IMA alum Deepak Rauniyar is screening his latest feature film, Pooja, Sir @poojasirfilm Last month it premiered at the Venice International Film Festival. Synopsis: When two boys are kidnapped in a border town in Nepal, Detective Inspector Pooja is sent from Kathmandu to solve the case. However, upon her arrival, the brewing political unrest and violent protests throw her off course, compelling her to seek help from Mamata, a local Madhesi policewoman. By putting aside systemic discrimination and pushing through everyday misogyny, the women manage to solve the case—but at what personal cost? Inspired by real events which took place in Southern Nepal during the 2015 race protests. More info about the film and Deepak’s work: https://deerauniyar.com @poojasirfilm https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2024/orizzonti/pooja-sir #film #filmmaking #narrative

IMA alum Betty Yu @bettyyu21 is included in a group exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum which is opening tomorrow! “Spotlighting artists who have lived or maintained a studio in Brooklyn during the last five years (2019–24), The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition honors the borough’s dynamic present, storied past, and bright future. Selected by a committee led by esteemed artists Jeffrey Gibson, Vik Muniz, Mickalene Thomas, and Fred Tomaselli, participants represent a full range of disciplines, from drawing and painting to sculpture, video, installation, and beyond. Their creations tackle themes that resonate on both local and global levels—migration and memory, identity and history, uncertainty and turbulence, healing and joy. Together these works capture the vibrancy of both Brooklyn and its artists, who are bound by deep-rooted connections and a shared love of this singular place.” https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/brooklyn-artists-exhibitions-2024 #groupexhibition #BrooklynMuseum #multimedia

IMA is at the Gotham Week Expo on Monday and Tuesday Sept 30 + Oct 1 from 12 - 4 alongside many awesome film and media orgs and film and media grad programs. Monday Sept 30 from 12-4 - FREE Tues Oct 1 from 12-4 - FREE Location: Brooklyn Navy Yard, Building 303 - 399 Sands St, Brooklyn New York INFO + RSVP : https://thegotham.org/gotham-week/expo/ GOTHAM EXPO: SHOWCASE Showcase is an opportunity for Expanding Communities, Owning It, and Gotham EDU to host spaces to promote their individual community, programs, and events. The audience for the Gotham Week Expo Showcase includes the Project Market participants, industry attendees, and the general public. This year’s Showcase participants include: American Documentary, Art House Convergence and Art House New York, Black TV & Film Collective, Brown Girls Doc Mafia, Center for Communication, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Diversity in Cannes, Filmshop, Hunter College IMA MFA, Kartemquin Films, Minorities in Film, Mississippi Film Office, Missouri Film Office, NewFest, NYU Tisch – Film Department, Outlast Arts and Education, Inc., PANO, Undocumented Filmmakers Collective, Virginia Film Office, and more! #GothamWeekExpo #media #film @thegotham

IMA alum Asya Gorbacheva’s @spacer_woman thesis film, At Home Among Strangers is selected by Shorted Films as the pick of the month of September. You can watch the film on their site now here: shortedfilms.com/short-films/at-home-among-strangers/ At Home Among Strangers is an “intimate portrait of Sasha Smirnov, a gay asylum seeker, explores the steep price he pays for freedom after coming out publicly in Russia. As a 40-year-old journalist without English language skills, Sasha fights to find his place In the US.” #AtHomeAmongStrangersFilm #film #filmmaking

Congrats to the IMA community members that were recently announced to be part of the 2024-25 SPCUNY (Social Practice CUNY) Fellowship Cohort! Ingrid Romero, Jess Shane, Chloe Smolarski and Christina Freeman! And there are several other people in this year’s fellowship that are collaborators and have taken IMA classes. More info about SPCUNY here: https://socialpracticecuny.org “The SPCUNY educational network amplifies the collective power of socially engaged artists, scholars, and advocates throughout the City University of New York’s rich tapestry of faculty, staff, and students working for social justice. Based at the CUNY Graduate Center, SPCUNY’s theory of educational transformation fosters structures for diverse creative leaders who will empower New York City as an inclusive, justice-driven cultural landscape. This initiative is funded by the Mellon Foundation.” #SocialPracticeCUNY #SPCUNY #Fellowships @socialpracticecuny

Emergent City @emergentcitydoc a documentary film by Jay Arthur Sterrenberg and IMA professor and department chair, Kelly Anderson, is screening in multiple locations right now: - Tonight - MONDAY 9/23 at Uprose Brooklyn @uprosebrooklyn - This THURSDAY 9/26 - 8:30pm at Village East Cinemas as part of the Architecture and Design Film Festival @adfilmfest - SATURDAY 9/28 - 2pm - Dialogues Documentary Festival in Milwaukee And this past Saturday, 9/21 it screened at DCTV’s Firehouse cinema as part of the Climate Film Festival in NYC @climatefilmfestnyc @dctvny “Emergent City is an observational civic epic. It sheds light on power and process, illuminating systems and giving viewers a front row seat to the public and private spaces where the city is shaped. With extraordinary access, it tracks an ensemble of participants including the local council member, Industry City’s developers and community members with divergent stakes. The film explores the profound intersections of gentrification, climate crisis and real estate development, and asks how change might emerge from dialogue and collective action in a world where too many outcomes are constrained by money, politics and business as usual.” More about the film: https://www.emergentcitydoc.com | @emergentcitydoc #film #documentary