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Posted October 28, 2011
Legerdemain, a film created by students in associate professor Lou Rera’s TFA 420: Producing Short Films II class won the Audience Award at the third annual SUNY-wide Film Festival held October 13-15 at SUNY Fredonia. Read more.
Posted October 8, 2011

TFA hosted Tom Fontana, Buffalo State grad and Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, and Kyle Bradstreet, Buffalo State grad and writer, for a screening of the first two episodes of Fontana's new show, Borgia. A Q&A with Tom and Kyle followed the screening.
Posted October 4, 2011

Students in the television and film arts (TFA) were treated to a meet and greet with famed director/actor Spike Lee. Lee came to Buffalo State’s Performing Arts Center to deliver his lecture, “America through My Lens,” to a sold-out crowd.Approximately 30 TFA majors met with the director in Campus House’s board room prior to his speech. Lee offered the students insights on pursuing filmmaking degrees and discussed how modern technology is changing the art form. Read more.
Posted September 19, 2011
Twenty-four students in Buffalo State’s television and film arts program got the experience of a lifetime on September 10-12. They attended the legendary Toronto International Film Festival, which draws actors, directors, and producers from all over the world. Read more.
Posted September 15, 2011
In this podcast, Jeffrey Hirschberg discusses the television and film program's trip to the Toronto Film Festival and reviews films screened there on Rochester radio station, WHAM-1180 AM. Listen to the interview.
Provided courtesy of WHAM - 1180 AM.
Posted March 24, 2011
Posted March 1, 2011
In this podcast, Jeffrey Hirschberg, director, television and film arts program, reviews the 83rd Annual Academy Awards on Rochester radio station, WHAM-1180 AM. Listen to the interview.
Provided courtesy of WHAM - 1180 AM.
Posted February 25, 2011
The television and film arts program hosts its second annual Night at the Oscars party, Sunday, February 27, from 7:00 p.m. to midnight in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall. More.
Posted February 25, 2011
In this podcast, Jeffrey Hirschberg, director, television and film arts program, discusses the 83rd Annual Academy Awards on Rochester radio station, WHAM-1180 AM. Listen to the interview.
Provided courtesy of WHAM - 1180 AM.
Posted February 14, 2011
Jeffrey Hirschberg reviews the film Just Go With Iton Rochester radio station, WHAM - 1180 AM. Listen to the review.
Provided courtesy of WHAM - 1180 AM.