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AMPD alumni at the Toronto International Film Festival
Several alumni from York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) have films appearing at the annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Film professor one of five recipients of Killam Prize.
Professor Janine Marchessault has been named one of the five recipients of the esteemed 2024 Killam Prize, recognized in the Humanities category, honouring her work in community-based and public art exhibitions, research creation and public outreach.
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Alumni in the News
Lani Akande
PhD alum Lani Akande was recently hired as an Assistant Professor in Film Studies in the Department of Film at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He completed his dissertation, “Nollywood Film Industry: Informal Film Practices and Their Cultural Formations,” in 2021 His articles have appeared in Film Education, Journal of African Cultural Studies, and Quarterly Review of Film and Video.
Kaz Radwanski
MFA alumni writer-director Kazik Radwanski has become one of the leading lights of Canadian cinema. The Toronto-based filmmaker is part of a community of young independent directors who frequently collaborate with one another, their very different sensibilities inflecting each other’s projects in provocative ways.
Lawrence Garcia
Lawrence Garcia received the Governor-General Gold Medal (Master’s) for top graduating graduate student at York University and commences PhD studies at the University of Toronto’s Cinema Studies Institute in 2023. He has published widely in Cineaste, Film Comment, Cinema Scope, and MUBI Notebook.
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