Blog Courses
Highlights from the Inaugural Cohort of the JBFC Emerging Screenwriter Fellowship with NYU Tisch
The inaugural session of our Emerging Screenwriter Fellowship program in collaboration with NYU Tisch concluded successfully last month. Led by NYU Tisch Professor Jeremy J. Kamps, the JBFC Emerging Screenwriter Fellowship spanned six weeks, featuring thirteen dynamic sessions held on the JBFC Campus. Ten exceptionally talented high school students, carefully chosen from a pool of [...]
Coming Soon: New Cinema Studies Course on Alfred Hitchcock in Collaboration with NYU Tisch
Pleasantville, NY – September 22, 2023 – The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) is thrilled to further its collaboration with New York University (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts this fall through the launch of a new Cinema Studies course, Beyond Suspicion: Alfred Hitchcock. Led by a rotating roster of distinguished NYU faculty and PhD [...]
Cinemania Student Critic Review: Supa Modo
by David Sapp, Cinemania Student Critic The 2018 film Supa Modo, directed by Likarion Wainaina, tells the tale of Jo, a young Kenyan girl with a terminal illness and a desire to be a superhero along with her village’s efforts to make a film portraying her, as the superhero she idolizes. It is somber, yet playful [...]
Cinemania Student Critic Review: Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts
by David Sapp, Cinemania Student Critic All of the 2019 Oscar Nominated Animated shorts are brilliant, using unique techniques to make each one special. Memorable, the French short directed by Bruno Collet uses surreal imagery to portray a man slowly losing touch with reality and forgetting everything. Also, it applies styles of famous paintings such [...]
Winter and Spring Break Camps at the JBFC
by Adrienne Frank, JBFC Education Outreach Coordinator Looking for activities to keep your kids entertained in Westchester over the winter and spring school breaks? We’ve got you covered! Students in Grades 5-8 can join us for Viewing and Doing (Feb. 17-21, 2020) or On the Set (April 6-10, 2020). These daily mini-camps are a great [...]
Cinemania Student Critic Review: Mary Poppins
by David Sapp, Cinemania Student Critic Robert Stevenson’s 1964 film Mary Poppins is about how a magical nanny helps transform two kids’ relationships with their father through fun and liveliness. The film is visually stunning and extremely impressive for the time period. Looking at it from a modern-day standpoint, it’s amazing what they were able [...]
Cinemania Student Critic Review: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
by David Sapp, 8th Grade Cinemania Student Critic Marielle Heller’s 2019 film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is a drama about how a troubled journalist’s perspective on life is altered by renowned children’s show host Mr. Rogers. This film was much more dramatic and gripping than I initially assumed. It takes a story about a [...]
Jacob Burns Film Center to Receive $7,000 Seed Grant from the National Guild for Community Arts Education
Pleasantville, NY – July 16, 2019 – The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC), a nonprofit film and media education center, has been awarded a $7,000 Catalyzing Creative Aging Program seed grant from the National Guild for Community Arts Education. The JBFC was selected to be one of 10 nonprofit organizations across the country to receive [...]
JBFC on ABC 7: "The Past is Prologue"
by JBFC Marketing Associate Paige Grand Pré Just in time for the JBFC’s 17th anniversary on Thursday, June 21, ABC 7 NY aired a piece by Entertainment Reporter Sandy Kenyon that highlights all the exciting developments in Courses @ the Lab, Creative Culture, and film programming at the JBFC over the last few years. Stopping [...]
JBFC Mixtapes, Vol. 6: Summer @ the Lab Director Darrel Swann
JBFC Mixtapes is a new initiative from the Burns to highlight the music—from soundtracks to scores—that makes the cinematic experience so special. We’ll be updating the blog with mixtapes from staff members, special guests, and more, to drop the needle on our favorite songs from, about, or inspired by films—with a few curveballs every now [...]
