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STONY BROOK MFA in Television Writing FALL 2026Congrats! That's awesome. Let everyone know in Stony Brook thread too.
https://www.filmschool.org/threads/stony-brook-film-mfa-2026.31878/
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Stony Brook Film MFACongrats! That's awesome. Be sure to edit and change the decision date too. Reply with the good news to the Stony Brook you created too!...
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DePaul University - MFA Film & Television DirectingCongrats! Respond to this thread to let people know where you're going...
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Application 'STONY BROOK MFA in Television Writing FALL 2026'
The process has been very engaging. It required a well-rounded portfolio consisting of a writing sample, a 10-page script, and a video pitch. Along with the statement of purpose and three letters...- Ana Paula Ibarrola
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Application 'UT Austin - MFA in Film and Media Production'
I applied to film school as a relatively inexperienced narrative filmmaker. My work up to that point had been a lot of videography and photography work, both personal and commercial. Even from a...- silvasurfer
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Application 'NFTS Directing Fiction January 2027 entry'
It has gone well, The application was simple though stressfull. I have been very nervous about results, but quite excited for possibilities. I was contacted over trouble for my third film...- Claudio361
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Application 'Stony Brook Film MFA'
The application required pulling together a lot of materials and I was intimidated by putting together a video pitch but in the end I’m very proud of my application.- aliceleigh123
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Application 'AFI MFA Editing - Fall 2026'
Well enough. It mainly only consisted of me deciding what two editing examples I wanted to send for consideration and making a narrative statement specifically focused on my editing background...- Pryde Pierce
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Application 'DePaul University - MFA Film & Television Directing'
I submitted on March 1st and have yet to hear anything back from DePaul. I submitted far later than I wanted to but held off primarily to get to a good spot with the short film which would be the...- dbrown40202
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Application 'Art Center - MFA - Film'
Nothing complicated. The intent word limit was short, so I struggled to distill my 3 page intent into 400 words. They did want a film with sync sound and dialogues. My film has sync sound but no...- RPA
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Application 'AFI Cinematography - Fall 2026'
Application process was difficult but rewarding. As this was my second time applying, I had learned from the first attempt and tried to level up the quality of the submissions, taking special care...- jonathanjlee
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Application 'DRAMATIC WRITING MFA FALL 2026 NYU TISCH'
It's gone well! I completely rewrote my pilot like three days before it was due, which probably wasn't the best decision, but I ended up being really happy with it. I had two really solid...- toucanna
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Application 'AFI Cinematography 2026'
The application process takes quite a while, and there's a lot of material to prepare, but it was much easier for me this time since I am reapplying and already familiar with the process.- VinnieJacked
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Waiting for decision! My interview went pretty...
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
- Submission Date
- Dec 14, 2022
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 7, 2023
- Interview Date
- Feb 9, 2023
The application process was really smooth, the...
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
- Submission Date
- Dec 15, 2022
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 7, 2023
- Interview Date
- Feb 17, 2023
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 29, 2023
- Willing to share application materials?
- Yes (attached or included with this logged application entry)
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First time applying. This is my top choice...
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
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- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 15, 2022
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 6, 2023
- Interview Date
- Feb 17, 2023
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 29, 2023
preparing for the interview... it is really...
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
- Submission Date
- Dec 1, 2022
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 8, 2023
- Interview Date
- Feb 14, 2023
First time applying
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
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- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 14, 2022
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 6, 2023
- Interview Date
- Feb 17, 2023
I remember being a little bit late on this...
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
- Submission Date
- Dec 15, 2022
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 6, 2023
- Interview Date
- Mar 2, 2023
Slow. Scary to have to wait. Worked very hard...
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
- Submission Date
- Dec 14, 2022
My first time applying to Columbia but second time applying to Grad schools. Was a pretty simple application to complete, especially if you have some creative samples before hand. Prompts were fun to do though the film treatment in one page was a pain.
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 14, 2022
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 6, 2023
- Interview Date
- Feb 13, 2023
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 20, 2023
- Scholarship Notification
- Mar 20, 2023
First time applying
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 13, 2022
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 6, 2023
- Interview Date
- Feb 17, 2023
Second time applying. I did not try that hard last year, but put in some real effort this time.
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
- Attempts
- Second Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 2, 2022
- Willing to share application materials?
- Yes (attached or included with this logged application entry)
First time applying
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Nov 18, 2022
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 6, 2023
- Interview Date
- Feb 27, 2023
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 29, 2023
Second time applying. Columbia has been my dream school for years :)
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
- Attempts
- Second Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 15, 2022
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 6, 2023
- Interview Date
- Feb 17, 2023
- Willing to share application materials?
- Yes (attached or included with this logged application entry)
I actually had a lot of fun writing for columbia
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
- Submission Date
- Dec 13, 2021
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 9, 2022
- Interview Date
- Mar 1, 2022
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 30, 2022
Second time applying after not getting an...
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
- Attempts
- Second Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 15, 2021
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 9, 2022
- Interview Date
- Feb 15, 2022
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 23, 2022
second time applying
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
- Attempts
- Second Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 15, 2021
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 11, 2022
- Interview Date
- Mar 13, 2022
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 29, 2022
First time applying
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 13, 2021
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 9, 2022
- Interview Date
- Feb 22, 2022
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 29, 2022
First time applying
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 14, 2021
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 9, 2022
- Interview Date
- Feb 22, 2022
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 29, 2022
First time applying.
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 15, 2021
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 9, 2022
- Interview Date
- Mar 15, 2022
first time applying
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
- Attempts
- First Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 14, 2021
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 15, 2022
- Interview Date
- Mar 16, 2022
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 23, 2022
2nd time applying
- Film Program & Degree
- Columbia - Directing/Screenwriting MFA
- Attempts
- Second Time Applying
- Submission Date
- Dec 15, 2021
- Interview Notification Date
- Feb 10, 2022
- Interview Date
- Feb 22, 2022
- Decision Notification Date
- Mar 25, 2022
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