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Announcing winners of the Albany Film Festival Short Film Awards
We're pleased to announce winners of the inaugural Albany Film Festival Short Film Contest. Entries were limited to films shot primarily...
NYS Writers Institute
May 25, 20213 min read


Bi-coastal collaborators: Filmmakers Kenn Rabin and Sheila Curran Bernard
UAlbany faculty member Sheila Curran Bernard and UAlbany alum Kenn Rabin (1974) co-authored Archival Storytelling: A Filmmaker’s Guide to...
NYS Writers Institute
May 7, 20203 min read


A chat with Stephen Soucy: Filmmaker, theatrical producer, UAlbany alumnus
How does a UAlbany English major get to be a documentary filmmaker and theatrical producer? Aside from practice, practice, practice. We...
NYS Writers Institute
Apr 23, 20202 min read


Hey Xavier Burgin, is this a good time to watch a horror movie?
We asked young filmmaker Xavier Burgin whether this is a good time to watch a horror movie. Xavier is the director of the acclaimed 2019...
NYS Writers Institute
Apr 15, 20202 min read


Stanley Nelson, director of "Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool"
We got back in touch with Stanley Nelson, major documentary filmmaker and director of the current Netflix hit, "Miles Davis: Birth of the...
NYS Writers Institute
Apr 9, 20202 min read


Can you help us create a mini virtual film festival this weekend?
By Paul Grondahl, DIrector, NYS Writers Institute We know that you are as disappointed as we are that we had to postpone the Writers...
NYS Writers Institute
Mar 28, 20203 min read


Actor, author, storyteller Sean Penn, and a book contest for you.
Sean Penn is a two-time Academy Award winner, for “Mystic River” in 2003 and his portrayal of UAlbany alum Harvey Milk in “Milk” (2008)....
NYS Writers Institute
Mar 21, 20202 min read
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