Student Blog: Amit Lerner
![Picture of SVA student Amit Lerner smiling in front of a bookshelf.](https://film.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/PAM_AMIT-LERNER-534x401.jpg)
Student Amit Lerner’s short documentary Pam is playing at Doc NYC (you can buy tix here).
CONTINUE READING POSTStudent Blog: Gonnie Zur
![Photo of BFA Film SVA student Gonnie Zur wearing a black shirt and her right hand raised next to her ear as she looks down.](https://film.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_9548-214x323.jpeg)
Thesis student Gonnie Zur shares her short film which she made during the pandemic.
CONTINUE READING POSTFaculty Blog: George LaVoo
![Faculty Member George LaVoo](https://film.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/52fe9b53776f7229a19fd400-e1508944094198-214x155.jpg)
UPDATE: Thursday, 9/17 at 5pm PT The Academy will be hosting a watch party for Real Women Have Curves on HBO Max.
CONTINUE READING POSTAlumni Blog: Joseph Ralko
![Behinds the scenes on Joe Ralkos film as he looks into a camera viewfinder and a crewmember stands behind him blocking the sun.](https://film.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Screen-Shot-2020-08-28-at-10.24.49-AM-534x346.png)
2016 Alumnus Joe Ralko tells us why it’s important to take jobs outside your comfort zone and how a job as a clerk in the finance office for the CBS show Blue Bloods led to his short film being purchased by DIRECTV.
CONTINUE READING POSTAlumni Blog: Sage Love
![profile photo of Sage Love in front of a cloudy blue sky](https://film.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Screen-Shot-2020-07-02-at-5.56.06-PM-534x323.png)
Sage Love (2019) writes about losing his grandfather – who gave him the inspiration to become an activist filmmaker – and finding the “proper” way to grieve as a Black man in America.
CONTINUE READING POSTAlumni Blog: Bouquet Napussorn
![Bouquet Nappusorn standing outside cinepolis with bouquet of flowers](https://film.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2019-07-11-at-12.57.42-AM-534x372.png)
2019 Alumnus Bouquet Napussorn writes about making her thesis film, submitting to festivals, having festival screenings canceled, and staying optimistic through it all.
CONTINUE READING POSTStudent Blog: Sharon Genshaft
![Sharon Genshaft looks intensely directly into a camera with a compass behind her.](https://film.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/DSC09844-534x300.jpg)
Sharon (Luna) Genshaft is using the time during quarantine to find new ways of staying productive as an artist.
CONTINUE READING POSTStudent Blog: Flip Sarta
![Profile photo of Flip Sarta, smiling at the camera wearing a red sweater with a blurred background of what looks like a restaurant.](https://film.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_5392-1-534x419.jpg)
Thesis student Flip Sarta writes about adjusting to a new normal and looks ahead to life after graduation.
CONTINUE READING POSTStudent Blog: Julia Ward
![julia ward standing on the side of a road with a car about to pass as people walk by her on the sidewalk](https://film.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_8488-534x445.jpg)
Thesis student Julia Ward writes about her 9/11 documentary, Panic Never Pays, the importance of planning ahead, and improvising when things don’t go as planned.
CONTINUE READING POSTAlumni Blog: Theo Le Sourd
![Still image from Theo Le Sourds film shows a young woman and man in a pool, close up to eachother looking one another in the eye.](https://film.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/theofeatured-534x387.png)
Theo Le Sourd is one of four SVA recent graduates whose thesis films have been selected to screen at the First Look Festival.
CONTINUE READING POSTAlumni Blog: Meicen Meng
![Meicen Meng sits with their arms crossed looking at the camera wearing a black shirt and jeans.](https://film.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/image1-2-534x317.jpeg)
Update: Meicen’s film premiered Monday November 9th, on GASH magazine, a digital magazine based in Berlin.
CONTINUE READING POSTSVA Alums Screen at First Look Festival
![Still image from Theo Le Sourds film shows a young woman and man in a pool, close up to eachother looking one another in the eye.](https://film.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/theofeatured-534x387.png)
SBA BFA Film is excited to announce our participation in the 9th annual First Look Festival at the Museum of the Moving Image!
CONTINUE READING POSTStudent Blog: Ava Young
![SVA Student Ava Young in front of banner for Nashville Film festival](https://film.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_0254-1-1-534x343.jpg)
2nd year Screenwriter Ava Young shares her first year short film, Sunrise, and why she needs to write and tell stories.
CONTINUE READING POSTAlumni Blog: Alejandro Cortes
![Two people (Alejandro Cortes & Dejan Georgevich) with glasses stand in front of a white fixture with the words EnergaCAMERAIMAGE on it.](https://film.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/alejandro-and-dejan-534x401.jpg)
Back in November, faculty Dejan Georgevich, ASC was asked to bring an outstanding recent SVA graduate to accompany him to Cameraimage, a yearly festival celebrating the best and emerging cinematographers.
CONTINUE READING POSTStudent Blog: Jungyoon Jang & Hae Seoung Kim
![Jungyoon Jang & Hae Seoung Kim stand in the hallway of the SVA main building in front of the words "Film - Video & Animation" written on the walls.](https://film.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/840E9899-C46C-4EA7-AB9A-AAF00C4BEDC9-1-534x399.jpg)
Our first blog of the new year is a double!
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