IMA alum and adjunct film Prof. Mark Elijah Rosenberg’s comic book “If Destruction Be Our Lot”

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Robert Stanley Scholarship for Spring 2026.  The Robert Stanley Scholarship honors the memory of longtime Hunter College faculty member Professor Robert Stanley with $1500 scholarships for select IMA students who are rigorously engaged with creative media production and are active members […]

IMA alum Mark Elijah Rosenberg will be premiering his film _____in Paris at the Slamdance Film Festival in February.

Congrats to IMA alum Sasha Wortzel!  Her film River of Grass won the Pare Lorentz Award at the 2025 International Documentary Association Awards!

IMA alum Betty Yu gave a book talk at AAARI on Dec. 11.  Her book Family Amnesia: Chinese American Resilience is a visual tribute and love letter honoring her Chinese American family roots in the U.S. 

IMA alum Laurie Sumiye’s (Director, Producer and Animator) film – A Paradise Lost had its world premiere at HIFF About the film: A PARADISE LOST, is an enchanting, yet harrowing tale of the yellow finch of Palila v. Hawai‘i, a landmark case where nature took humanity to court to stave […]

IMA alum Haisi Hu receives the 2025 Princess Grace Award for her thesis project, Unplug.  read more… 

Congrats to IMA alum Emily Collins & Might Oak team on winning an Emmy for Outstanding Motion Design for the film Octopus!  Emily is a founding partner of Mighty Oak, a woman-and-queer-owned animation studio based in New York City. 

Congrats to IMA alumni Kelly Schiesswohl and Wendy Cong Zhao – winners of 2025 NBR Student Grant (National Board of Review)