Film, Television and Interactive Media Program

Kerry Washington looks on while Anita Hill speaks

Actor Kerry Washington with University Professor Anita Hill, whom she portrayed in the 2016 HBO film "Confirmation."

Sam Rockwell and Tony Goldwyn

Sam Rockwell (left) and Tony Goldwyn ’82

Mark Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo at the screening of "What Doesn't Kill You"

Errol Morris and Werner Herzog

Oscar-winning filmmakers Errol Morris and Werner Herzog discuss Moving Beyond Cinéma Vérité.

Police escort Sasha Grey into the theater

Sasha Grey at the screening of "The Girlfriend Experience"

Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon at the screening of "Revolutionary Road"

Interdepartmental Inquiry Combined With Multicultural Exploration

The Film, Television and Interactive Media program focuses on analysis of film style and content, film history, the relationships between cinema and culture, and the creative aspects of film production.

The program curriculum is designed to provide a broad overview of the history of the moving image, develop expertise in cinematic style and cultural meaning, lend theoretical sophistication to an understanding of the moving image and ensure some appreciation of the practical and technical side of motion picture production.

You will develop an awareness of cinema as a complex narrative form and an art. We want you to learn the rhetorical and syntactical conventions of moving images and how this language has developed historically. We help you master film, television and interactive media from both the theoretical and practical perspectives.

Margaret Scheinman Prizes in Film

2023 Recipients
  • First Prize, Short Film Category: Khamala Smith, "As Good As It Pets"
  • First Prize, Screenplay Category: Alexandra Fincheltub, "RIVKA"
  • Runner up, Short Film Category: Delaine Gneco De La Cruz, "Dilema Existencial"
2022 Recipients
  • First Prize, Short Film Category: Emily Riordan, "A Question Left Unanswered (A Film Left Unfinished)"
  • First Prize, Screenplay Category: Rafi Levi, "Chance of a Lifetime"
  • Runner up, Short Film Category: Caelan Gadwah-Meaden, "He Is Everything"
  • Runner up, Short Film Category: Muhammad Mulyono, "Nashoba EMS"
2021 Recipients
  • First Prize, Short Film Category: Casey Schryer, "Were We Awake"
  • First Prize, Screenplay Category: Mendel Weintraub, "Sanctification"
  • Runner up, Short Film Category: Peirce Robinson, "The Old Sh*t Show"
  • Runner up, Short Film Category: Yao Wen, "Character-Design Inc."
2020 Recipients
  • First Prize: Caelan Michael Gadwah-Meaden, "A Reverie's End"
  • Runner up: Samuel Timothy Ho, "From Jad"
  • Runner up: Jonah David Koslofsky, "Cut Your Teeth"
  • Runner up: Lucia Wright Pugh-Sellers, "Stories from COVID19"
2019 Recipients
  • First Prize: Mennen Zawditu Gordon, "On Jobs"
  • Runner up: Elizabeth Cayouette-Gluckman, "Strong is Beautiful"