This unique MFA program in narrative filmmaking fosters the individual voice of the filmmaker in developing innovative approaches to narrative in cinema. Students work closely with FDP faculty, guided principally by their mentor, who helps guide their course of study as they create a body of work that best illustrates their vision and voice. We embrace narrative filmmaking as a tool to describe and depict the world and celebrate its potential to create new realities, new systems and new relations.Grounded in the history of narrative cinema, the FDP curriculum provides a rich understanding of the fundamental aesthetic and technical components of narrative filmmaking, including staging and visual design, scriptwriting, acting and working with actors, narrative theory, cinematography, sound and editing, and a broad variety of graduate-level seminars in contemporary and historical cinemas and practices. The program embraces a diverse range of aesthetics and traditions, encouraging students to find their voice within a constant questioning and expansion of the definition of narrative cinema itself. The work our students make is aesthetically diverse, exploring a variety of methodologies from independent dramatic filmmaking to hybrid and experimental narrative practices.