IFC Center, 323 Sixth Avenue at 3rd Street

Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program presents the 23rd Annual Columbia University Film Festival, eight nights of screenings, dramatic readings and events in New York and Los Angeles, beginning April 26 in New York. The festival is the premiere of more than 50 thesis short films and feature screenplays by MFA students in the School of the Arts Film Program, many of which go on to win top awards and honors at prestigious festivals worldwide. For a full list of festival films, film synopses, and filmmakers’ bios, http://www.cufilmfest.com/films/index.html IFC Screenings, $12.50 per program; Screenwriting Night, $10 (tickets sold at door); Faculty Selects Film Screenings and Awards Ceremony, $20 (includes after-party)

Tickets will be available to purchase online beginning April 5, at www.cufilmfest.com

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