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MONTHLY NEWSLETTERJANUARY 2023
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Welcome Back
Our new semester is underway, and we look forward to seeing what everyone has to share. Film at Mason courses offer a range of experiences, including editing and sound, cinematography, producing, analysis and theory, screenwriting, documentary making, and career development, as well as special topics courses like Color Correction and Radical Camera. Faculty and staff members are available to support you in all of your adventures.
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Last Day to Add
The last day to add is January 30th. If you have questions about your schedule or need to make changes, please contact Program Director Cynthia Fuchs (cfuchs@gmu.edu) to discuss options.
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Film at Mason Winter Warm-Up and Production Fair
Start the semester off right by attending the Film at Mason Winter Warm-Up and Production Fair on Friday, February 3rd from 2:00-4:00pm in the MIX in Horizon Hall.
Meet and network with Film at Mason faculty, staff, and students while enjoying a hot beverage and learning about campus resources for filmmakers. Senior directing students will pitch their thesis films, and sign-ups will be provided for students who would like to work as cast and crew on film sets. This event is free and open to all CVPA students, so invite your friends! To attend, register here.
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Visiting Filmmakers Series
This spring, the Visiting Filmmakers Series is once again bringing a diverse and exciting group of filmmakers to campus, with their documentaries and narrative feature films. Please see the lineup below and be sure to mark your calendars.
Host: May Santiago, Film at Mason
Thursday, Feb 16, 6:00pm | Zoom webinar
Tuesday, Feb 28, 4:30pm | Johnson Center Cinema
Visiting Filmmakers Series: Rise with director Akin Omotoso
Friday, March 3, Time TBA | Johnson Center Cinema
Visiting Filmmakers Series: LFG with producer Abby Greensfelder and directors/writers Sean Fine and Andrea Nix
Thursday, March 9, 4:30pm | Johnson Center Cinema
More Visiting Filmmakers Series events coming soon
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2023 Mason Film Festival
Save the date! The 2023 Mason Film Festival will take place in the Johnson Center Cinema Thursday, May 4-Saturday, May 6, 2023. More details coming soon.
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FAVS Students Making a Difference in Their Community
Video for Social Change students at George Mason University put their filmmaking skills into action this past fall semester to help spotlight Northern Virginia's growing challenges with affordable housing, food insecurity, and poverty. Working in close partnership with Cornerstones - one of this region's leading safety-net and human services organizations –the students created four short videos to help amplify the nonprofit's impact messages in conjunction with their 2022 End-of-Year fundraising campaign.
"Support from this fall semester's Video for Social Change class proved to be an extraordinary opportunity for Cornerstones to share its many stories of meaningful social change while also exposing students to the myriad ways nonprofits work and support neighbors in need in our community," notes Margaret Anne Lara, vice-president of Marketing and Communications. "Working closely with our staff and volunteers, the Film and Video Studies students saw firsthand how Cornerstones collaborates with partners, engages the community, and looks ahead to future impact in our area."
"Rebekah Wingert-Jabi's class truly immersed themselves in understanding our mission-driven," added Sarah Casey, director of Faith-based and Community Engagement at Cornerstones. "Their videos did an excellent job conveying the important and meaningful relationships between Cornerstones staff, volunteers, donors, advocates, clients, and neighbors. Thanks to meaningful community collaboration and support, like with the Video for Social Change teams, Cornerstones can continue to help vulnerable people in our community achieve stability, empowerment, and hope.”
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Professor Hans Charles worked as the cinematographer on the 2022 documentary miniseries, We Need to Talk About Cosby, which was nominated for four Emmy Awards, a Critics Choice Documentary Award, and many other awards.
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Professor Nikyatu Jusu has been nominated for the Film Independent Spirit Awards' Someone to Watch Award for her work on Nanny. The Someone to Watch Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. Award recipients will be announced on March 4, 2023.
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2023 Alumni Association Awards
Nominations are open for the 2023 George Mason University Alumni Association Awards. For more than 30 years, the Alumni Association has recognized outstanding alumni, student, and faculty accomplishments with these five unique annual awards:
The deadline to nominate someone is Friday, March 10, 2023. Details, including the corresponding nomination criteria and requirements for each award, are available here.
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Film Opportunities and Resources
Festival Submissions
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We want to hear from you! If you have news you would like to contribute, please send it to film@gmu.edu. We are looking for regional film events and updates from Film at Mason alumni. Keep up-to-date on all the current Film at Mason news at film.gmu.edu.
Film and Video Studies
College of Visual and Performing Arts
4400 University Dr. MSN 5D8
Fairfax, VA 22030
703-993-3287 | film@gmu.edu
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