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The UNM-Taos Film and Digital Media Arts (FDMA) program is excited to premiere the informational and beautifully produced Río Grande del Norte National Monument Adventure Safety Series at Bataan Hall, Civic Plaza Drive on Saturday, Aug. 24 from 2-5 p.m....

Winning an Academy Award is a crowning achievement for filmmakers, but to even be named eligible is an incredible feat in itself. “Apache Blues: Welcome Home,” a documentary co-directed by Dustin Sweet, a former University of New Mexico-Taos adjunct...

Through tumultuous waters and sweeping vistas, Peter Walker and his students take their audience on a ride up-and-down stream in the new docuseries “Rio Grande Serenade” to help tell the epic tales of high desert life, culture, survival, and wildlife...

Five film programs at higher education institutions across New Mexico have received approximately $80,000 in funding from "Better Call Saul" through the New Mexico Film Office (NMFO) Giveback Program. Schools receiving Giveback funds include: New...

It may come as a surprise to many people that New Mexico has been a film capital for over a century, even before it became a state. In 1898, inventor and early motion pioneer Thomas Edison arrived in Albuquerque to capture on 50 seconds of film a group...

Researchers at The University of New Mexico are using social media to help educate the public and generate funding for clinical investigations on the effects of using medical Cannabis. Patients, clinicians, and scientists still know very little about...

Children’s rights activist Marian Wright Edelman once intoned that when it comes to representation and inspiring young people, “you can’t be what you can’t see.” Taking that maxim to heart, University of New Mexico alumna Carol Payne banded together with...

From passionate poetry to politics, judgment to inspirational triumph and the banning of music, this two-day cinematic spectacle is not to be missed. The University of New Mexico-Valencia Campus will be hosting its 6th annual Valencia Leading Edge Film...

The University of New Mexico Interdisciplinary Film & Digital Media (IFDM) Program is hosting an end-of-semester showcase, featuring student work completed during the fall 2013 semester on Saturday, Dec. 7 at IFDM’s Mesa del Sol facility from ...

UNM's Interdisciplinary Film & Digital Media Program recently opened its new facility at the Aperture Center in Mesa del Sol. The IFDM facility provides space to develop and showcase student and faculty work and to foster partnerships with industry ...