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The University Film and Video Association is a community of makers, writers, researchers, scholars, and speakers.

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Who We Are

The University Film and Video Association (UFVA) is a not-for-profit organization and the leading association in the United States dedicated to the promotion and study of moving image practice in higher education.

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Best practices in education and pedagogical innovation

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Conferences, lectures, exhibitions and festivals with industry peers

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The production, distribution and preservation of moving images

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International and intercultural understanding and good will

2021 UFVA Conference

The 75th UFVA Conference was held online from July 27 to July 30, 2021.

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LATEST NEWS

13September

Hellbender Student Film Festival – Extended Deadline (3 October)

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Hello UFVA Colleagues,I'm writing in the hopes that you will encourage your students to submit to the second edition of the?Hellbender?Student Film Festival. The final, extended deadline is approaching on [...]

20August

New Media Film Festival Call for Entries

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New Media Film Festivalhas invited you to submit your work via FilmFreeway!Accept InviteThe call for entries for New Media Film Festival? is now open!$45,000 in awards.Judges from Marvel, HBO, EMMYS, [...]

30August

Call for Proposals: Edited volume on TV series created by Shonda Rhimes

brackman2021-08-30T12:22:17+00:00Categories: News|

Screen Storytelling: The Works of Shonda Rhimes Edited by Anna Weinstein This edited volume on the works of Shonda Rhimes will be the first book in a new series to be published by [...]

17August

UFVA Announces the Appointment of Four New Board Members

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UFVA Announces the Appointment of Four New Board Members: Results of Recent Vote Disclosed at 2021 Conference August 17, 2021 -- At the University Film and Video Association Annual [...]

UFVA encourages excellence in media practice and pedagogy with a number of initiatives which include grants, fellowships, awards, the Journal of Film and Video and the Annual Conference.

1947

YEAR FOUNDED

Founded in 1947 as The University Film Producers Council with eighteen members. Today UFVA membership represents 300+ institutions of higher education worldwide. UFVA encourages membership from all backgrounds, races, ethnicities, ages and identities.

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CONFERENCES HELD

The Annual Conference is a unique event of its kind, bringing together UFVA’s international membership for peer reviewed screenings, panels, workshops, papers, and presentations over a five-day period at an academic institution in the US.

$11,000

AWARDED ANNUALLY

UFVA awards $11,000 per year to students of member institutions in support of production grants and fellowships. For more information visit: Carole Fielding Production Grants and Graduate Student Fellowships.