University of Pittsburgh Film and Media Studies Program

Register for the free event tonight featuring Pitt faculty Dana Och moderating an interview with director Bettini Oberli at 6 pm. If you would like to watch the film before the discussion, follow links below. By registering for this event, you will have access to watch the virtual Live Discussion associated with the film "My Wonderful Wanda". If you would also like to purchase tickets to watch "My Wonderful Wanda", you can do so separately here, or you can register for the "M...y Wonderful Wanda" Screening + Live Discussion package here (no additional cost). Thursday, April 29th: Emulate our in-person event by watching the film at 4 pm (EDT) and then joining the FREE live discussion via Zoom with Swiss director Bettina Oberli at 6 pm (EDT). About the Director Bettina Oberli grew up in Samoa and Meiringen in Switzerland and lives as a writer/director in Zurich. She graduated from the Zurich University of the Arts. This was followed by various assistantships in New York and Berlin. Her short and long feature films have been shown at festivals around the world and have been shown in cinemas in various countries. Her well-recognized debut film IM NORDWIND premiered 2004 at the San Sebastian international Filmfestival and has been awarded with several prices. Her most successful film to date was LATE BLOOMERS (2006) which still remains among the top 3 Swiss feature films of all time. 2018 she premiered her first french-speaking film LE VENT TOURNE at the Locarno Film Festival. Bettina Oberli also makes music videos and short films. In 2013 she showed her first stage production at the Theater Basel with "Anna Karenina. She is also an Opera Director. MY WONDERFUL WANDA (2020) is her sixth feature film. https://www.cmu.edu/faces/Films/my-wonderful-wanda.html

Register for the Thanks to Her virtual movie premiere tonight! Sunday, March 7th at 6pm the University of Pittsburgh Film and Media Studies Program will be hosting a screening of Thanks to Her with a Talkback from cast & crew members! Register for this event at the link below: https://calendar.pitt.edu//thanks_to_her_-_short_film_scre

Announcing a week of exciting events for Digital Media Professions week. Please read below to learn about the events next week about building a portfolio, career paths after Pitt, and how to get funding for research and creative projects! Starting Monday, March 8th, Pitt English and FMS will host Digital Media Professions Week, a five-day series of events and a digital media fair in which students, faculty, and alumni can engage in conversation about digital media and its cha...nging professional landscape. These events include panels, discussions, and a film screening of the documentary Coded Bias. Explore the digital media fair where you will find student and alumni spotlights, post-graduate pathways, myriad on-campus digital media resources, and more. Join us! To learn more about each event and register via Zoom, visit the website for the event https://spark.adobe.com/page/XS5i4tIFTE7uO/ Monday, March 8: Beyond Pitt: Career Paths in Digital Media Tuesday, March 9: Undergraduate Digital Media Research Panel Wednesday, March 10: How to Make Powerhouse Creative Portfolios Thursday, March 11: Get to Know DNID: Digital Narrative and Interactive Design Friday, March 12: Coded Bias: A Public Screening and Live Chat To learn more, check out the attached flyer with clickable links or visit our website. Questions? Contact Megan Kappel at [email protected]. Thank you! The Digital Media Professional Week TeamAnn

Jane Feuer, In Memoriam With heavy heart I write to inform you that our colleague, friend, mentor, and diva, Jane Feuer, passed on 8 January 2021. For decades Jane was one of the central figures in the Film and Media Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh. Jane was a path breaker. She studied at the University of Iowa with Dudley Andrew among others. Her peers included Mary Anne Doane and Phil Rossen in a cohort that would go on to transform film and media studies. H...Continue reading

This is a free screening (and Q&A) of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winner, SHOPLIFTERS, by the Japanese director, Hirokazu Koreeda. Though it is free, you do have to register.

Please see the following link for information on the Center for Creativity's upcoming One Minute Film Festival! https://www.creative.pitt.edu/get-/one-minute-film-festival