Student film accepted into International Shorts Program of the Albuquerque Film and Media Experience

A short film created by five students in MSUM’s Cinema Arts & Digital Technologies Department was accepted into and screened at the International Shorts Program of the Albuquerque Film & Media Experience in Albuquerque, N. M. Guests at the festival included Robert Redford and Giancarlo Esposito, and competing films featured actors Morgan Freeman and Armand Assante. The students’ film, titled […]

CADT Department hosts senior film screenings

The Cinema Arts & Digital Technologies Department is hosting a special screening of this year’s Senior Seminar final film projects on Thursday, May 2 and Friday, May 3 in the Glasrud Auditorium in Weld, starting at 6:30 p.m. each night. The 10 short films are the capstone projects of this year’s Senior Seminar film class, taught by Professor Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson. […]

CADT student premieres grant winning film

Cinema Arts & Digital Technologies student, Conor Holt, premiered his latest film, “A Better Life” at the 2013 Fargo Film Festival. The project, which was produced through a Filmmaker’s Grant from the Minnesota Film & Television Board, concerns a woman’s efforts to deal with her comatose husband by means of a new, radical treatment. A number of CADT students and […]

CADT hosts alumni workshop

Cinema Arts & Digital Technologies recently hosted an alumni workshop for its current students. The three-hour event , which included nine recent graduates from Film Studies and Graphic Communications, consisted of an in-person panel (Amber Johnson, Ben Efron, Dustin Solmonson, Emily Beck, Jason Jacobson and Shannon Luney) and a panel that participated from Los Angeles via Skype (Kate Enge, Tyler […]