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Film and Electronic Arts

Critical thinking and creative work go hand in hand in the Film and Electronic Arts Program, which integrates a wide variety of creative practices with the study of history and criticism of the medium.
Jacqueline Goss, Professor of Film and Electronic Arts. Photo by Pete Mauney ’93 MFA ’00
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All production majors take required courses in film history while pursuing filmmaking. A student writing a Senior Project in the history of film or video will have taken one or two production workshops.

Bard Film and Electronic Arts Class of 2024 Film Montage
 

Watch a selection of clips from Senior Projects by the Class of 2024!

Areas of Study

The program encourages interest in a wide range of expressive modes in film and electronic arts. These include animation, narrative and non-narrative filmmaking, documentary, performance, and installation practices. Regardless of a student’s choice of specialization, the program’s emphasis leans toward neither fixed professional formulas nor mere technical expertise, but rather toward imaginative engagement and the cultivation of an individual voice that has command over the entire creative process. For example, a student interested in narrative filmmaking would be expected to write an original script, shoot it, and then edit the film into its final form. Students are also expected to take advantage of Bard’s liberal arts curriculum by studying subjects that relate to their specialties.

 


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The LPFM application filed by the Film and Electronic Arts program at Bard College for 97.3 in Tivoli, NY  has been accepted for filing by the FCC on January 2, 2024. The public notice of this acceptance can be found here.

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Raphael Bob-Waksberg ’06 Speaks to The Hollywood Reporter About His Show Long Story Short

Raphael Bob-Waksberg ’06 was interviewed by The Hollywood Reporter about his new Netflix animated show Long Story Short. Bob-Waksberg wrote and executive-produced the show, which follows a Jewish family over many years, and which premiered at the Annecy international film festival in June.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg ’06 Speaks to The Hollywood Reporter About His Show Long Story Short

Bard alumnus Raphael Bob-Waksberg ’06 was interviewed by The Hollywood Reporter about his new Netflix animated show Long Story Short, premiering August 22. Bob-Waksberg is the creator of Bojack Horseman, an animated show about a former sitcom actor that received four Critics’ Choice Awards and multiple Emmy nominations. Long Story Short is a comedy series following a Jewish family over the course of their lives, jumping back and forth through time.

Bob-Waksberg wrote and executive-produced the show, which premiered at the Annecy international film festival in June. He says the timespan of the show was a way to shortcut the emotional investment of a longer series and make the audience feel like they know the characters. Speaking about the show’s hand-drawn art style, Bob-Waksberg said, “We wanted it to feel handmade at all times [and] not to smooth the edges too much… I feel like there’s a warmth to that that really helps the show come alive.”
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Post Date: 06-23-2025

Alison Nguyen Featured in Art in America’s “New Talent 2025” Issue and Profiled in ArtNews

Visiting Assistant Professor of Film Alison Nguyen was featured in Art in America’s "New Talent 2025" Issue, a list of 20 emerging artists to watch. Alongside this honor, Nguyen was profiled in ArtNews.

Alison Nguyen Featured in Art in America’s “New Talent 2025” Issue and Profiled in ArtNews

Visiting Assistant Professor of Film Alison Nguyen was featured in Art in America’s "New Talent 2025" Issue, a list of 20 emerging artists to watch. Alongside this honor, Nguyen was profiled in ArtNews. Since 2021, Art in America has chosen 20 new artists who are significant figures in their field from around the world. Nguyen’s art uses sculpture and video to combine personal details with an exploration into broader forces of technology and history.

For ArtNews, Beatrice Loayza writes about Nguyen’s installation History as Hypnosis and Andra8, Nguyen’s machine-learning program which she cast as a human woman in My Favorite Software Is Being Here. “[Nguyen’s] video works, which explore American mythologies, visual culture, and digital labor practices, unfold uncanny worlds from shreds of history,” she writes.
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Post Date: 05-20-2025

Kelly Reichardt’s Film The Mastermind Will Premiere at Cannes

The Mastermind, a new film by S. William Senfeld Artist in Residence Kelly Reichardt, will premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival this month. Following an art thief in 1970s Massachusetts who plans his first heist, it stars Josh O’Connor and Alana Haim as well as alumna Gaby Hoffmann ’04.

Kelly Reichardt’s Film The Mastermind Will Premiere at Cannes

The Mastermind, a new film by S. William Senfeld Artist in Residence Kelly Reichardt, will premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival this month. The Mastermind is about an art thief in 1970s Massachusetts who plans his first heist. It stars Josh O’Connor and Alana Haim, as well as alumna Gaby Hoffmann ’04 as part of the film’s stellar ensemble cast.

Reichardt has taught in the Film and Electronic Arts program at Bard since 2006. Her last film, Showing Up, also premiered at Cannes and was named one of the top ten indie films of 2023 by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
First Look at The Mastermind

Post Date: 05-06-2025