IMA alum Jess Shane is included in the first issue of Sound Fields, an online publication and event series dedicated to the art of audio documentary. And Jess’s thesis, an audio narrative called Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative is being distributed on Radiotopia! Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative started as Jess’s IMA thesis and […]

Congrats to all the artists in the IMA community who have been awarded 2024 New York State Council for the Arts (NYSCA) Artist Grants! More info: https://arts.ny.gov/ -IMA alum, Walis Johnson received a grant for project, Inheritance/SHACK with sponsorship from The Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford Stuyvesant […]

IMA alum Jing Wang received a 2023 Sundance Institute Documentary Fund Grant for post production on her film, Ride with Delivery Workers. Congrats to Jing and her team including IMA alum Annie Berman who is a producer on the film. More info:https://www.sundance.org/blogs/sundance-institute-announces-the-2023-documentary-fund-grantees/ Ride with Delivery Workers (U.S.A.)Director: Jing WangProducers: Jing […]

Congrats to IMA alum Kate Matthews. Her IMA thesis, Dark Moon is a Vimeo Staff pick! https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/892034005 About the film: “A daughter comes home for the weekend to look after her father, ailing with Dementia. The appearance of a mysterious woman shines a light on their changing parent-child power dynamic, […]

Congrats to IMA student Kelly Schiesswohl! Her animated film, TRICHOTILLOMANIA is showcased on Short of the Week! To see the film and read the article about it by Serafima Serafimova: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2023/11/23/trichotillomania/ “Created in her childhood bedroom during lockdown, on an old iMac donated by the college she studied at, the […]

IMA at DOC NYC 2023! IMA community is included in the DOC NYC film festival 2023 which starts on November 8 and runs until 26th. https://www.docnyc.net IMA alum Fernanda Faya is having the International Premiere of her new film, Neirud at DOC NYC, on Saturday, November 11th 8:30 PM at […]

Congrats to IMA student Wendy Cong Zhao! She is the recipient of the Princess Grace Award – 2023 for Film & Animation.

IMA alum Luca Lee receives Shuster Award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis 2023 and $500 prize. Thesis project: Metamorphis https://ima-mfa.hunter.cuny.edu/ima-mfa-spring-2023-thesis-show/