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Student Blog: Sharon Genshaft

Sharon Genshaft looks intensely directly into a camera with a compass behind her.

Sharon (Luna) Genshaft is using the time during quarantine to find new ways of staying productive as an artist.

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Student 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.

Thesis student Flip Sarta writes about adjusting to a new normal and looks ahead to life after graduation.

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Student 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

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.

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Alumni 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.

Theo Le Sourd is one of four SVA recent graduates whose thesis films have been selected to screen at the First Look Festival.

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Alumni Blog: Meicen Meng

Meicen Meng sits with their arms crossed looking at the camera wearing a black shirt and jeans.

Update: Meicen’s film premiered Monday November 9th, on GASH magazine, a digital magazine based in Berlin.

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SVA 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.

SBA BFA Film is excited to announce our participation in the 9th annual First Look Festival at the Museum of the Moving Image!

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Student Blog: Ava Young

SVA Student Ava Young in front of banner for Nashville Film festival

2nd year Screenwriter Ava Young shares her first year short film, Sunrise, and why she needs to write and tell stories.

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Alumni Blog: Alejandro Cortes

Two people (Alejandro Cortes & Dejan Georgevich) with glasses stand in front of a white fixture with the words EnergaCAMERAIMAGE on it.

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.

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Student 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.

Our first blog of the new year is a double!

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Alumni Blog: Paula Cury

Profile photo of Paula Curry sitting outside at a desk smiling at the camera.

2018 graduate Paula Curry just had her Thesis film Adrift given an Oscar qualifying run.

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Student Blog: Charlotte Atkinson

Charlotte Atkinson sits at the SVA editing lab Computer workstation looking at an editing timeline on the computer with her head resting on her hand.

Third year editing student Charlotte Atkinson writes about why she applied to film school and discusses her new job at CBS Sports!

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Student Blog: Lanre Olateru-Olagbegi Jr

Profile photo of director Lane from a still from his film. He looks direclty at the camera while in a bookstore wearing black glasses.

Third year student Lanre Olagbegi shares his freshman year film and writes about finding inspiration for his upcoming thesis film.

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Faculty Blog: Alessandra Zeka

Alessandra Zeka stands in the middle of two people, her arms affectionately around both of them. The two people on either side of Alessandra are both in the midst of using the occulous VR headset, looking in different directions as they experience the virtual reality.

Alessandra Zeka is bringing VR (Virtual Reality) to SVA this year.

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Sage Love Takes His Thesis Home to Haiti

Sage Love sits in a tree looking up.

Sage Love writes about making his thesis film, a documentary on his home of Haiti.

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