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Student Blog: Matt Haller

Student Matt Haller standing at the Cannes Film Festival. (not NYFF).

Third year student Matt Haller attended the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center last month, watching sixteen films over three weeks.

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Student Blog: Shuran Zhang

Student Shuran Zhang, volunteering at the festival, standing in front of NYFF's backdrop.

Student Shuran Zhang writes a student blog about her experience volunteering at this year’s New York Film Festival. 

SVA BFA Film was a sponsor of New York Film Festival 62.

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Student Blog: Nicole Quindere Duarté

Headshot of blog writer Nicole with dramatic lighting holding rope.

Nicole Quindere Duarté and a select group of classmates were picked by faculty member Dejan Georgevich to attend an ASC Masterclass last weekend.

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Student Blog: Matt Haller

Young man sitting on a wooden porch, leaning his hands over his knees and his back against a wooden column.

Third year student Matt Haller writes about film history and the cinematic influences on his second year film in this student blog.

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Student Blog: R.J. Solomon

a cinematographer looking through an eye piece of a camera

Third year student R.J Solomon details the making of a music video, and the quick thinking solution he and his crew members came up with when an actor didn’t show up.

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Student Blog: Beatriz Coelho de Soárez

Student Beatriz Coelho de Soárez in front of a sunny all dressed in bright orange shorts and a tank top set, with sunglasses on, and her hair in a bun. She smiles at the camera and has her arm raised high, pointing at the word "cinema" painted on the wall.

Beatriz Soárez came to SVA with her mind set on screenwriting, but is using her time to explore all aspects of production, including directing a short film featuring decapitated teddy bears!

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Student Blog: Manny Martinez

Director Manny Martinez stands next to the Starry Night.

Second year student Manny Martinez collaborates with hometown friends on SVA film project.

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Student Blog: Michele Grace

Profile photo of student Michelle Grace in the passenger seat of a car, wearing a white shirt.

Second year student Michele Grace shares her experience making her first year film using professional actors, and how working on sets for upperclassmen prepared her for the shoot.

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Student Blog: Arnav Mangla

Arnav sits in a field with his feet on the ground.

Recent graduate Arnav Mangla writes about mounting an international thesis project and the challenges and opportunities he faced, such as overcoming language barriers between crew to make his thesis film Subah.

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Student Blog: Hsi Cheng

profile photo of student Hsi Cheng sitting down looking off of the camera

3rd year student Hsi Cheng writes a student blog about her short film The Balloons.

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Student Blog: Mickel Cannon

Mickel Cannon stands on set with crew members on either side of him.

Fourth year student Mickel Cannon writes about his thesis film Stupid Cupid and shares stills and behind the scenes photos.

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SVA Women in Film Club

Two students from the Women in Film Club stand in front of a projector with the words "Welcome to: Women in Film"

Meet the SVA Women in Film Club!

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Student Blog: Chris Stager

Student Chris Stager takes a selfie in a car wearing a red beanie and a hoodie under a jacket.

First year transfer student Chris Stager has spent the past two years going through filmographies of notable filmmakers, and writing about them on tumblr (drowningseacinemaclub).

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Student Blog: Kevin Fann

Kevin Fann on the street smiling at the camera.

Student Kevin Fann dives into the importance of sound on student films, and gives some tips he’s learned from SVA and alumni.

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Student Blog: Yuqing Cheng

headshot of Yuqing Cheng in front of a body of water

Student Yuqing Cheng writes about making her thesis short film, My Mom’s Violin, a narrative thriller drama.

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