviors, and moving from Nigeria to Massachusetts/Michigan.
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SOPHIA BENNETT HOLMES

Filmmaker Sophia Bennett Holmes fleshes out the images of growing up in Brooklyn, and discusses shooting her Spring Narrative.
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CHHEANGKEA IENG

Filmmaker Chheangkea Ieng talks about the gestation process of developing an idea from a personal life experience, and what it means to him to feel seen.
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NIGAM BHANDARI

Filmmaker Nigam Bhandari discusses the difficulties of moving around while growing up, and approaching the world with childlike curiosity.
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MANYA GLASSMAN

Filmmaker Manya Glassman discusses the collaborators she has found at NYU, and how she approaches exploring questions about human existence.
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KAITLYN BUSBEE

Filmmaker Kaitlyn Busbee discusses intergenerational storytelling and growing up in Iowa.
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DAVID KRAMER

David talks about his relationship with inspiration and the experience shooting second year films with his fellow students.
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AJAI VISHWANATH

Ajai discusses growing up in Australia, and how - without a filmmaking background - he found his way to NYU.
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ALESSIA MANDANICI

Alessia discusses using jazz music as a source of creativity, and coming of age in Germany.
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IRENE MERCADAL ALBORNOZ

Irene tells us what she loves about her home in Chile, and how reading inspires her creativity.
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JOSÉ MANUEL VÉLEZ

José discusses his cross-genre interests and shooting his second year film.
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PAUL WYDERKA

Paul discusses the importance of creative perseverance and living life on two coasts.
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ISABELLE MECATTAF

Isabelle discusses the use of sitting with anger as a filmmaker, and moving from Beirut, Lebanon to NYC.
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LANA BOLYCHEVA

Lana ponders big questions about love, relationships and death in this week's "On Your Radar".
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