Film and Media Studies

The Five College Film Council works to coordinate the study of film and video at all five campuses.

The members of the Council include faculty members drawn from a number of disciplines ranging from foreign languages to literature, history and media studies. They meet regularly to exchange information about courses as well as faculty appointments, and plan a coordinated approach to meeting common needs for instruction.

The Council sponsors an undergraduate film and media studies conference and an annual student film and video festival, both held during the spring semester.

The Five College FC Film Studies Announcements email list is open to faculty, staff and students interested in Film Studies to share announcements and information. Visit the Five Colleges Film Studies Announcements page to subscribe or unsubscribe.

The email list for Five College Film Studies Council business is for faculty members only. Visit the FC-Film-Council page to request to subscribe or unsubscribe.  Please contact the Five College Academic Programs office for more information about joining these email lists.

On This Page

Faculty

Adam Levine, (Chair) Art and the History of Art, Film and Media Studies

Joshua Guilford, English, Film and Media Stuides

Pooja Rangan, Film and Media Studies

Kara Lynch, Associate Professor Emerita of Video Production 

Susana Loza, Associate Professor of Critical Race, Gender, and Media Studies

Abraham Ravett, Professor of Film and Photography

Lise Sanders, Professor of English Literature & Cultural Studies 

Eva Rueschmann, Cultural Studies

Robin Blaetz, Professor of Film Studies and Chair of Film Media Theater

Justin Crumbaugh, Associate Professor of Spanish, Latina/o, and Latin American Studies

Ajay J. Sinha, Professor of Art History

Paul Staiti, Professor of Fine Arts on the Alumnae Foundation

Thomas E. Wartenberg, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy

Elizabeth Young, Professor of English and Gender Studies

Hannah Goodwin, Professor of Film, Media, Theater

Elliot Montague, Professor of Film, Media, Theater

Samba Gadjigo, Professor of French

Alexandra Keller, Professor of Film Studies, Director of Film Studies Program

Anna Botta, Professor of Italian Studies and of World Literatures

Dawn Fulton, Professor of French Studies

Barbara Kellum, Professor of Art

Daniel Kramer, Professor of Theatre

Jennifer Malkowski, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies

Richard Millington, Helen and Laura Shedd Professor of English Language and Literature

Fraser Stables, Professor of Art

Frazer Ward, Professor of Art

Joel Westerdale, Associate Professor of German Studies

Shawn Shimpach, Communcation, Interdepartmental Program in Film Studies

Barbara Zecchi, Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Film Studies

Barry Spence, Senior Lecturer, Film Studies, Chief Undergraduate Advisor, Undergraduate Program Director

Daniel Pope, Senior Lecturer, Film Studies, Undergraduate Advisor

Anne Ciecko, Associate Professor, Communication, Graduate Certificate Director

Felicity Aulino, Associate Professor, Anthropology

Mariana Ivanova, Associate Professor of German Film and Media & Academic Director of the DEFA Film Library

Kevin Anderson, Senior Lecturer, Communication

Christopher Couch, Senior Lecturer, Comparative Literature

Bruce Geisler, Senior Lecture, Communication

Olga Gershenson, Professor

Susan Jahoda, Professor, Art

Greeley A. Kyle, Lecturer, Journalism

Andrea Malaguti, Associate Professor, Italian Studies

Patrícia Martinho Ferreira, Assistant Professor of Portuguese

Patrick Mensah, Associate Professor, French and Francophone Studies

Jonathan Skolnik, Associate Professor, German Studies

Jeremi Szaniawski, Associate Professor, Comparative Literature

Jacqueline Urla, Dean, UMass Amherst Graduate Field

Hallie Bahn, Assistant Professor, Art

Courses

Note that if you don't see classes from all campuses currently listed, they will appear as the campuses release their course schedules for the semester. The five campuses release their schedules on different dates. Visit this page for specific dates.

Spring 2024 Film and Media Studies Courses

Subject Course # Sect # Course Title Instructor(s) Institution Meeting Times
FAMS 108 01 True Crime Pooja Rangan Amherst College SU | 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
FAMS 211 01 Intro to Film Histories Amelie Hastie Amherst College SU | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
FAMS 213 01 Knowing Cinema Timothy Van Compernolle Amherst College M | 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
FAMS 309 01 Writing Together Amelie Hastie Amherst College M/W | 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM
FAMS 318 01 Sound Art Brian House Amherst College M/W | 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
FAMS 332 01 Experiments Across Media Wendy Woodson Amherst College TU/TH | 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM
FAMS 375 01 Jazz Film Jason Robinson Amherst College TU/TH | 2:30 PM - 3:50 PM
FAMS 384 01 Making Memorials Heidi Gilpin Amherst College W | 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM
FAMS 388 01 Screenwriting Eric Sanders Amherst College TU/TH | 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM
FAMS 416 01 Sound & the Moving Image Adam Levine Amherst College M/W | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
FAMS 425 01 Post-WWII Amer Cinema Joshua Guilford Amherst College M | 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
HACU 0107 1 Non- Fiction Film Abraham Ravett Hampshire College 01:00PM-03:50PM M;07:00PM-09:00PM TU
HACU 0150 1 16MM Film Workshop Magda Bermudez Hampshire College 09:00AM-11:50AM TH;07:00PM-09:00PM W
HACU 0222 1 Animation History Sarah E Jenkins Hampshire College 02:30PM-03:50PM TU;02:30PM-03:50PM TH
HACU 0223 1 Automated Images Magda Bermudez Hampshire College 09:00AM-11:50AM W;07:00PM-09:00PM TH
FMT 104 01 Introduction to Media Studies Li Cornfeld Mount Holyoke College WF 11:30AM-12:45PM
FMT 230WF 01 Global Film/Media After 1960 Bianka Ballina Mount Holyoke College MW 11:30AM-12:45PM;M 07:15PM-10:05PM
FMT 240EV 01 Experimental Video Flonia Telegrafi Mount Holyoke College F 01:30PM-04:20PM;F 01:30PM-04:20PM
FMT 240VE 01 Video Editing Flonia Telegrafi Mount Holyoke College M 01:30PM-04:20PM
FMT 240VP 01 Intro to Video Production Elliot Montague Mount Holyoke College W 01:30PM-04:20PM
FMT 330PE 01 Media and Performance Li Cornfeld Mount Holyoke College F 01:30PM-04:20PM
FMT 340VP 01 Short Form Narrative Film Elliot Montague Mount Holyoke College TH 01:30PM-04:20PM
FMS 237 01 The Documentary Impulse Jennifer C. Malkowski Smith College M W 9:25 AM - 10:40 AM
FMS 237 F01 The Documentary Impulse Jennifer C. Malkowski Smith College TU 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
FMS 248 01 Women and American Cinema Kiki Loveday Smith College TU TH 9:25 AM - 10:40 AM
FMS 248 F01 Women and American Cinema Kiki Loveday Smith College TU 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
FMS 251 01 A Global History of Television Sebnem Baran Smith College M W 10:50 AM - 12:05 PM
FMS 251 F01 A Global History of Television Sebnem Baran Smith College M 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
FMS 280 01 Intro to Video Production Anaiis Cisco Smith College W 1:20 PM - 4:00 PM
FMS 281 01 Screenwriting Workshop Kiki Loveday Smith College F 9:25 AM - 12:05 PM
FMS 282ap 01 T-Advanced Production Anaiis Cisco Smith College F 1:20 PM - 4:00 PM
FMS 290 01 Colq:Theories&Methods Sebnem Baran Smith College TU TH 10:50 AM - 12:05 PM
FMS 290 F01 Colq:Theories&Methods Sebnem Baran Smith College W 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
FMS 311 01 Sem:MediaFandom&FanStudies Sebnem Baran Smith College TH 1:20 PM - 4:00 PM
FMS 311 F01 Sem:Fandom Screening Sebnem Baran Smith College W 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

The Five College Student Film Festival

The Five College Film Festival seeks short films of 20 minutes or less from students across the Five Colleges.

* The festival will be held in-person on Sunday, March 3. The deadline for submissions is Friday, February 9th. Awards and prizes will be granted to winning films in three categories: fiction, documentary, and experimental. 
Contact us at 5collegefilmfestival@gmail.com or edrummer@amherst.edu if you have any questions.

*All students currently enrolled at Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst are welcome to submit films, regardless of your major. Work by recent graduates of one of the Five Colleges may also be submitted, as long as it was produced while enrolled.

Mission Statement
The Five College Film Festival’s mission is to share the stories of students from across the Five Colleges through the medium of film. We hope that all students, regardless of background or experience with filmmaking, share their stories. 

SUBMISSION INFORMATION
New Deadline: Friday, February 9, 2024
Submission Form

FESTIVAL DATES
Sunday, March 3, 2024

CONTACT
5collegefilmfestival@gmail.com
edrummer@amherst.edu
 

SOCIAL MEDIA
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2024 Five College Student Film Festival

 

Resources

The Five College Film and Media Studies Undergraduate Conference
Each year, the Five College Film and Media Studies council invites submissions for its annual undergraduate research conference. 
The 2024 Conference will take place on Saturday, February 17th at Smith College.

 

Amherst College
Film and Media Studies

Hampshire College
Film, Video, and Photography

Mount Holyoke College
Film, Media, Theater

Smith College
Film and Media Studies

UMass Amherst
Interdepartmental Program in Film Studies
 

Contact Us

Five College Film Council Members

Amherst College
Adam Levine (Chair), Art and the History of Art, Film and Media Studies
Joshua Guilford, English, Film and Media Studies

Hampshire College
Eva Rueschmann, Cultural Studies

Mount Holyoke College
Hannah Goodwin, Film, Media, Theater

Smith College
Jennifer Malkowski, Film and Media Studies

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Shawn Shimpach, Communication, Interdepartmental Program in Film Studies
Barbara Zecchi, Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Film Studies

Five College Staff Liaison
Ray Rennard, Director of Academic Programs

Connect

View the Five College Student Film Festival Vimeo Channel!
Join the Five College Film Program Google Group!