Archives: Students Stories

Thursday, March 28, 2024

2024 Adrian Sheppard Memorial Award Winner

Roxanne Boucher is the winner of the Adrian Sheppard Memorial Award for 2024. The professors unanimously chose Roxanne for her outstanding contributions to the program and her academic excellence. Finishing her fourth year, Roxanne has one of the highest GPAs in the program, made more impressive by the year she spent studying abroad in the... More

Friday, May 19, 2023

Film Studies graduate receives the CU Student Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Research Award

Congratulations to Honours Film Studies and Journalism graduate Shadea Nance who was one of six recipients of the Carleton University Student Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Research... More

Friday, February 10, 2023

Alumni Profile: Penny McCann

Penny McCann is an Ottawa-based narrative and experimental filmmaker with over 30 years of experience. McCann got her start in Carleton’s Film Studies Program with a double major in English Literature.  How did you get into filmmaking? I went through a not wholly circuitous route to get into filmmaking; I started off at Carleton... More

Thursday, January 19, 2023

Student Profile: Lily Inskip-Shesnicky

Lily Inskip-Shesnicky is currently a fifth-year film studies major with a minor in computer science at Carleton University. She is interested in supernatural/horror cinema combined with Canadian and sapphic cinema. Her favourite films include the Rocky Horror Picture Show (Sharman, 1975), Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Miyazaki, 1984),and... More

Monday, May 9, 2022

Alumni Spotlight: Maral Mohammadian

Maral Mohammadian is a producer at the renowned National Film Board of Canada’s Animation & Interactive Studio. She has produced over 30 shorts which have garnered awards at festivals such as TIFF. Credits include The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer by Randall Okita, Deyzangeroo by Ehsan Gharib and Shannon Amen by Chris Dainty, as well... More

Thursday, February 17, 2022

Alumni Spotlight: Rachel Loewen

Our Alumni Spotlight series returns, as Lily Inskip-Shesnicky interviews 2021 Masters in Film Studies graduate, Rachel Loewen about her time at Carleton and new adventures in the UK. Lily: Hi Rachel, let’s start with the question that every film major will get asked repeatedly for the rest of their lives: what are some of your... More

Monday, January 24, 2022

Alumni Stories: Myles Sauer

  In the first instalment of Alumni Spotlight, Lily Inskip-Shesnicky interviews 2021 Masters in Film Studies graduate, Myles Sauer, about how he chose Carleton, his time in the program and his plans for the future. *** Lily: What was your experience with film at Carleton? Myles: My experience with film at Carleton was arguably... More

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