Alumni Blog: Khalil Walker
![Khalil Walker at the BFA Film thesis screening in the Silas Theater as his film plays in the background.](https://film.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-17-at-12.38.58 PM-534x392.png)
BFA Film graduate Khalil Walker shares a behind the scenes look inside the making of his 2024 thesis film, Pass Da Mic.
CONTINUE READING POSTAlumni Blog: Robert McMahon
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Robert Samuel McMahon on the creation of his thesis film Personal Pizza and post-graduation achievements and hurdles.
CONTINUE READING POSTStudent Blog: R.J. Solomon
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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.
CONTINUE READING POSTStudent Blog: Manny Martinez
![Director Manny Martinez stands next to the Starry Night.](https://film.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_3469_Original-scaled-e1702062386340-534x454.jpg)
Second year student Manny Martinez collaborates with hometown friends on SVA film project.
CONTINUE READING POSTStudent Blog: Michele Grace
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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.
CONTINUE READING POSTAlumni Blog: Kenny Strawn
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Kenny Strawn tells us how he accidentally found his 2023 thesis documentary subject, the importance of strong archival material, and how the editing room is where the documentary film comes together.
CONTINUE READING POSTStudent Blog: Arnav Mangla
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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.
CONTINUE READING POSTAlumni Blog: Gonnie Zur
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Gonnie Zur (BFA Film, 2021) writes about the complex relationship between sisters in her short film Lemons, screening locally as part of the New York Shorts International Film Festival on Friday, October 21st, 4:00 pm at Cinema Village, as well as Bushwick Film Festival on Thursday, November 3rd, 3:15 pm at Williamsburg Cinemas.
CONTINUE READING POSTAlumni Blog: Steven Murello
![Sephen Murello stands outside with a jacket on looking at pages of a script](https://film.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/profile-e1654277175571-534x430.jpg)
Steven Murello’s 2022 thesis film, False Flag, is a narrative glimpse into the subculture of American “doomsday preppers,” with a focus on the negative effects felt by children within prepper families.
CONTINUE READING POSTAlumni Blog: Lamu Xiangqiu
![Director Lamu Xiangqiu stands in profile holding a camera up to her eye against the backdrop of the dark blue night sky.](https://film.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IMG_2038-e1648475476286-534x487.jpeg)
Lamu Xiangqui’s 2021 thesis film, Walk Alone, takes place in her native Tibet – a place of breathtaking scenery and altitude.
CONTINUE READING POSTStudent Blog: Yuqing Cheng
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Student Yuqing Cheng writes about making her thesis short film, My Mom’s Violin, a narrative thriller drama.
CONTINUE READING POSTAlumni Blog: Theo Le Sourd
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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.
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