Faculty members Constantine Bakopoulos, Laura Conway, Laura Gede, Kate Hinshaw, and Kaia Olsen will advance their creative works through funding from the Arts and Humanities Initiative (AHI).

Congratulations to screenwriting student Danny Willis for being awarded from the Dewey Stuit Fund for Undergraduate Research to support her ongoing work on a script called NORTHSIDE!

Professor Michael Cowan has a new publication in ARTFORUM outlining the rich history of avant-garde filmmakers working in advertising, from the 1920s to more recent advertising work by the likes of Jean-Luc Godard and David Lynch. The article accompanies a major retrospective of avant-garde advertisements currently playing at Anthology Film Archives in New York.

Cate Dicharry, departmental administrator for Cinematic Arts, will become the program’s next director in January.

The Department of Cinematic Arts joins the many colleagues, students, friends, and family of Professor Lauren Rabinovitz in mourning her death while honoring her remarkably rich life and career.

University of Iowa team taps into the skills of students to serve as consultants, create mixed media animation, and provide the voice-over for this year’s spot, “Iowa Feels Like Home.”

As the University of Iowa prepares to celebrate the Class of 2025, we would like to recognize and appreciate the outstanding faculty and staff who have played pivotal roles in shaping the success of our graduating students.

Cinematic Arts graduating students, Reed Niebaur and Angel Boateng will speak at the morning and afternoon ceremonies.

After an award-winning stint as a photographer with The Daily Iowan and the opportunity to document a historic women’s basketball tournament run, Grace Smith is continuing to pursue creative visual storytelling — and to photograph a favorite Iowa baller.

In his two first semesters at the University of Iowa, cinematic arts associate professor of instruction Patrick Wimp brings his expertise in the film industry to his students.