News
Animation Option - Film and Animation BFA
-
September 21, 2022
![person surrounded by pianos and microphones.]()
Rochester Fringe highlights RIT short films and meditative listening
City reviews films presented during RIT's Honors Show 2022 at the Rochester Fringe Festival.
-
August 26, 2022
![group of students and professors posing on a lawn.]()
Film and animation students spend the semester in Los Angeles
Study Away: LA gives students in RIT’s School of Film and Animation the opportunity to spend time in Los Angeles for a semester to learn from industry professionals.
-
May 2, 2022
![A 2D-animated character walks in a forest.]()
Student blends animation, illustration in socially-conscious storytelling
Kiki Johnson '22 (film and animation) had demonstrated a commitment to communicating real-world issues in her storytelling. The latest example is her capstone film, The Walk to School.
-
March 18, 2022
![student presenting video game to two people seated in red chairs.]()
RIT’s game design programs ranked No. 5 nationally
Animation Career Review has again named RIT one of the top game design universities in the country. RIT ranked No. 5 on the list of Top 50 Game Design Schools and Colleges in the U.S. and No. 2 in New York state.
-
December 8, 2021
![A still from a 2d animation using lots of saturated colors.]()
Alumni contribute to animated film receiving Oscar buzz
Angélica Agélviz, Shana Dixon and Chloe Hayes — all 2019 School of Film and Animation graduates — worked on Nuevo Rico, an award-winning film seen as a potential Academy Award winner.
-
November 29, 2021
![A group of people wearing VR headset demo various projects.]()
RIT transforms into XR playground for annual Frameless Symposium
The sixth annual event featured presentations on the latest virtual, augmented and mixed reality technologies that are driving various fields, from health care to theater to education.
-
October 12, 2021
![A person operates a camera rig on top of a car.]()
Alumnus gifts company's dynamic footage for use in student films
Nick Nicely '12 (3D Digital Design), founder of Video Plates and Backings, is providing all RIT students access to his library of more than 5,000 driving plates and moving set backdrops for use in films and media projects.
-
October 1, 2021
![two people standing outside a brick building.]()
RIT and Pure Imagination Studios establish creative collaborative agreement
RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios is partnering with Pure Imagination Studios, an award-winning independent entertainment studio best known for combining proprietary technology with groundbreaking storytelling, to launch a satellite office and spatial computing studio in Rochester.
-
September 7, 2021
![An aerial view of the Kodak Quad on RIT's campus.]()
New leadership roles, faculty hires highlight changes in College of Art and Design
RIT's Schools of Art, American Crafts, Film and Animation, and Photographic Arts and Sciences are all under new leadership.
-
August 23, 2021
![filmmaker Shanti Thakur posing with a camera.]()
School of Film and Animation’s incoming director relishes new role
Shanti Thakur—who began her new role as director of RIT’s School of Film and Animation in the College of Art and Design earlier this month—is an award-winning fiction and documentary filmmaker who has taught for nearly two decades.
-
June 29, 2021
![A film poster for Voices, with a triptych of three woman protagonists.]()
Graduate film student seeks out collaborative, groundbreaking projects
Selma Peña '22 MFA (Film and Animation), a screenwriter with an undergraduate psychology degree, is using her varied background to create compelling stories that are both meaningful and beautiful.
-
April 12, 2021
![A black-and-white scene with a spotlighted area from The Camera That Bleeds game.]()
RIT video game project wins industry awards
An multidisciplinary team of students creating noir horror game “The Camera That Bleeds” was recognized at the 2021 Massachusetts Digital Games Institute (MassDiGI) Game Challenge.
