UTSA Film/Media draws courses and faculty from across COLFA in order to inspire the next generation of film and media storytelling, art, criticism, and scholarship. Students can pursue a major or minor, while they study film history and theory, develop their screenwriting craft, or work with cutting-edge equipment in our new Film Production Hub to shoot and edit their own projects.
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March 9, 2025
How a UTSA class is prepping students for career in TV, film industryPublished by Express News
Students from the University of Texas at San Antonio's Live Production class got a behind-the-scenes look at the stage production for Justin Timberlake’s “The Forget Tomorrow Tour" at the Moody Center in Austin.
March 5, 2025
Silliness as Radical Resistance: An interview with Ailish ElzyPublished by UTSA Arts
In collaboration with UTSA’s Film/Media program, speaker Ailish Elzy presented Silly Humor, Kaleidoscopic Blackness, and Affirming Spectatorship in A Black Lady Sketch Show to students and the public at Student Union in the Willow Room last month. Her presentation explored silliness as a distinct comedic mode and how it can also be used as a tool of radical resistance. Elzy, a Ph.D candidate in Media Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, shared her expertise of Black film history, humor studies, and genre theory to her discussion. She presented insights from her research, creative work, and passes on her best piece of advice to our students.
February 19, 2025
UTSA film program announces its second screenwriters workshopPublished by KSAT NEWS
Five writers with gamut of screenwriting credits will mentor 55 students in mock writers' rooms
