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My 4th World Media Lab Journey

Festival, Industry

My 4th World Media Lab Journey

October 28, 2025

A Diné and Salvadorian Two Spirit writer, producer, photographer, and storyteller from L.A., Steph Viera writes about their experience as a 4th World Media Lab fellow. The program is a year-long fellowship for emerging and mid-career Indigenous filmmakers, providing opportunities to develop filmmaking skills and networks through festival participation, hands-on training, masterclasses, workshopping projects in development, pitch activities, and meetings with funders and other industry decision-makers.

Cinema, Events

SIFF Film Talks - A Pop Quiz

February 13, 2025

Esteemed Students—we are excited to welcome you to your Spring/Winter semester of SIFF Film Talks University. We know our distinguished film scholars are excited to welcome you back to the hallowed halls of the SIFF Film Center. Whether you’re locked in for a 6-hour Cinema Dissection for frame-by-frame analysis or taking notes with your Sailor Moon pen at one of our Anime Auteurs film talks, we have something for every scholar.

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