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Umass Film Studies is an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary program that offers a film major (BA), a graduate certificate in Film Studies, as well as two online certificates: undergraduate in film studies, and graduate in videographic criticism The Certificate Program in Film Studies offers a comprehensive course of study in the history, criticism, theory, aesthetics, and production of the mo

ving image in the unique context of an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary program. The Interdepartmental Program in Film Studies is the home of the Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival, an annual series that brings to the campus and Five College community important new international films and visiting filmmakers. Certificate students are encouraged to participate in the Festival’s one-credit colloquium and internship program as well as in the annual Five College Student Film and Video Festival which showcases the best work of students in the Five Colleges and offers valuable opportunities to Certificate students interested in production to screen their film and video projects and to participate in producing and organizing the Festival.

Join us for a screening and conversation with acclaimed video essayist Christian Keathley. His latest work, Cinephilia a...
11/03/2025

Join us for a screening and conversation with acclaimed video essayist Christian Keathley. His latest work, Cinephilia and History, or The Mystery of William Keighley, imaginatively explores the uncanny connections between Keathley himself, Warner Bros. director William Keighley, and their shared ancestral home of Keighley, West Yorkshire — offering a moving reflection on a life shaped by cinephilia.

Following the screening, the filmmaker will be present for an open Q&A and informal discussion over pizza. This even is on Thursday, November 6th at 4PM in the ILC S404. Free and open to the public!

Interested in an artist talk on video performance? Great News! Dayna McLeod is presenting “Aging Q***r Video Performance...
10/26/2025

Interested in an artist talk on video performance?
Great News! Dayna McLeod is presenting “Aging Q***r Video Performance and AI Collaboration”
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Dayna McLeod is a q***r performance-based media artist from Canada. Dayna’s work uses humor, and capitalizes on exploiting the body’s social and material conditions using cabaret, duration, remix, video, and installation practices. Her interests of artistic and theoretical research are in media representations of sexuality, q***r identity, and how bodies marked female are perceived as public property.
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Be sure to stop by and learn more about it,
Tuesday October 28 at 2:30pm
Integrative Learning Center ILC N317 -University of Massachusetts Amherst

Interested in taking a masterclass in film? Great News! Dayne McLeod is teaching “Aging Q***r Video Performance and AI C...
10/24/2025

Interested in taking a masterclass in film?
Great News! Dayne McLeod is teaching “Aging Q***r Video Performance and AI Collaboration”
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Dayna McLeod is a q***r performance-based media artist from Canada. Dayna’s work uses humor, and capitalizes on exploiting the body’s social and material conditions using cabaret, duration, remix, video, and installation practices. Her interests of artistic and theoretical research are in media representations of sexuality, q***r identity, and how bodies marked female are perceived as public property.
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Be sure to stop by and learn more about it,
Tuesday October 28 at 2:30pm
Integrative Learning Center ILC N317 -University of Massachusetts Amherst

Are you working on a project that connects your academic learning with real world community engagement related to Latin ...
10/23/2025

Are you working on a project that connects your academic learning with real world community engagement related to Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latino communities?

CLACLS is excited to announce the first ever Undergraduate Award launched in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month!

This award recognizes outstanding student projects that bridge scholarship and service.
It’s open to all UMass undergraduates.

looking to raise your credits? check out these awesome 3 online courses you can take through the film studies program! b...
10/22/2025

looking to raise your credits? check out these awesome 3 online courses you can take through the film studies program! be sure to keep an eye out during winter semester season!

THIS Thursday, you can’t miss it! Come hear from Colleen!
10/21/2025

THIS Thursday, you can’t miss it! Come hear from Colleen!

🎬UMASS FILM STUDIES is having a PARTYY!🥳🎊FIRST EVENT DURING FILM STUDIES MAJORS WEEK!!  Come join us Monday October 20th...
10/17/2025

🎬UMASS FILM STUDIES is having a PARTYY!🥳🎊

FIRST EVENT DURING FILM STUDIES MAJORS WEEK!!

Come join us Monday October 20th from 5:30-7:30 PM in room S404 in the ILC! 🎉

Get to know and hang with your fellow peers and faculty! 😁

WOOHOO! LETS HAVE A GREAT TIME! BE SURE TO STOP BY!

~ps: FIRST 50 PEOPLE GET A FREE T-SHIRT~

do you love film, history, and are in the western mass area? then you can’t miss this event!!!!
10/08/2025

do you love film, history, and are in the western mass area? then you can’t miss this event!!!!

Latin American Film Festival Screening  #6 TOMORROW, wednesday October 8th! The film of this week will be “Mutt” based i...
10/07/2025

Latin American Film Festival Screening #6 TOMORROW, wednesday October 8th!

The film of this week will be “Mutt” based in Chile and USA! This event is free and open to the public, and will be hosted at 6:30pm in the ILC room S240. come one come all!

10/03/2025
Dayna McLeod will join UMass Film Studies as our 2025 guest in the Visiting Filmmakers of the 21st Century series!!!✨✨✨✨...
10/03/2025

Dayna McLeod will join UMass Film Studies as our 2025 guest in the Visiting Filmmakers of the 21st Century series!!!
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Dayna is a q***r performance-based media artist from Canada, a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow. Her work uses humor, and capitalizes on exploiting the body’s social and material conditions using cabaret, duration, remix, video, and installation practices. Her interests of artistic and theoretical research are in media representations of sexuality, q***r identity, and how bodies marked female are perceived as public property. She is also interested in how these modes of representation intersect with middle-aging.
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Check out her website: https://daynarama.com/page/3/

Dayna McLeod will join UMass Film Studies!!!As our 2025 guest in the Visiting Filmmakers of the 21st Century series! ✨✨✨...
10/03/2025

Dayna McLeod will join UMass Film Studies!!!
As our 2025 guest in the Visiting Filmmakers of the 21st Century series!
✨✨✨✨
Dayna is a q***r performance-based media artist from Canada, a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow. Her work uses humor, and capitalizes on exploiting the body’s social and material conditions using cabaret, duration, remix, video, and installation practices. Her interests of artistic and theoretical research are in media representations of sexuality, q***r identity, and how bodies marked female are perceived as public property. She is also interested in how these modes of representation intersect with middle-aging.

Check out her website: https://daynarama.com/page/3/
AND From OCTOBER 9th-NOVEMBER 21st!! thursday’s from 4-6:30pm in ILC S412

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Amherst, MA
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