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  • Riders on horseback travel across a snowy hillside in a black-and-white landscape, viewed from behind along a winding trail.

    Experimental Tuesdays: The Films of Karthik Pandian

    UWM Union Cinema 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

    Karthik Pandian’s work in film, installation and intervention renders mythologies of the present through forgotten, fragmentary and futuristic pasts, unsettling the ground of history.

  • Title card reading "Special features: safety first, action second" over a black and white image of people standing around various film equipment.

    Special Features: Safety First, Action Second: Prop Weapons on Set

    Mitchell Hall, Fine Arts Cinema Room B91 3203 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI

    Props and weapons can add tension, realism, and excitement to a film—but they also require serious preparation and safety protocols. This workshop, facilitated by Peck School of the Arts own, Liv Mauseth, will introduce students to the fundamentals of prop weaponry, responsible on-set practices, and communication between directors, actors, and crew. Learn how to create the illusion of danger on screen while prioritizing safety behind the camera. This is NOT a hands-on demonstration.

  • Students produce a film project in a studio, manipulating light and shadow while recording a scene on camera.

    Film 16mm Student Showcase

    UWM Union Cinema 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

    Join us at the Union Cinema for a showcase of student made 16mm films! this screening presents a selection of films completed in the various 16mm classes taught by the Department of Film, Video, Animation, & New Genres. Spanning from experimental photochemical works to sync-sound short narratives, come witness the various creative approaches of UWM students working with celluloid!

  • A black and white still frame image in art deco style with the word FOCUS at the center.

    Experimental Tuesdays: From the Archives (curated by Mary Wheeler)

    UWM Union Cinema 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

    Curated by MFA candidates from the Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres, these programs feature a unique opportunity to see some of the incredible 16mm prints from the UWM Cinema Arts Archive. For each program, the curator is invited to program a selection of films around a theme of their choosing.

  • Partial view of a person descending a worn wooden staircase, with blue pants, dark shoes, and a wooden handrail beside a blank wall.

    Film Faculty & Staff Screenings

    UWM Union Cinema 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

    The Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres at UWM is home to a celebrated group of faculty and staff whose creative work spans disciplines, genres, and modes of production. They are not only exceptional educators but also accomplished artists whose films have screened at festivals, museums, and galleries around the world. This special program is a chance to experience the breadth and vitality of their work.

  • Film Day in the Life of a Film and Animation major Promo Image

    Lights, Camera, Action! A Day in the Life of Film & Animation Majors

    Kenilworth Square East, 4th Floor Gallery 2155 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI

    Are you a high school student with a passion for film or animation? Whether you’re already experimenting with movie making and animating or you’re simply a curious film or animation buff, we’re hosting an exciting event that provides a glimpse inside of our Department of Film, Video, Animation & New Genres! Join us for a series of hands-on workshops for a taste of what it feels like to get creative at the Peck School of the Arts.

  • Students produce a film project in a studio, manipulating light and shadow while recording a scene on camera.

    Film Department Faculty Nominated Student Screening & Celebration

    Mitchell Hall, Fine Arts Cinema Room B91 3203 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI

    Join the Department of Film, Video, Animation & New Genres as we celebrate the faculty-nominated student works created in the 25-26 academic year. Celebrated works feature students from Freshmen to Seniors and showcase various genres, topics and coursework created within department courses.

  • Floral installation with dried flowers in the foreground and a textured blue landscape backdrop featuring a winding river under a night-sky-like scene.

    Experimental Tuesdays: The Works of Alisi Telengut

    UWM Union Cinema 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

    Alisi Telengut is a Canadian artist of Mongolian roots living between Berlin and Montréal/Tiohtià:ke. She creates frame-by-frame, under-the-camera animations using mixed media, including oil pastel, sand, stones, crystals, and found materials. Through handmade and painterly processes, her work explores human-nature relationships, animistic worldviews, and Indigenous knowledge systems of Mongolian peoples.

  • Title card reading "Special Features: The intimate scene" over a black and white photo of people in conversation lounged on a floor as they are shown in the monitor of a camera.

    Special Features: The Intimate Scene: Directing, Consent & Collaboration

    Mitchell Hall, Fine Arts Cinema Room B91 3203 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI

    Intimate scenes require more than choreography—they require trust, communication, consent, and thoughtful collaboration. This workshop introduces students to the principles of intimacy coordination and explores how directors and filmmakers can create a safe, respectful environment when working with actors on intimate material. Students will learn practical approaches for communicating boundaries, preparing scenes, and supporting actors throughout the filmmaking process.

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    Experimental Tuesdays: From the Archives (curated by Alessandro Streccioni)

    UWM Union Cinema 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

    Curated by MFA candidates from the Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres, these programs feature a unique opportunity to see some of the incredible 16mm prints from the UWM Cinema Arts Archive. For each program, the curator is invited to program a selection of films around a theme of their choosing.

  • Black-and-white portrait of a person seated with hands under their chin, framed like a film negative against a simple studio backdrop.

    Experimental Tuesdays: The World and Works of Portia Cobb

    UWM Union Cinema 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

    Join us for two nights of works celebrating the radical work of the legendary Portia Cobb. Her interdisciplinary practice as an artist and filmmaker is deeply interested in telling stories that reflect the double-consciousness of African American history, identity, memory & forced forgetting. This creative body of work and research has joined these themes and found form in videos, photographic essays, field recordings, ephemeral installations and site-specific performances.

  • Audience seated before a stage where a group of people stand beneath a large screen displaying “The Cooperage” at an indoor event.

    Collaborative Film Screening

    The Cooperage 822 S Water St, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    One semester. One collective vision. Two incredible films. A night of film screenings by the Collaborative Filmmaking Class, who have made collectively an entire film in one semester. All filmmakers will be in attendance.

  • Illustrated hand in a ruffled sleeve held before a bright, face-shaped silhouette, rendered in white line work on a dark blue background.

    Experimental Tuesdays: Expand/Contract – Performances for the Cinema

    UWM Union Cinema 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

    An evening of expanded / contracted / living / breathing / doing / being (in the) cinema, performances for the room and for one night only by invited and commissioned artists, including Ruby Que, Camille Casemir and Liyan Zhao.

  • A hand with the phrase Senior Screenings written on it, emphasizing senior BFA film projects.

    Senior Screenings

    UWM Union Cinema 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

    Graduating seniors showcase their exceptional work with the culmination of years of hard work and artistic growth. Get a first look at what the next generation of filmmakers has in store for the industry.

  • A parade of whimsical animals, including a unicorn, celebrating with banners and hats.

    Milwaukee Underground Film Festival (MUFF)

    UWM Union Cinema 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

    Wildly popular and entirely student-run, this annual international film festival is dedicated to showcasing contemporary works of film and video that innovate in form, technique, and content.

  • An animation of a small white mouse standing in a forest clearing facing a large brown animal’s snout.

    Animation Showcase

    UWM Union Cinema 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

    The Animation Showcase returns to the Union Cinema for its 2027 event, featuring the latest and greatest from our Animation/Film students. This year’s edition features student work across all forms of storytelling. From digital to traditional, claymation to cutout, 2D to 3D, see what the next generation of animators and filmmakers are creating!

  • A light silhouette of a person is blended into a painted countryside mural with trees, mountains, and a small rustic house.

    Zen Film Festival

    Arts Center Lecture Hall 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

    Join us for a collection of student-made short films from the class Zen and the Art of Filmmaking, which focuses on developing artistic sensibility through the Zen art of practice and automatic principles. These films are funny, odd, thoughtful, frightening, and most of all full of Zen.

  • Abstract blue vortex spiraling around a dark central sphere, evoking a cosmic black hole.

    Cinematic Arts MFA Screening

    Arts Center Lecture Hall 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

    Join students of the Cinematic Arts MFA program as they screen and celebrate their thesis work.

  • A hand with the phrase Senior Screenings written on it, emphasizing senior BFA film projects.

    Senior Screenings

    UWM Union Cinema 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI

    Graduating seniors showcase their exceptional work with the culmination of years of hard work and artistic growth. Get a first look at what the next generation of filmmakers has in store for the industry.

  • Peck School of the Arts graduating student wearing cap and tassel photographed with creative light.

    Convocation

    Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, Room 250 2419 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI
    Hybrid Event

    You are cordially invited to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts graduation convocation for baccalaureate and master’s degree recipients.