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AFVS congratulates Alum Lance Oppenheim on the recent premier of his second feature film, Spermworld, which is now streaming on Hulu, Disney, and FX

April 1, 2024

FX’s “SPERMWORLD,” a documentary feature directed by Lance Oppenheim, produced by The New York Times and Edgeline Films, and inspired by the Times’ article “The Sperm Kings Have a Problem: Too Much Demand” by Nellie Bowles, will premiere on Friday, March 29 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FX and stream the next day on Hulu.

“SPERMWORLD” is a road movie set inside the new wild west of baby making – online forums where sperm donors connect with hopeful parents. Against the landscape of roadside...

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Amy Yoshitsu ’10 in Harvard Magazine

November 30, 2023
AMY YOSHITSU ’10 has been working on a mind map, a document that resembles a street map representing math, dreams, and a spreadsheet of the economic and social resources that go into the art she creates. Main arteries labeled “Systems,” “Racism,” and “The Future” intersect with smaller boulevards demarcating “Patriarchy,” “Space,” and “Concept of Reality,” with tiny side streets labeled “Climate Crisis,” “Emancipatory Politics” and “Making Impossible Seem Possible.”... Read more about Amy Yoshitsu ’10 in Harvard Magazine
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Read about Susan Bin ’16 in Harvard Magazine

June 20, 2023
In 2019, artist Susan Bin ’16 spent three months in front of what she called “the worst easel in the world” sitting on “the worst chair” in “the worst lighting.” No, she was not in a bunker or an attic; she was at Tokyo Disneyland. For 12 hours a day, Bin churned out “live silhouettes”: patrons sat for portraits and she swiftly cut their likenesses out of paper. Despite the monotony, she found magic. “It’s not just creating art,” she says. “You have to create this performance between you and the guest.” Now that she’s “free from the mouse,” the multitalented Bin is trying to revive this... Read more about Read about Susan Bin ’16 in Harvard Magazine
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AFVS Alum Tiff Rekem's film Declarations of Love (2022) now streaming on The Criterion Channel

April 5, 2023
One of the most creative and galvanizing venues for film exhibition to emerge during the pandemic, Prismatic Ground is a festival centered on the intersection between experimental and documentary film. This selection of shorts from its first two editions, in April 2021 and May 2022, offer an eclectic cross section of aesthetically and politically radical work. Highlighting filmmakers whose approach to image-making eschews traditional narrative in favor of abstraction and sensation—and whose techniques span animation, archival collage, 16 mm photography, and digital technology—Prismatic Ground... Read more about AFVS Alum Tiff Rekem's film Declarations of Love (2022) now streaming on The Criterion Channel
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AFVS alumni Amy Yoshitsu ’10 is featured in a solo exhibition at Satchel Projects in New York through March 23.

March 2, 2023
Satchel Projects is pleased to present Hedges and Ledgers, the debut New York solo exhibition of Bay Area artist Amy Yoshitsu, on view from February 23 – March 25. There will be a reception for the artist on Thursday, February 23 from 6–8 PM. Read More. Read more about AFVS alumni Amy Yoshitsu ’10 is featured in a solo exhibition at Satchel Projects in New York through March 23.
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AFVS Alum Julia Rooney's exhibition opened on January 20th in New York

January 27, 2023

Freight + Volume is thrilled to present Album, an exhibition of new paintings by Julia Rooney. Album will be on view at the gallery’s 39 Lispenard St. location January 20th through February 18th, 2023 and will be accompanied by a limited-edition artist book. Read More

Julia will also be having an artist talk on Saturday February 4th....

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AFVS alum Jessica Bardsley's new feature film "The Cave Without a Name" is a finalist for the Venice Biennale's Cinema College

December 8, 2022

Biennale College Cinema organisers also unveiled the 12 new projects, including ones from Afghanistan, Mexico, Italy, Georgia and Iran, selected for the upcoming 11th edition of the programme.

The 12 selected filmmakers will travel to Venice in October to hold their first residencies with Biennale College tutors from all over the world. During the residency, the four projects to receive the €200,000 production funding will also be selected....

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AFVS Alum Alex Morelli featured in Filmmaker Magazine's annual 25 New Faces of Independent Film

November 7, 2022
In 2015, Alex Morelli drove through Ely, Nevada, for the first time as part of a larger western road trip. “I’d been researching the history of the west and the extractive economies that have sustained some of these really small, isolated communities,” he recalls. Read More. Read more about AFVS Alum Alex Morelli featured in Filmmaker Magazine's annual 25 New Faces of Independent Film