For Creative Faculty & Filmmakers

Welcome to the
University Film & Video Foundation
About Us
The University Film & Video Foundation is a not for profit corporation that engages in and promotes worldwide education, research, innovation, and charitable activities in the arts and sciences of moving images as well as media yet to be defined.
Officers
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.
The UFVF board consists of 5 Officers,
14 Trustees and 6 Advisors
Trustees
Heather Addison 2022-25
Emily Edwards 2024-27
Russell Harnden III 2023-26
Tania Khalaf 2022-25
Christine Lane 2023-26
Reggie Life 2022-25
Gabby Sumney 2023-26
Rechna Varma 2023-26
Bart Weiss 2024-27
Karla Berry 2024-27
Marc May 2024-27
Nick Smith 2024-27
Wenhwa Ts'ao 2024-27
TDV, UFVA President 2024-26
Advisory Council
Mary Dalton 2024-26
Kynan Dias 2024-26
Mercedes Chavez 2024-26
Dalila Droege 2024-26
Rachel Pearl 2024-26
Laura Zaylea 2024-26
Treasurer Emeritus
Jack Lucido
Professor, Communication Arts
Western Colorado University
Announcements
University Film and Video Foundation Lecturer and Early Faculty Career Fellowship
Are you a lecturer or a not-yet Tenured Faculty? The University Film and Video Foundation 2025 Conference Fellowship may be for you!
The University Film and Video Foundation invites you to apply for funding to attend and participate in the 2025 UVFA Conference in Prairie View Texas July 21-25, 2025.
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Fellows are invited to participate in a panel focusing on innovation in the field of media studies at the 2025 Conference.
Fellowship Recipients receive
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Registration for the 2025 Conference
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UVFA membership fee (or reimbursement if 2025 membership has already been paid)
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Conference Housing in the University Dorms
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Tickets to the Final Night Banquet
*Fellows will provide for their own travel.
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To apply:
Send us your Vita/Resume,
200–300 word proposal outlining your potential presentation on current issues and future innovations in media studies.
Send to Suzanne Regan: sregan@calstatela.edu
with copies to
Mercedes Chavez: mchave174@calstatela.edu, Rachel Pearl:rpearl2@calstatela.edu and
Dalila Dodge:ddroege@calstatela.edu
DEADLINE: May 31, 2025
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Film Competition Winners 2023
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Magdalena - Pablo Zamorano
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Breathe - Zac Norrington
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An Island Drifts - Vivian Ip
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Apple Chicken Pigeon - Konrad Miklaszewski, Xiang Li
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Water’s Whisper - Paulina Verdalet
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Naked Island, Part 1 - Jim Zou
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