MSUM Alumni Film Screening

Friday, Oct. 5 | 7 p.m. | Glasrud Auditorium, Weld Hall As part of Homecoming festivities MSUM’s School of Media Arts & Design presents an evening of short films created by their Film alumni. The six award-winning filmmakers will screen some of their most recent projects including, Zach Wentz’s space drama, “HAM,” which just took top honors in the LA […]

SoMAD represents at Twin Cities Film Fest

The School of Media Arts & Design was well represented at this year’s Twin Cities Film Festival, with ten Film/Animation students in attendance (all members of the Film Loop Club) who spent a long weekend watching award-winning films and attending industry workshops and three films screened, showcasing ten MSUM Film alumni.

Faculty, students attend South Dakota Film Festival

Film Production and Animation students and alumni show work, win awards Professors Anthony Adah, Don Clark, and Kyja K-Nelson of the School of Media Arts and Design, along with three vans full of students, represented MSUM at the 11th annual South Dakota Film Festival. Students participated in screenings, networking events, and Q/A sessions with filmmakers from around the world. MSUM […]

MSUM Honors Six Alumni at Homecoming Celebration

Minnesota State University Moorhead will honor six alumni for extraordinary achievements in their professions at this year’s Homecoming, which runs Monday through Sunday, Oct. 3-9. This year’s honorees: Ellen Diederich ’83, David Joerger ’97, Joseph Porwoll ’76, Amber Johnson ’09, Melanie Nordhougen ’06 and Marvel Froemming ’59 have been designated Distinguished Alumni. The Distinguished Alumni Celebration will be Thursday, Oct. […]

Brandau film continues on festival circuit

School of Media Arts & Design professor Tom Brandau’s latest film, Home Delivery, continues its run on the festival circuit. Set in Baltimore (1974) the dramatic short tells the story of two newspaper delivery boys (one white, one African-American) struggling with the racial divide between their adjacent neighborhoods. The film recently screened at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival, the […]