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  1. How to Get Into Columbia University Film School: Exclusive Advice From the Admissions and Industry and Outreach Departments (Part 1)

    How to Get Into Columbia University Film School: Exclusive Advice From the Admissions and Industry and Outreach Departments (Part 1)

    The graduate film program at Columbia University School of the Arts is highly acclaimed for its star-studded alumni roster and teaching students how to tell stories that move the masses. In 2022, FilmSchool.org ranked Columbia SOA runner-up for Best Screenwriting Program in its list of top film...
  2. V

    Offering consultations on Film MFA application - Columbia/NYU and beyond...

    Hi everyone, I'm a MFA graduate of a top USA film school and have worked in the film school admissions process for five years while there. I have been offering consultations for filmschool org members on their applications, funding considerations, short scripts and feature projects. So feel...
  3. ABamidele

    Grad School Personal Statement & Video Sample in Need of Feedback <3

    Hey Guys! I'm applying to USC, NYU & Columbia this year for my MFA and appreciate any suggestions or notes anyone has on my material. This is a general personal essay and will be slightly tailored to each school. The video is a combination of two projects I worked on during Undergrad...
  4. J

    Waitlisted (After Interview) Columbia MFA Screenwriting/Directing

    This is my second time applying to this program. I was waitlisted w/ interview last year. I like my film prompt and feature treatment a lot, but I didn't have time to write a new 10 page story so I just revised the one a little bit from the last year. Looks like this 10 page story is essential...
  5. audr3y

    Attending (Admitted After Interview) COLUMBIA CREATIVE PRODUCING FALL 2022

    Lots of writing! Proud of both of the screenplays I wrote (the film prompt and the dramatic writing sample). Fitting the feature film treatment on a single double-spaced page in Courier font was difficult, but I got it in the end. I wish the autobiographical essay had more of a prompt.
  6. Smeist

    Thinking about film school .... can I get in? Where do I start?

    Hi everyone! I’m just getting into the research of grad programs & applications for film schools. If all of my dreams were to come true, I’d be in the M.A cinema studies program at Tisch starting spring 2022. I know that learning more about film & screenwriting is the only way I’ll be able to do...
  7. V

    I'm applying for MFA Film at NYU, AFI (directing) and Columbia. I have a few questions about the personal statement and the general portfolio :))

    I'm an applicant from London and have very little guidance about the process in general. I have been seen differing advice online about the personal statement - one side of the spectrum is that it should be heavy on academic intent (the kind of work I want to do later in life as well as at the...
  8. Operator

    Columbia University MFA Fall 2019

    That time of year again. Who's applying to Columbia U? Third time applying. This time I will be going for the Screenwriting concentration instead of Creative Producing.

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