Ambarien Alqadar
Assistant Professor
School of Film and Animation
College of Art and Design
585-475-2752
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Ambarien Alqadar
Assistant Professor
School of Film and Animation
College of Art and Design
Education
BA in English literature and modern European languages, Jamia Millia Islamia (New Delhi, India); MA in mass communication, Jamia Millia Islamia (New Delhi, India); MFA in film and media arts, Temple University
585-475-2752
Currently Teaching
SOFA-206
Directing
3 Credits
An introduction to the arts of directing and acting with an emphasis on script analysis, performance, and blocking. Students direct and act in scenes from professional productions. Scenes are rehearsed outside of class, and then staged and critiqued in class.
SOFA-102
Production II
3 Credits
This is the second sequenced production course for freshmen film/video students pursuing a concentration of live action production. Emphasis is on a variety of approaches to the edited image. In addition to continuing to develop basic concepts of creating articulate film language in short productions, this course introduces the nature and importance of the sound component in creating cinematic works and focuses on digital workflow. An essential course for students in the film/video curriculum who must be able to create not only images but also mature and appropriate soundtracks for their film and video works.
SOFA-407
Senior Capstone II
4 Credits
Students work independently with their advisor towards completion of their capstone experience for their BFA degree. Students have a predetermined timeline and must complete all deadlines of that timeline to pass this thesis course including completion and public screening of finished work or final presentation of craft experience.
SOFA-733
Hybrid Forms: Theory and Practice
3 Credits
This graduate seminar explores storytelling across a multitude of hybrid forms. It examines an array of fictional and non-fictional strategies as fluid and organic form-content relationships that constitute the shared language between Cinema and New Forms. The creation of a hybrid character in this class is complemented by experimentation in the ways in which we experience characters and stories in contemporary times.
Students develop a final semester project, two position papers and an artist statement. The course encourages the use of new media technologies including archival material, prosumer cameras and software.
SOFA-799
Film and Animation Graduate Independent Study
1 - 4 Credits
Film and Animation Graduate Independent Study will provide students with the ability to study in a specialized area with an individual faculty member. Students, with the assistance of a faculty adviser, should propose a course of study or project with clearly defined deliverables. Students must obtain permission of an instructor and complete the Independent Study Permission Form to enroll. Student must have a minimum of a 3.0 GPA to apply.
SOFA-599
SOFA Independent Study
1 - 6 Credits
SOFA Independent Study will provide students with the ability to study in a specialized area with an individual faculty member. Students, with the assistance of a faculty adviser, should propose a course of study or project with clearly defined deliverables. Students must obtain permission of an instructor and complete the Independent Study Permission Form to enroll. Student must have a minimum of a 3.0 GPA to apply.
SOFA-790
Research and Thesis I
4 Credits
This is the first of two courses designed to advance a student towards completion of their thesis. Students will work independently on their approved plan of work for their thesis while meeting on a regular basis with their committee chair. They are required to meet at least twice with their full committee during the semester.
SOFA-555
Reel World Preproduction and Production
3 Credits
Students and at least one faculty member collaboratively produce a film and/or animation production determined prior to the start of class. Students fulfill specific key job functions. For example, on a narrative film, a student writer, director, producer, production manager, production designer, art director, director of photography, and/or editor attend class listen to lectures and instructions, assist in preproduction and/or postproduction, and work on set. Students should contact the instructor for details and permission to enroll. .
SOFA-406
Senior Capstone I
4 Credits
Students work independently with their advisor towards completion of their capstone experience for their BFA degree. Students have a predetermined timeline and must complete all deadlines to pass this course.
SOFA-212
Fiction Workshop
4 Credits
Students will direct short fiction projects using either film or digital media and also serve on the production crew for other projects. Students specializing in a cinematic craft will work in important creative capacities on two or more projects. Students are encouraged to explore individual styles and concepts. Intensive pre-production protocol and documentation are followed. Editing and sound design will be completed as well. Students will complete projects for screening at the end of the semester. Students can retake this course as a SOFA elective once they have completed Documentary or Radical Cinema Workshop.
SOFA-890
Research and Thesis II
4 Credits
This is the second of two courses designed to advance a student towards completion of their thesis. Students will work independently on their approved plan of work for their thesis while meeting on a regular basis with their committee chair. They are required to meet at least twice with their full committee during the semester as well as present a final screening of their thesis.
In the News
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June 17, 2019
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RIT assistant professor’s feature-length screenplay garners industry attention
A feature-length screenplay written by an assistant professor in RIT's School of Film and Animation is receiving significant industry attention as she advances her moving coming-of-age story toward production.
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June 20, 2017
Featured Work
Ayesha
Ambarien Alqadar
A narrative short about the interconnected hallucinations of a US marine, a cab driver and his daughter-Ayesha.
The Ghetto Girl
Ambarien Alqadar
An autobiographical documentary-fiction hybrid about a segregated neighborhood in New Delhi, India.
An Artist
Ambarien Alqadar
Working with calligraphy artists in India and my own slow return to Arabic; a language I learnt and then forgot; an interactive project on broadening the context of Arabic in US. This series is hand...
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National/International Competition Award Winner
Alqadar, Ambarien. The Athena Film Festival. The Athena Screenwriters Lab. New York City, NY, 2019.
Alqadar, Ambarien. Sundance Film Festtival. Sundance Screenwriters Lab. Park City, Utah, 2019.
Alqadar, Ambarien. Women and Hollywood. Athena Lab Fellow. LA, California, 2019.
Alqadar, Ambarien. Filmmaker and Screenwriter. Sundance Screenwriters Lab Shortlist: Cry, My Beloved Country. Park City, Utah, 2018.
Alqadar, Ambarien. Independent Filmmaker and Screenwriter. Official Selection, New Filmmakers, Anthology Film Archives, NY 2018. NYC, NY, 2018.
Alqadar, Ambarien. Independent Filmmaker. Award of Disticntion, Canada Shorts Film Festival. Canada, New Brunswick, 2017.
Alqadar, Ambarien. Independent Filmmaker. Mid Atlanctic Arts Foundation Creative Fellow. Virginia, VA, 2017.
Alqadar, Ambarien. Independent Filmmaker. Official Selection, Oil Valey Film Festival. Oil City, PA, 2017.
Alqadar, Ambarien. Independent Filmmaker. Official Selection, YoFi Film Festival. Yonkers, NY.
Alqadar, Ambarien. Independent Filmmaker. Sundance Screenwriters Lab Shortlist. Park City, Utah, 2017.
Shows/Exhibits/Installations
Alqadar, Ambarien. Indpendent Filmmaker. n.d. Canada, New Brunswick. Exhibit.
Alqadar, Ambarien. Indpendent Filmmaker. 22 Sep. 2017. The American Center, New Delhi. Exhibit.