Women of Film Blogathon

Our NEW course on women directors featured semi-weekly blog posts by students. 

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS — Mercy CATA's 6th Annual Student Screenwriting Competition!

The Department of Communication and the Arts (CATA) is holding its sixth annual student screenwriting competition. Click for details!

HitchCon Comes to Mercy U!

Mercy University proudly hosted the third annual International Alfred Hitchcock Conference this past October. Read the story here.

Screen Comedy & Clowns Blogathon

Keep up with the discussions happening in this semester’s Screen Comedy & Clowns course as students engage in weekly blog posts.

New Digital Cinema Production Course for Fall 2026

Mercy University’s Media Studies Program is planning to launch an innovative Digital Cinema Production course in Fall 2026.

Cinema Studies

The Cinema Studies concentration within the Media Studies Program at Mercy University allows students to interpret various societies through the movies they produce.

Students have the opportunity to study films and discover how they reflect the broader culture. Additionally, students explore how films have influenced society throughout history in various world cultures from Hollywood and beyond. This concentration engages students to think, speak, and write about film/culture and film history while considering theoretical approaches to filmmaking. 

Some Highlights

Course Offerings

Explore the wide variety of courses offered within the concentration.

Featured Student Work

Essays authored by students and mini-documentaries featuring students discussing topics related to film studies.

Steven DeRosa with his Hitchcock Disciples class at Alamo Drafthouse

Faculty

Biographies of our Cinema Studies faculty.

Mercy CATA Student Screenwriting Competition