Chicago International Film Festival

The second year students in the Music Composition for the Screen MFA program had the immense privilege of working with Vivek Maddala for t..

Panel discussion at The Chicago International Film Festival after the screening of “This Changes Everything”

Screen grab from the film The Alley Cat, directed by Marie Ullrich

Why do I want to be a filmmaker? That’s a hard question to answer, ..

Maria Abraham is a graduate of the Cinema Arts + Science – Directing, MFA at Columbia College Chicago. She entered the program in 2003..

Almost all the first year directors and producers

One of the most exciting nights of my life happened thanks to the Cinema Arts + Scie..

Almost a year to the day – Fellow Producer, Prajakta, and me at the New Student Social

It was all laughs and hugs the first time I saw m..

The importance of the test shoot is to learn what works, and more imporatantly, what doesn’t.

This week, those of us at Columbia have been able to experience a real honor and a treat: the Chicago International Film Festival is u..

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