Film Studies Beyond the Classroom

The Film Arts Series: Noted film-makers, writers, and film scholars, regional and national, give lectures and presentations on campus at least once each quarter. The series has hosted a wide range of important film directors and film writers, including Tom Skerritt, Tom Wright (New Jack City), Chris McQuarrie (Academy Award for The Usual Suspects), and Stewart Stern (Rebel Without a Cause).

Workshops: A large number of film studies topics, including those focusing on the film industry, are addressed in intensive one-day workshops. The workshops allow the program to tap the experience and talents of many professionals in the region who cannot commit themselves to full-quarter teaching.

Film Showings and Film Festivals: The Film Studies program is working to establish Seattle University as a venue for new films and, most importantly, film festivals in cooperation with Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) and other Seattle and regional film institutes and organizations.

Student Film Exhibitions: Film Studies majors will have opportunities to showcase their own short films and works-in-progress that emerge from film production courses and as departmental honors projects.

Internships: Film Studies majors, particularly students interested in film production and careers in the film industry are strongly encouraged toward internships, which the program arranges in cooperation with the film community. The internship opportunities are part of a larger program commitment to mentoring and counseling majors who wish to further their film study at the graduate level and/or wish to find employment in the film industry.