Digital Filmmaking
The world needs more women like you making films.
A Digital Filmmaking degree from Stephens College will prepare graduates for their next step in the film making process and help create the next great auteur.
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Program Features
- Begin working with professional film equipment your first semester on campus.
- Work alongside industry professionals during the Stephens Film Institute — a week-long production at the end of the spring semester.
- Continue writing, producing and directing original films throughout your career at Stephens.
- Graduate with a body of work that has been screened to a professional jury and at community events.
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Get support in submitting your work to outside film festivals.
The professors at Stephens validated my passion and made me believe I could dream up. I took inspiration from each film we analyzed in class and gained insight through every assignment.”
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Stephens College has announced the names of students who earned places on the high honors and honors deans’ lists for the first semester of the 2021-2022 academic year.
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Published:Senior Film Showcase: Under the Moon
The Stephens College Senior Film Showcase is the premiere event for short films directed by graduating digital filmmaking students. Seven short films will be projected during this in-person, outdoor event with an Q&A with the filmmakers following.
Summer Film Institute
This intensive summer experience brings together digital filmmaking students, professional guest filmmakers and filmmaking faculty to produce, shoot and edit a film together in a realistic working environment. Freshmen and sophomores rotate through positions on set while juniors and seniors select a role that aligns with their goals.
Film Projects That Get Noticed
“Tampsen Air,” the episodic film project produced during Stephens Film Institute in 2018, was nominated for Best TV Pilot by the New York City Independent Film Festival.
Valuable Film Production Experience
Our students actively produce films throughout their time at Stephens.
Senior Film Showcase
The Senior Showcase is the culmination of a full year of work. It’s run like a film festival, with a Q+A for directors.
What Sets Us Apart
- Stephens is one of only two women’s colleges in the U.S. that has a production program.
- Technology: Students have free access to a full range of filmmaking equipment maintained by the digital filmmaking faculty and library staff.
- Columbia’s annual documentary film festival, True/False, is an integral part of spring semester digital filmmaking courses. Stephens students get behind-the-scenes experience by serving as festival volunteers.
- Columbia’s strong local arts community includes Ragtag Cinema, a few short blocks from the Stephens campus.
- Our students attend regular masterclasses with visiting industry professionals.
Working with professional filmmakers, you get a glimpse of what it’s like to work in a professional setting, but with the safety net of knowing that if you make a mistake, it’s OK. The Summer Film Institute was truly an amazing experience for which I am very grateful.”
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Assistant Professor | Digital Filmmaking Program