Congratulations to MFA Grad Alicia Woods (MFA '20), one of three national filmmakers selected for the prestigious Filmmaker First Fund! This is a huge win and we are so proud of her. The award comes with a $50k stipend, a year-long residency in the FF studio, mentorship and connections with professionals and resources.

At Temple, Woods was awarded a Future Faculty Fellowship and the Ben and Minnie Lazaroff Award for screenwriting (2019). Kudos to her!

We were so excited to sit down with Halo Rossetti to discuss their new film PONY, their life as a queer filmmaker, their new pilot Aloft, and their recent success being named as a Writers Discovery Fellow.  

FMA '20 alum Hansen Bursic's Thesis Film is a Halloween movie centering on the scary times that come with  coming-of-age, rather than ghosts or goblins. Halloween 1987 is based on a true story of Jenny Jae Cory and a the Halloween night where what started as a costume gave her a new found confidence in her trans identity. The film won The Freese Film Foundation's 2020 Best writing/Directing and Editing Award.