Save the Date – 2019 Commencement Ceremony

Nov 13, 2018
Save the Date!
The Film & Media Department Commencement Ceremony will take place on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 at 2:00PM in Zellerbach Auditorium.
More info to follow.
Pre-Approved Extra-Departmental Undergraduate Film & Media Elective Courses for Spring 2019
Nov 6, 2018
Pre-Approved Film Electives for Spring 2019
1) German 186 – Transnational Cinemas: Situating Spectatorship in the Digital Era
https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2019-spring-german-186-001-lec-001
2) English 190 – 013 – Sixties Cinema
https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2019-spring-english-190-013-sem-013
3) Korean 186 – Introduction to Korean Cinema
https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2019-spring-korean-186-001-lec-001
4) Italian 170 – The Italian Cinema: History, Genres, Authors
https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2019-spring-italian-170-001-lec-001
5) French 177A – History and Criticism of Film
https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2019-spring-french-177a-001-lec-001
6) Chicano 135C – Latino Documentary Film
https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2019-spring-chicano-135c-001-lec-001
7) Africam 142AC – Race and American Film
https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2019-spring-africam-142ac-001-lec-001
8) English 190 – 014 –The Classic Western and Then Some
https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2019-spring-english-190-014-sem-014
9) English 173 – The Language and Literature of Films
https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2019-spring-english-173-001-lec-001
10) Scandin 114 – Studies in Drama and Film
https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2019-spring-scandin-115-001-lec-001
11) Art 174 – Advanced Digital Video
https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2019-spring-art-174-001-lec-001
Pre-Approved Extra-Departmental Undergraduate Film & Media Elective Courses for FALL 2018
Jun 27, 2018
Pre-Approved Film & Media Electives for Fall 2018
1) Italian 160 – Italy on screen’: Cinema, Politics and Modernity
http://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2018-fall-italian-160-001-lec-001
2) Italian 170 – The Italian Cinema: History, Genres, Authors
http://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2018-fall-italian-170-001-lec-001
3) French 43B – Aspects of French Culture – Intro to French Cinema
http://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2018-fall-french-43b-001-lec-001
4) French 178A – Studies in French Film
http://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2018-fall-french-178a-001-lec-001
5) Korean 187 – History and Memory in Korean Cinema
http://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2018-fall-korean-187-001-lec-001
6) Japan 185 – Introduction to Japanese Cinema
http://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2018-fall-japan-185-001-lec-001
7) English 165 – Literature and Media Theory
http://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2018-fall-english-165-003-sem-003
8) Natamst 158 – Native Americans and the Cinema
http://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2018-fall-natamst-158-001-lec-001
9) Rhetoric 130 – Novel into Film
http://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2018-fall-rhetor-130-001-lec-001
10) Scandin 115 – Studies in Drama and Film – The films of Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007)
http://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2018-fall-scandin-115-001-lec-001
11) English 173 – The Language and Literature of Films
http://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2018-fall-english-173-001-lec-001
12) Anthro 138A – History and Theory of Ethnographic Film
http://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2018-fall-anthro-138a-001-lec-001
13) Mediast 111 – Media History
http://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2018-fall-mediast-111-001-lec-001
14) Chicano 135A – Latino Narrative Film: to the 1980s
http://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2018-fall-chicano-135a-001-lec-001
15) Art 171 – Digital Video: The Architecture of Time
http://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2018-fall-art-171-001-lec-001
Film Department Sponsors Master Class with Famous Silent Film Composer Donald Sosin

Jun 11, 2018
Donald Sosin, a famous composer and silent movie accompanist, held a master class on the unique art form at BAMPFA on Monday June 4th. The SF Chronicle wrote a great article on the event: phttps://www.sfchronicle.com/music/article/From-behind-the-piano-an-eclectic-improviser-12977453.php
Visting Professor – Ellen Rae Spiro from the Dept of Radio-TV-Film at Univ Texas

Dec 11, 2017
We are pleased to welcome Ellen Rae Spiro as a Visiting Professor in Spring 2018. She has been a Professor in the Department of Radio-TV-Film at the University of Texas since 1998.
She is the recipient of numerous awards for documentary filmmaking, most notably for the film Body of War (2007), which won a festival award in Toronto, was nominated for a Producers Guild award, and won the National Board of Review award that year. The film was also short-listed for an Academy Award. Her film from the year before, Troop 1500, won a Gracie award, as did she for Best Director.
She also won an Emmy in 2004 for the film Are the Kids Alright? and is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, multiple Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships, and a Fulbright Fellowship.
Her documentaries have received feature treatment on media outlets such as the Bill Moyers show and This American Life.
For more information about Professor Spiro check the link here: http://www.spirofilms.com/
*** She will be teaching our Film 184 course on Documentary Production in Spring 2018***
For more questions about this course contact her here: spirovich@gmail.com
Pre-Approved Extra-Departmental Undergraduate Film Elective Courses for Spring 2018
Oct 23, 2017
The following courses have been approved to count for upper-division elective credit in the Film Studies major for Spring 2018.
Please visit their respective department websites for course descriptions and further information.
French 170 – CN:39629 (25 seats)
French Films: Introduction to French Cinema
French 141 – CN:39616 (40 seats)
French Studies in an International Context
France, Europe and the Refugee "Crisis": Explorations in Fiction and Film
Slavic 138 – CN:32173 (30 seats)
Topics in Russian and Soviet Film; Sergei Eisenstein
Rhetoric 131T – CN:29870 (17 seats)
Genre in Film & Literature: Western Noir
Rhetoric 132T – CN:40955 (17 seats)
Auteur in Film: The Films of the Coen Brothers
English 173 – CN:38962 (40 seats)
The Language and Literature of Films (Post)colonial Film
GWS 126 – CN:39436 (50 seats)
Film, Feminism, and the Avant-Garde
AfricAmSt 142AC – CN:21951 (138 seats)
Race and American Film
Anthro 138B – CN:39639 (12 seats)
Field Production of Ethnographic Film
EthnicSt 122AC – CN:24203 (90 seats)
Ethnicity and Race in Contemporary American Films
Italian 170 – CN:32137 (35 seats)
The Italian Cinema: History, Genres, Authors
Korean 186 – CN:39292 (30 seats)
Introduction to Korean Cinema
Art 141 – CN: 323082 (17 opens seats)
Temporal Structures: Video and Performance Art
Art 174 – CN:41461 (17 open seats)
Advanced Digital Video
Film & Media Departmental Statement on the DACA Decision

Sep 6, 2017
The faculty of the Department of Film & Media stands in support of our DACA (Dreamer) students and their families. Our department remains a welcoming place for all students. We are dismayed by the President's recent announcement that would end the DACA program in six months and support UC President Napolitano's call for a permanent solution that provides a secure path to citizenship. We will do all we can to support students in our classes and our program who are affected by the potential termination of the DACA program.
Commencement 2017

May 11, 2017
Congratulations to our graduates in the class of 2017!
Join us Wednesday, May 17th, 2017 at 2:00 pm in Zellerbach Hall for the commencement ceremony. Students, please make sure you have pre-purchased your guest tickets in the Film department office.
Go Bears!
Pre-Approved Extra-Departmental Undergraduate Film Elective Courses for Fall 2017
Apr 25, 2017
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