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April 1st through June 5th, student filmmakers 18 and up can submit to the annual "Fine Cut Festival of Films," for a chance to be one of the lucky finalists featured in a series of one-hour broadcast episodes on KCET in the Fall. New this year is a speaker series, where industry professional share the ins and outs of filmmaking. Register here to save your space.

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Watch the Future of Filmmaking Unfold: An Episode Guide for 'Fine Cut' Season 21

Allison Waite and her crew interviewing someone for "The Dope Years: The Story of Latasha Harlins." | Courtesy of Allison Waite

Allison Waite and her crew interviewing someone for "The Dope Years: The Story of Latasha Harlins." | Courtesy of Allison Waite

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Young Filmmakers Brave A Changed World in 2020

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Fine Cut Season 21 mosaic

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'Fine Cut' Season 21 Virtual Awards Ceremony

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Don't Panic

Explore the future of filmmaking with short films from Chapman Univ., UCLA, CalArts, USC.

Two youths with Down Syndrome talk with candlelight in a still from "Nothing Down About It." | Fine Cut S21 Episode 3 still "Different Path"

Two youths with Down Syndrome talk with candlelight in a still from "Nothing Down About It." | Fine Cut S21 Episode 3 still "Different Path"

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Different Path

Explore the future of filmmaking with films from USC, American Pavilion, LMU, CalArts.

An older Asian man talks to reporters in a still from "A-Tien" | Fine Cut S21 Episode 2 still "Outsider"

An older Asian man talks to reporters in a still from "A-Tien" | Fine Cut S21 Episode 2 still "Outsider"

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Outsider

Explore the future of filmmaking with short films from NYFA, USC, Cal State LB and USC.

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Fine Cut 2019 mosaic

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Separated

Dr. Diamond looks to evolution for clues and dives into the origins of human language.

A girl with a teddy bear | Still from "Teddy Mate" Fine Cut 2019

A girl with a teddy bear | Still from "Teddy Mate" Fine Cut 2019

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Come Alive

The Kimberley region in boasts some of the most spectacular wilderness in existence.

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Fine Cut 2019 mosaic

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Fine Cut 2019 mosaic

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'Fine Cut' Season Premiere

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Fine Cut Virtual Awards Show

Watch short clips from this year's Fine Cut award winners in this virtual celebration.

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A Native American Perspective on a Classic Painting

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Behind The Met’s Closed Doors

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Inside The Met: Love and Money Preview

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Inside The Met: All Things to All People? Preview

Dolly Parton & Friends: 50 Years at the Opry

Dolly Parton & Friends: 50 Years at the Opry

In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl

In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl

Produced for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association by Festival Productions. This gala concert celebrating Ella Fitzgerald benefitted the Hollywood Bowl Fund. | Los Angeles Philharmonic Archives

Produced for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association by Festival Productions. This gala concert celebrating Ella Fitzgerald benefitted the Hollywood Bowl Fund. | Los Angeles Philharmonic Archives

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The People’s Pleasure: Angelenos’ Love Affair with the Hollywood Bowl

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A Performer's Paradox at the Hollywood Bowl

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In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl signature program image

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Preview the New PBS Series ‘In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl’

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Hollywood Bowl shell with orchestra on stage. | Adam Latham

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An Episode Guide to ‘In Concert at the Hollywood Bowl’

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Participants stand on a platform placed on top of the sand at Santa Monica Beach. The participants are waving around different colored scarves in the air. The sky above them is overcast.

Participants stand on a platform placed on top of the sand at Santa Monica Beach. The participants are waving around different colored scarves in the air. The sky above them is overcast.

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Climate Change-Focused Artist Residency Maps Out a New Future in the Pandemic

Jessica Pak holds one her chickens in her tailor shop.

Jessica Pak holds one her chickens in her tailor shop.

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L.A. Photographer Captures the Stories Behind Koreatown's Businesses

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Three pink squares on a billboard have three images drawn onto them. The one on the far left is a portrait of Chef Visoth Tarak Ouk, widely known as "Chef T." He's wearing a T-shirt and a baseball cap proudly flashing a tattoo on his fingers that reads "Chef Life." In the middle box is an unsmiling baby girl propped up by an adult hand, her name written on a mugshot letter board. On the right box is a man with his head tilted and the same surname as the baby girl.

Southland Sessions

Socio-Political Art is Popping Up on Billboards Across L.A. Here's What They're All About.

Adrian Younge poses facing the camera. He's wearing a plaid suit jacket and a silk black and white tie. He's also wearing a black brimmed hat tilted slightly to the left. Thick-framed glasses sit on his face and he's wearing white, fingerless gloves.

Adrian Younge poses facing the camera. He's wearing a plaid suit jacket and a silk black and white tie. He's also wearing a black brimmed hat tilted slightly to the left. Thick-framed glasses sit on his face and he's wearing white, fingerless gloves.

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Adrian Younge's 'The American Negro' Tunes Listeners Into the 'Black Consciousness'

Variety Studio: Actors On Actors

George Clooney, Michelle Pfeiffer and more

Riz Ahmed side by side with a photo of Steven Yeun

Riz Ahmed side by side with a photo of Steven Yeun

Variety Studio: Actors On Actors

Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins and more

Tom Holland speaking with Daniel Kaluuya

Tom Holland speaking with Daniel Kaluuya

Variety Studio: Actors On Actors

Jamie Dornan, Eddie Redmayne and more (Preview)

Variety Studio: Actors On Actors

Jamie Dornan, Eddie Redmayne and more

Border Blaster

Border Blaster

Still from TQM: Several guitarists in jeans and long-sleeved yellow shirts. One has an alien head. One is taking a photo.

Still from TQM: Several guitarists in jeans and long-sleeved yellow shirts. One has an alien head. One is taking a photo.

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Little Jesus - TQM Ft. Ximena Sariñana & Elsa y Elmar (Popup Edition)

Still from Creme Caramel: A woman in a room with many lamps looks down at a creme caramel that has eyes.

Still from Creme Caramel: A woman in a room with many lamps looks down at a creme caramel that has eyes.

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CANADA: The Storytellers Behind the Sexy Psychedelic Music Videos

Music video still: Rosalía screams or sings with lines drawn around her

Music video still: Rosalía screams or sings with lines drawn around her

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Parties and Parables

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Still from Evisbeats video in which a drawn man stretches among other drawn and cut-out figures

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Treblinka's Last Witness

Treblinka's Last Witness

Real Scenes

E8: Bristol

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E7: Paris

Real Scenes

E5: Berlin

Real Scenes

E6: New York

Artbound Presents Studio A

Artbound Presents Studio A

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Buyepongo band photo

Artbound Presents Studio A

Buyepongo's Sound Knocks Down the Negative

Members of Buyepongo Play Accordion and Saxophone

Members of Buyepongo Play Accordion and Saxophone

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Buyepongo's 'Maestros'

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Peace flag | Alice Donovan Rouse on Unsplash

Artbound Presents Studio A

The Role of Music in Activism

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Artbound Presents Studio A

No Apologies for MILCK

A view of Robert Smithson's land art called "Spiral Jetty" made primarily of black basalt rocks and salt crystals.

A view of Robert Smithson's land art called "Spiral Jetty" made primarily of black basalt rocks and salt crystals.

Artbound

From Land Art to NFTs: How Artistic Mediums Affect Artist Demographics

Artbound

The HafoSafo Chorus and the Sunset Foot Clinic Sign Online

Children pose for a picture during a 2018 field trip to the Craft Contemporary, organized by Greetings From South-Central.

Children pose for a picture during a 2018 field trip to the Craft Contemporary, organized by Greetings From South-Central.

Artbound

Bridging the Gap: Greetings from South-Central Connects Youth to the Arts

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Paul Turounet Attempts to Document the Undocumented