Writing CV

Isabella (Bella) Pechaty (she/her) is a young professional working in freelance film journalism, programming, and marketing. She is passionate about how film and media can be impactful and authentic in our currently over-saturated landscape.

She has worked at a number of arts non-profits, independent publications, and in film publicity. She is interested in pursuing a career in film PR, development, and film criticism.

She holds a BA in Film Studies from Barnard College of Columbia University, and is currently based in New York City.

Contact Information
Email: ipechaty@barnard.edu
Phone: 612-443-0960

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LinkedIn Profile
2024 Resume

Isabella Pechaty - Resume 2024 (8).pdf

The Athena Film Festival

Post-Baccalaureate Fellow 2023-24 | 14th Annual Athena Film Festival

A Legacy of Change (Short Film Block, Program and Q&A): "From personal to political, stories of history and ancestry matter. These films explore the precious space between us and our loved ones, acknowledging how they can harm or transform, and challenging us to lay claim to our legacy. Rather than being reactive, these people shape their own futures by keeping the past in dialogue with their present."

Next Generation Storytellers (Panel, Moderator): "Media fatigue and misinformation are major challenges to young storytellers. It is easy to feel overwhelmed by the amount of information available, and isolated by all the competing narratives. Join young storytellers in a discussion about how they create stories that are impactful and authentic in this new media landscape."

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AFF 2024 WRAP REPORT (7) (1).pdf

Articles for the Columbia Daily Spectator

Staff Writer for Film and Television, Arts & Entertainment | 2021 - 2023

The Columbia Daily Spectator is the foremost student publication of Columbia University, publishing new articles daily as well as a weekly print edition. It has served students, alumni, and the greater New York City area since 1877, making it the second-oldest college daily paper in the country.

The Arts & Entertainment section of Spectator delivers profiles, reviews, event coverage, and essays on the state of the art world today. Our readers are primarily young people interested in hearing about Columbia's involvement in literature, style, art, architecture, and more. The Film and Television beat has covered SXSW, the Oscars, Sundance, and NYFF.

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Review: Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of “White Noise” is eccentric and sincere - Columbia SpectatorAs a black cloud of airborne toxins swallows the neon-glowing gas station behind him, Jack Gladney (Adam Driver) refills his family station wagon with a death-grip on the nozzle. This scene is a rare moment of quiet in “White Noise”—engulfed by an ecological disaster, with the usual chatter of radio, television, and suburban humdrum drowned out, Jack’s world reverberates with ominous silence.

Review: ‘Ninjababy’ is an irreverent comedy on conception and creation - Columbia SpectatorRakel’s list of life aspirations includes being an astronaut, a beer-taster, a globe-trotter, and a comic book artist. Nowhere to be found on her list was becoming a mother. But when an unknown culprit crawls into her womb with superhuman stealth and stays there, undetected, for over six months, Rakel is left too far along to terminate her surprise pregnancy. She calls this trespasser Ninjababy.

Brysen Boyd, SoA ’20, achieves success writing for HBO’s 'Succession' - Columbia SpectatorFamily betrayal is nothing to the Roy family of HBO’s hit show “Succession.” The latest blow in a series-long feud amongst the Roy siblings is an overblown defamation letter drafted by Shiv Roy against her brother Kendall, which she tries to corner her other brothers Roman and Connor into signing.

Fergus Campbell, CC ’22, reflects on film and eighth episode of ‘Sankyo Stream of Consciousness’ - Columbia Spectator“My name is Sankyo. This is Finch. We go to school in New York, but we are not New Yorkers. I’m not opposed to the idea of being one, but I’m also not sure the designation it takes,” Sankyo says in the first installment of “Sankyo Stream of Consciousness,” a web series produced by Fergus Campbell, CC ’22. This free-flowing, hallucinatory narrative is at the core of the series.

The 2022 Dr. Saul and Dorothy Kit Film Noir Festival spotlights Jewish filmmakers - Columbia SpectatorBeyond its pronounced shadows and smoky interiors, film noir is noted for its depiction of pariahs, figures hounded by injustice and operating on the fringes of a morally bankrupt society. Outcast characters like these, who became hallmarks of the genre, are a special point of interest for the Third Annual Dr. Saul and Dorothy Kit Film Noir Festival, screened on Columbia’s campus.

Review: In ‘TÁR’, director Todd Field crushes musical genius under her own weight - Columbia SpectatorFilm-festival fare often holds a reputation for being cerebral, aestheticized, and inaccessible.

Fazed Films: Columbia students found their own film company - Columbia SpectatorIn a dynamic sequence of neon colors and shifting camera angles, the home page of <a href="https://fazedfilms.com/">Fazed Films</a> instantly conveys the identity of its cinematic content, with young people wandering in liminal spaces, rolling on the grass, flashing mirrors at the camera, and running through New York City streets. As the importance of virtual presence and self-advocacy in the entertainment world grows, Fazed Films already presents the image of a long-established institution.

Poetic, private, political: A new documentary short from Mariah Barrera, CC ’24, on family history achieves professional success - Columbia SpectatorFor filmmaker Mariah Barrera, CC ’24, elements of her identity—a family history of incarceration and Mexican American culture—have long been underrepresented in political and creative worlds. Barrera’s latest documentary short, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bbgukvCWmA">“My Brother’s Keeper,”</a> is her poetic insertion of her family’s personal truths into a larger public consciousness. Intent on sharing the unheard stories of her Mexican American family living in the Midwest, Barrera’s medium of choice has always been the documentary.

New Negress Film Society amplifies Black women and nonbinary voices in third annual film conference - Columbia SpectatorIn a day of appreciation for Black artistry and scholarship, an audience sporting afros, locs, and braids gathered in the theater of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Even on a Saturday morning of heavy rain, the audience’s anticipation for the carefully curated screenings, panels, and community-centered programming was palpable.

Review: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' is an exhilarating and impossibly intimate look at infinity - Columbia SpectatorQuantum physicists and creatives alike are fascinated by the prospect of the multiverse, where infinite versions of ourselves exist across parallel realities. Maybe one of these versions has learned kung fu, maybe another works in a restaurant, maybe another is getting a divorce. Reaching into the multiverse to commune with these identities brings endless possibility, conflict, or even madness.

Articles for Barnard Communications

Editorial Intern for Barnard College Office of Communications and Alumnae Magazine | 2019 to 2024.

Barnard Alumnae Magazine, published online and in print, serves to connect and inform the alumni of Barnard College, bringing them news on the lives and accomplishments in the college community. The Barnard Office of Communications is responsible for maintaining the college's official site with articles and vital information for prospective students, current students, and alumni.

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