Our mission is to provide future filmmakers, visual studies theorists, digital video artists, traditional film historians, avant-garde thinkers, experimental arts practitioners, Hollywood screenwriters, film philosophers, solo filmic artisans, cultural studies scholars, mixed-media/time-based artists, filmic fiction writers, contemplative critics, and other poets with a hands-on experience of the cinematic.
Dear Students
We invite you to join the Department of Cinematic Arts, of the College of Fine Arts, in leading filmmaking, video production, and related art, thought, and practice at the University of New Mexico. We are dedicated to the study and practice of film and video as art. You can earn the BA or minor in Media Arts, study a single course in production or critical studies, or take courses for graduate credit (although we don’t as yet offer a Masters Degree in Film Studies). Find our classes listed under Media Arts in the University schedule and catalog.
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News and Events
July 18, 2014 |
Film growth in NM gives locals new opportunities
A recent New Mexico Daily Lobo article on local filmmaking featured Cinematic Arts students Djochoua Belovarski,...
July 6, 2014 |
Student Kickstarter campaign
Several Media Arts students just launched a Kickstarter campaign for a film they will be making during the Fall...
May 20, 2014 |
Congratulations to graduates and prize winners
Congratulations to all of our graduating seniors, with special recognition for this year’s department prize...
May 12, 2014 |
Matthew McDuffie to speak at graduation
Cinematic Arts Professor of Practice Matthew McDuffie was announced today as the faculty speaker for the UNM...
April 18, 2014 |
This summer, in less than 6 weeks, complete a required class!
Registration begins next week for summer classes. They can be a great way to move through courses in a condensed...