IMA community members receive $10k New York State Council for the Arts (NYSCA) grants:

• IMA alumni: Walis Johnson, MX Oops, Amanda Katz, Jess Shane, Nathan Fitch, Melissa Hacker, Theresa Loong
• IMA student: Yehui Zhao
• IMA & FM faculty: Lynne Sachs, Mitra Kobali, Hans
  Tammen, Tami Gold, Anita Cheng

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FM alum Bryan Fitzgerald’s short film, Les Câlins Cheaps (Cheap Hugs) is available to watch for free, on Omeleto, Youtube’s top showcase of award-winning short films. The film has won multiple awards.

Pascal Bonitzer (director of 11 features); screenwriter and collaborator of more than 10 of Jacques Rivette’s masterpieces, among other collaborations with Andre Téchiné, Raoul Peck, Raul Ruiz, etc,; and Cahiers du Cinéma Critic for many years, came for a Q&A with professors Sam DiIorio (Romance Languages) and Ivone Margulies (Film and Media). The discussion with the multi-talented Bonitzer was fantastic.