Congrats to all the Tensie winners and the award recipients! We had a great time celebrating the year and look forward to seeing what you all create next. 🔥
👏 🥳 🎬️ The nominees for this year's Tensie Awards are.....
Join us at the Tensies ceremony TOMORROW at 6:30pm at Liberty Hall to find out who the winners are in each category! Dinner is on us!
Writer/Director Patrick Ross will be going through a VFX Proof of Concept breakdown with FMS 303: Film Directing students on Monday, May 2nd at 9:30 am. FMS students are invited to join in-person in Summerfield 420!
Ross is originally from Lawrence and a KU alum. Shortly after graduating in 2011, he moved to Los Angeles, working in Hollywood on various studio films and TV projects. He is currently developing his first feature film, a project driven by extensive visual effects work.
Tomorrow is the last screening from the Spring 2026 series of films from Studio Ghibli, presented by KU Libraries. They will be showing My Neighbor Totoro at 4:00 pm in Watson Library.
The film will be followed by an introduction by FMS Prof. David Mai, and FMS student and Japan Student Association (JSA) member, Erin Azcona-Beam, along with a facilitated discussion led by Haskell Indian Nations University professor, David Titterington, providing insights into the themes, context, and cinematic craft.
🍿 Free popcorn and refreshments will be provided.
It's our last Popcorn day of the semester! We're showcasing some of the 2025 Tensie Award-winning student films. Come to the FMS office today from 1:00-3:00 to see what our students created last year. 🏆️ 🎞️ 🤩
• Second Skin (Ryan Moore & Andrew Sharkey)
• Remember Seratonin (Jess Lange)
• Perfect Machines, work in progress* (Allison Ruschill & Camryn Caruthers)
• Another Presence in the Room (Yasmine Ferhat)
• What Else Can I Do? (Jack Newlin)
• Matchbox (Audrey Merckling)
• Clip of Year of Grief, work in progress* (Emma Steenhard)
• Beneather "Consciously Uncoupling", work in progress* (KJ Lashley)
Join us for our Tensies & Student Recognition Ceremony on May 7th at 6:30 pm at Liberty Hall!
We'll be celebrating FMS students and announcing Tensie winners and award recipients. Graduating students will be recognized and invited to the stage for a group photo. Dinner is on us! 🍽️ 🥳 🎞️
You are invited to attend the OneKU Denim Day event, Comparative Perspectives on Sexual Violence, Japan & the U.S.
📅 Wednesday, April 29, 2026
⏰ 12:30–5:00 PM CT
📍 Jayhawk Welcome Center + Zoom (hybrid format); Registration is required
The program includes:
• Screenings of the documentaries Loud Enough (2023) and Black Box Diaries (2024)
• A moderated discussion featuring filmmakers, survivors, and advocates
• Pizza lunch at 12:00 PM
It will also feature the Silent Witness exhibit, honoring Kansans affected by sexual and domestic violence, as well as campus and community resources available for support and advocacy. Free copies of the book Black Box and Involuntary Consent will be available while supplies last.
The Oldfather Film Festival is a student-run film festival for KU students to have a chance to screen their work on the big screen at Liberty Hall on May 8th from 6:00 - 11:00pm!
The night includes an hour of gala and mingling with appetizers, the student film showcase, and a student filmmaker Q&A with the directors of our presented films.
⏲️ Deadline to submit your submissions: April 23rd by 11:59pm CST
Follow @oldfatherfilmfestival on Instagram for upcoming details.
Film editor Evan Schiff, ACE, will be a virtual guest in Prof. Mai's FMS 377 Post-Production class on Monday, April 20th from 2:00-3:00pm. You're invited to join in on Zoom! Check your KU email for the link.
Bio: Evan Schiff, ACE, started his career in the film industry at the age of 16, between his junior and senior years of high school, with an internship at Legacy EFX (formerly Stan Winston Studio). After graduating from high school, he was accepted into USC's film production program and was bitten by the editing bug. He found a love for sitting in the editing bay for hours on end putting his student films together, and now is a film editor, known for Frankenstein (2025), John Wick 3 (2019), and John Wick 2 (2017).
